January 30, 2013 - 12:48pm
Johnny Law gets too close to the boys in George Roy Hill's 1969 classic.
It's interesting to think about how we as a culture perceive our historical or legendary outlaws. Our society views such people with admiration. We make movies where the bad guys are the good guys. If a man and a woman ran around the country today holding up banks and killing people, society...
January 9, 2013 - 1:47pm
Meet up to discuss John Ford's adaptation of John Steinbeck's classic novel.
Think of a great name in the history of the Western film genre. Quick! First name that pops into your head. Was it John Wayne? It was John Wayne, wasn't it? If so, I have a suggestion for you: forget about American Westerns. The Italians: that's who you want to talk to. Spaghetti Westerns....
August 10, 2012 - 4:35pm
It's a mustache frenzy at the O.K. Corral!
I have previously discussed the state of the Western genre in American cinema. There are some mighty fine masterpieces – John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, for instance. In my opinion, though, the Italians who tackled the form showed us its true potential – directors such...
July 29, 2012 - 8:06pm
One day only at Tinseltown: let John Wayne and John Ford take you on a stunning tour of the Olde West in a quest to find a kidnapped girl.
I've been watching a lot of Westerns recently. It's an interesting genre to me – for most of my life I've shied away from such things, not really grasping the appeal of all-American cowboys strutting around shootin' Injuns (political incorrectness intended for satirical...
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