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WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: POWWOW HIGHWAY

by Thomas Clagett | Nov 22, 2022 | Western Night At The Movies

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 performance), having just...

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: UNFORGIVEN

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by Thomas Clagett | Oct 24, 2022 | Western Night At The Movies

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: REBEL IN TOWN

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by Thomas Clagett | Sep 13, 2022 | Blog, Western Night At The Movies

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 it sets in motion a...

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BROKEN LANCE

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by Thomas Clagett | Aug 5, 2022 | Blog, Western Night At The Movies

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 sons–three of...

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BADLANDS (***)

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by Thomas Clagett | Jul 18, 2022 | Blog, Western Night At The Movies

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 and part crime drama...

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES (**)

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by Thomas Clagett | Jul 5, 2022 | Western Night At The Movies

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 gets right to his grim...

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WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: POWWOW HIGHWAY

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: UNFORGIVEN

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: REBEL IN TOWN

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BROKEN LANCE

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BADLANDS (***)

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES (**)

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