Director Ralph Nelson followed Requiem for a Heavyweight with this complex, unflinching Marvin H. Albert story in 1966. …
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Leigh Brackett’s Words with John Wayne’s Voice
Leigh Brackett was one of director Howard Hawks’ favorite screen writers. They first worked together in 1946 on the Hum…
Solitary, Singular Sam Shepard The playwright and actor understood the cowboy life offered the best tests for civilization.
Sam Shepard died July 27, 2017, at the age of 73, after a hard-fought battle with A.L.S. His understated, natural style…
The Best of the Weird Western This Halloween, set aside Stephen King’s The Dark Tower and watch these solid Westerns.
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, an endlessly-in-the-works film that finally premiered on August 4, disappointed fans beca…
The Late Glen Campbell’s Roll in 1969’s True Grit
The late singer and entertainer Glen Campbell made his mark on Westerns when he starred as Texas Ranger La Boeuf in 1969…
The Many Faces of the Late Sam Shepard
The late playwright Sam Shepard is well known to Western fans for the laconic cowboy figures he played on the big screen…
Buffalo Bill in the Movies From the frontiersman himself to those who tried to fill his boots.
The first actor to play Buffalo Bill in the movies was the man who had perfected the role for over a quarter century on …
In Theaters: The Hero
Lee Hayden (played by Sam Elliott), once a Western movie icon, now uses his golden voice to narrate barbecue-sauce ads. …
The Screen’s Greatest Horse Stuntman And the comment that kept famed Westerns Director John Ford from hiring him again.
The most memorable action sequence in Stagecoach comes near the end of the 1939 film. Shortly after the river crossing, …
The Son Rises on AMC A calculating pioneer patriarch shifts his family fortune from steers to crude in AMC’s newest Western.
On April 8, a new series, The Son, will premiere on AMC. Starring Pierce Brosnan, the four-time James Bond who rode West…