“ 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 More of a Comment Really Podcasts 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.
& Categories Movies April 27, 2020 “Thousand Pieces of Gold” remains a layered tale of colonialism Newly restored in 4K by Indiecollect and released by Kino Lorber, Nancy Kelly's 1991 western softly explores racial and gender-based oppression in late-1800s America.
& Categories Movies April 15, 2020 “The Quarry” Is a Dusty, Dull Western Scott Teems's low-key thriller tries to drill through the cultural clashes of the American West, but it hits an emotional bedrock instead.
