WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: UNFORGIVEN
Some call this Western a classic. Others say it’s The Man with No Name grows a conscience. Ask me, it’s one of my favorite Western films, like THE WILD BUNCH, THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, and THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES. I just plain like
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME
For this evening’s Western Night at the Movies, Johnny D. Boggs brought the fascinating and remarkable SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME (2015). A contemporary Western tale filmed on location at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, it is a deeply moving look at the troubles a family on the reservation face. Call it the struggle for hope.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: REBEL IN TOWN
For our latest viewing, Robert Nott chose REBEL IN TOWN (1956), an engaging B-Western I had not seen before. When three ex-Confederate brothers ride into a small town to water their horses, a little boy gets shot. It’s an unfortunate accident, but...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BROKEN LANCE
It was David Morrell’s turn to choose the film and he selected BROKEN LANCE (1954). The story goes that movie producer Sol Siegal thought that the 1949 noir film, HOUSE OF STRANGERS, set in New York City about a wealthy but stern father with four...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BADLANDS (***)
It was my turn for Western Night and I chose BADLANDS (1973). Written by Terrence Malick, it was the first film he produced and directed. (I’m not a fan of any of his other work, like THE THIN RED LINE or THE NEW WORLD.) Part contemporary Western...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES (**)
For our latest gathering, Johnny D. Boggs brought CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES, an Italian-French production from 1969. We haven’t seen many foreign language Westerns, but Johnny has brought most of them. Director, co-writer and star Robert Hossein...
