WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: FOUR FACES WEST
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES : FOUR FACES WEST (***) Last evening at our Western Night at the Movies gathering, Johnny D. Boggs (Spur award-winning author of RETURN TO RED RIVER) brought a film both surprising and satisfying. FOUR FACES...
FURY AT GUNSIGHT PASS
FURY AT GUNSIGHT PASS (** 1/2) Our Western Night movie group met last Sunday and it was Robert Nott’s turn to curate. He chose a couple of Western Bs. Both were released in 1956, both were shot in black-and-white and both had story problems. But...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE INDIAN FIGHTER (**)
The other evening our Western Night at the Movies group met for a showing of two films. The first was an episode from the 1960 television series, THE WESTERNER, created by Sam Peckinpah. Co-written and directed by Peckinpah, the episode, entitled...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES WIND RIVER (***)
Yesterday my wife and I and some friends who love movies and Westerns saw WIND RIVER. Written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, who wrote last year’s excellent Oscar-nominated HELL OR HIGH WATER, WIND RIVER tells the story of a murder investigation...
“West of Penance” book signing for the Room to Read Program a Success
It is my great pleasure to announce that my book signing on September 7, 2017, to benefit the Room to Read Program at the Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi in Santa Fe, NM, was a wonderful success. I’d like to thank Linda Abeyta and Regina Ortiz at the...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF! (***)
Our Western Night group met last night. Also in attendance were Johnny D. Boggs, David Morrell and Kirk Ellis. (Robert Nott was detained at his newspaper job on late-breaking stories coming in.) It was Kirk’s choice and we watched the James Garner comedy Western, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF! Released in 1969, this film