WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE BALLAD OF GREGORIO CORTEZ
For this latest Western Night gathering, Johnny D. Boggs brought THE BALLAD OF GREGORIO CORTEZ, a little seen film when it was released in 1983, but one that still resonates forty years later.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE FABULOUS TEXAN
It was Robert Nott’s turn to select the film for our latest Western Night gathering. He particularly likes old B-Westerns, low budget…
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE TALL MEN
It isn’t often that we watch a film that none of us has ever seen, or only caught a few minutes of many years ago. But that was the case at our latest get-together with David Morrell’s selection of THE TALL MEN (1955). Directed by Raoul Walsh (THEY...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: POWWOW HIGHWAY
For our latest gathering, Sheila Ellis chose POWWOW HIGHWAY (1989), a charming, enjoyable film about two Northern Cheyenne Indian friends on a cross-country odyssey, but for two very different reasons. Philbert, (Gary Farmer in a wonderful...
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.
