B Categories Anniversaries Features Movies September 24, 2021 Boosting the signal of 2001’s cult space Western musical The American Astronaut Twenty years on, Cory McAbee's singular cult film is nearly as impossible to find as it is to look away from.
C Categories Movies Reviews September 15, 2021 Clint Eastwood’s Cry Macho is crooked and kind-hearted Clint Eastwood's latest boasts a strong central performance in a grand step up from his recent works despite its rocky script.
“ Categories Anniversaries Movies March 30, 2021 “You ain’t getting no older than tomorrow”: a look at “One-Eyed Jacks” Marlon Brando's sole directorial credit is a messy but fascinating combination of Western and Freudian drama.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 19, 2021 SXSW 2021 Narrative Spotlight: “Swan Song”, “The Drover’s Wife” Udo Kier gets a lovely late-career showcase, and Leah Purcell directs a brustling but unfocused feminist Western.
W Categories Movies Reviews December 15, 2020 Witches cast a boring spell in “The Pale Door” Aaron B. Koontz’s horror-western is a dusty, frightfully dull collection of cliches.
I Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies November 6, 2020 In “Near Dark,” being a vampire really sucks Initially a box office flop, Kathryn Bigelow's stylish horror-Western became an iconic cult classic.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies October 16, 2020 “The Quick and the Dead” is fast on the draw & a ton of fun Sam Raimi and Sharon Stone’s quickdraw revenger is stylish and skillfully crafted.
P Categories Columns Movies P.S.H. I Love You October 6, 2020 P.S.H. I Love You: Avoid the trip to “Cold Mountain” Philip Seymour Hoffman does his level best to elevate Anthony Minghella's Oscar-friendly Miramax Western, but even he can't save it.
“ Categories Anniversaries Movies July 10, 2020 “Can’t you see this horse loves me?”: “Silverado” at 35 Lawrence Kasdan's 1985 throwback Western is overstuffed, but 35 years later boasts loads of charm.
R Categories Interviews Podcasts Right on Cue May 15, 2020 Rosalind Chao on the trailblazing Western “Thousand Pieces of Gold” The veteran actress discusses her early turn in Nancy Kelly's recently-restored feminist Western Thousand Pieces of Gold, and her career since.
