The 1950s is arguably the finest decade for western films, with not only the work of Anthony Mann, but fine work from John Ford (The Searchers, The Horse Soldiers, Rio Grande), Howard Hawks (Rio Bravo), Fred Zinnemann (High Noon) and…
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Guest blogger Dennis Ronald writes: We discovered it in summer 2008 and have been hooked on it ever since — the rugged landscape in Chatsworth, Calif., that marks the site of the former Iverson Movie Ranch. Known as the most…
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Alright, in the interest of full disclosure, yours truly has seen bits and pieces of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance before. It was a film that “we” often used to run on the overhead screens behind us at the…
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“Big,” “epic,” and “sprawling” are the words critics frequently use to describe this now-revered 1968 Spaghetti Western. Yet, despite its lengthy running time and visually massive backdrop, Once Upon a Time in West focuses tightly on the relationships among four…
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Duel at Diablo (1966) is an odd, unique Western, a rare collage of individual desires in a genre that routinely celebrates the successes of partnership and camaraderie. One of the most talked-about aspects of Duel at Diablo is the…
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It’s an impressive body of work that most actors would love to have on their resumé: Gerald O’Hara, Vivien Leigh’s troubled father, in Gone with the Wind; Clopin, 15h-century Paris’ “King of the Beggars,” in The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Mr….
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