WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BULLET FOR A BADMAN
Films that are flawed—not plain bad, but problematic—are welcomed at our Western Night sessions and, as it was his turn to choose, Robert Nott brought one called A BULLET FOR A BADMAN (1964). This B Western, directed by R. G. Springsteen who...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE LAST SUNSET
Compelling yet creepy is a phrase not often associated with Westerns, but we all agreed it fit THE LAST SUNSET (1961), Sheila Ellis’s choice for this session. It’s a tale of revenge wrapped in a soap opera of bent romances with a side of twisted...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: WINCHESTER ‘73
Noir Westerns, dark, brooding stories featuring deeply flawed characters with something gnawing at their souls and set in the wide expanses and big skies of the Old West, began showing up in the late ‘40s and into the ‘50s. Films like THE OX-BOW...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BLINDMAN
For this Western Night, Kirk Ellis chose BLINDMAN (1971), a spaghetti Western featuring a blind anti-hero. Sergio Leone introduced probably the most well-known Western anti-hero to American audiences with his Man with No Name movies in the...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
A contemporary noir Western, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) was my choice for this Western Night. Based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, it won four Academy Awards including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay for Joel and Ethan...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: 3 BAD MEN
John Ford famously said, “I make Westerns.” He began his long career in the silent era. We’ve brought a few of his Westerns to our Movie Nights, mostly his talkies. But for this session, Johnny Boggs screened Ford’s last silent Western, 3 BAD MEN,...
