Decades Blogathon – The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Note: The following was my contribution to this week’s Decades Blogathon, which Mark and Tom generously hosted, and reprinted here with their permission. Senator: “The war’s over. Our side won the…
Decades Blogathon – The Outlaw Josey Wales
Originally posted on three rows back:
It’s day four of the Decades Blogathon – 6 edition – hosted by myself and the awesome Tom from Digital…
Opening Titles: The Wild Bunch
Say what you will about “The Western” as a genre of film, or television, but it had way more versatility than some credit it. For something that seemed…
Originally posted on Riding the High Country:
Well, the holidays are fast approaching, work is pretty hectic, and I didn’t feel like doing one of my…
An 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…
An 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.…
Versus 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…
Reprise: 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…
Friday 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…
Not Just Another Western: The Quick and The Dead
Blogger’s note: This post was part of Bryce Wilson’s Raimifest that went on at his wonderful Things That Don’t Suck blog. If you’ve read some of my…
It Rains... You Get Wet 