western

Uncovering Curiosities: Mateo Gil’s BLACKTHORN

Director Mateo Gil’s Blackthorn is a revisionist western starring the late Sam Shepard, that supposes that Butch Cassidy didn’t die in his infamous shootout with the Bolivian army (alongside The Sundance Kid) in 1908, but that he lived in the [...]

September 17, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Lance Daly’s BLACK ’47

Director Lance Daly’s 2018 release, Black ’47 is a western-tinged revenge tale set amongst the backdrop of the Great Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór). It’s a gritty tale, which uses the darkest point in Irish history as a stepping-off point [...]

September 4, 2020

Behind The Scenes: Marlon Brando Directing The Western ONE-EYED JACKS

The mighty Marlon Brando starred-in and directed the 1961 western One-Eyed Jacks. The film is an uneven piece for sure, but you can’t deny Brando’s screen presence in this tale of revenge. The plot sees Brando’s rugged Rio seeking payback on [...]

September 3, 2020

The Great Train Robbery Sequence In THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

Released in 2007, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was a commercial flop on its release. That’s a huge shame because Andrew Dominik’s western is a glorious piece of cinema. It cost $30 million to produce, but [...]

August 17, 2020

Poster & Trailer For Horror/Western THE PALE DOOR

Movies In Focus is getting serious From Dusk Till Dawn vibes from this poster for The Pale Door. The western–horror looks like it might deliver some effect low budget thrills, but I think that the Aaron B. Koontz film won’t be any type [...]

July 29, 2020

Uncovering Curiosities: Martin Koolhoven’s Dark Western BRIMSTONE

Writer-director Martin Koolhoven delivers a dark and macabre western in the shape of Brimstone. Divided into four sections (Revelation, Exodus, Genesis and Retribution), the film flips chronology to unveil different layers to the story. Dakota [...]

July 12, 2020

Lockdown Viewing Recommendation: James Garner Is Wyatt Earp In John Sturges’ HOUR OF THE GUN

A lot of people are expanding their movie viewing during the Coronavirus/COVID-19 shutdown. If you’re looking for something different, then you might want to check-out John Sturges’ 1967 Western, Hour Of The Gun. James Garner is best known [...]

June 16, 2020

Review: Neal McDonough Impresses In Low Budget Western THE WARRANT

The general belief is that the western is dead. Modern audiences haven’t embraced the genre in a long time and over the last decade or so there have been few big budget attempts at bringing the ‘Oater’ back to the masses. However, away from [...]

April 8, 2020

Trailer For Masters of Cinema’s New Blu-ray Release Of John Ford’s RIO GRANDE Starring John Wayne & Maureen O’Hara

The mighty Masters Of Cinema series is delivering the first ever Region 2 blu-ray release of John Ford‘s iconic western, Rio Grande. The release has a street date set for 6 April 2020. Starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara [...]

February 11, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Do Not Forsake Classic Western HIGH NOON

With one of the greatest opening sequences in film history, High Noon kicks-off in an outstanding fashion and this 1952 film just gets better and better as it builds towards its climax. Director Alfred Zinnemann delivers one of the great westerns [...]

October 5, 2019

Interview: Producer Dallas Sonnier Talks Pushing Boundaries & Making Great Movies Away From Hollywood

Dallas Sonnier is one of the bravest and most exciting film producers working today. Through his company Cinestate, Sonnier he has delivered a roster of punchy movies including the Kurt Russell western Bone Tomahawk, Vince Vaughn crime-thriler Brawl [...]

July 17, 2019

Review: Gritty Irish Revenge Drama BLACK ’47 Goes Into The West

Director Lance Daly’s Black ’47 is a western-tinged revenge tale set amongst the backdrop of the Great Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór). It’s a gritty tale, which uses the darkest point in Irish history as a stepping-off point and Daly manages [...]

September 8, 2018

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