Ten of the Best - Western Stars
Reblogged from Riding the High Country: Well, the holidays are fast approaching, work is pretty hectic, and I didn’t feel like doing one of my usual…
Read articleAn Appreciation: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Given that I placed this particular film high on my recent Western post, one that was part of my AFI Top 10 arc, it inspired me to…
Read articleAn Appreciation: Unforgiven
Some years ago, the writer and movie blogger known as Mr. Peel examined John Wayne‘s final film, The Shootist, in another of his splendid film essays.…
Read articleVersus AFI: 10 Top 10 – Western
Previous: Sports This is the continuation of a series I began in January of this year that examines and remarks on The American Film Institute and its recent propensity to create Top…
Read articleReprise: It’s the Little Things in Wyler’s The Big Country
A couple of years back, my umpteenth viewing of one of my all-time favorite westerns on Turner Classic Movies, William Wyler’s The Big Country, had the whole family…
Read articleFriday Forgotten Film: Red Sun
It’s funny how fish-out-of-water concepts make their way on to films. Specifically, when characters and cultures find themselves literally on foreign soil. For instance, East meets West tales…
Read articleNot Just Another Western: The Quick and The Dead
Blogger’s note: This post is part of Bryce Wilson’s Raimifest going on at his wonderful Things That Don’t Suck blog. If you’ve read some of my posts…
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