Film on the Internet: TRACK OF THE CAT
Track of the Cat is an odd Western, a psychodrama that’s part dream and part…
Film on the Internet: THE SECRET OF CONVICT LAKE
Michael Gordon’s The Secret of Convict Lake cannot live up to its title, which sounds…
Year of the Month: Persia on NEAR DARK
On the last day of 1986, Variety reviewed the second feature film by Kathryn Bigelow,…
Decade of the Month: Son of Griff on the Black Riders of the Purple Sage
Traditional notions of African American culture in the 1920s are based on urban communities during…
Decade of the Month: Tom “vomas” Morton on GO WEST
Buster Keaton loves an underdog. Most of his protagonists are down on their luck, or…
Decade of the Month: Tom “vomas” Morton on 3 BAD MEN
Looking back at John Ford’s 3 Bad Men today, it would be easy to call…
Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on SHOLAY
I’m on the record as not liking Westerns, and yet I keep writing about them.…
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…