Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
A Killer With No Fear! A Manhunt With No Rules! Clint Eastwood, punching people right in the face! I know – weird, right? 6 PM PST this Friday, February 27th join me for 1968’s Coogan’s Bluff – and see...
View ArticleA Man Alone (1955)
OK, OK. I am a sucker for the Western genre, as little as I’ve (so far) written about it on my fledgling site, here. The formula is just too good. Take a hardened man out in the lawless West, kick up...
View ArticleSlow West (2015)
Kodi Smit-McPhee apparently has the kind of face that attracts filmmakers who make “You Don’t Deserve A Childhood!” kind of movies. To that end, Slow West out-bleaks every bleak Western ever in the...
View ArticleExtreme Prejudice (1987)
Despite a solid premise, an epic movie poster, and enough 80s action-dude power to stun a small donkey, 1987’s Extreme Prejudice did not achieve its hoped-for commercial success as an homage to Western...
View ArticleRide the Pink Horse (1947)
An incredibly understated, border-town noir film that is surprisingly compelling despite serious drawbacks. In its favor: breathtaking cinematography, a perfectly spare score, beautiful production...
View ArticleBone Tomahawk (2015)
I suspect I watch “gritty” Westerns for different reasons than many others do. What can I say? I am just a dismal sonofabitch. I like bleak, plodding, bare-ass noir featuring a ragged heroism laid bare...
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