Year of the Month: MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
Conventional wisdom is the Western changed forever sometime in the late ‘60s, dividing the genre…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on SERGEANT RUTLEDGE
I would hazard a guess that contemporary cultural politics hasn’t been kind to Sergeant Rutledge,…
We Live in a Society? Son of Griff on HIGH NOON and the Mythopoetics of American Cold War Politics
High Noon’s reputation rests on being a “Western for people who don’t like Westerns.” Since…
Lunch Links: MALARIA
Oy, another comic book movie! Malaria (2013) dir. Edson Oda Making an auspicious feature film…
THE BURDEN OF DREAMS Version 1.0: THE BIG TRAIL
The Big Trail was the beginning and the end of a lot of things. It…
Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on CAT BALLOU
I don’t like Westerns…except for all the Westerns I like. No matter how many Westerns…
YOJIMBO: A Man with No Name
A man walks down the only street in a small town. The wind blows dust…
Year of the Month: Miller on THE CAPTURE
The Capture is a divided movie about a divided man. John Sturges films Niven Busch’s…
Year Of The Month: Miller on THE GETAWAY AND JUNIOR BONNER
“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else…
Year of the Month: SCALPED Pt. 2 – Paradox on the Prairie
That’s a diverse and distinguished stew of influences, but one of the most important is…