A lonely man drifts into town. So begins countless westerns written for the page and made for the screen. But this one’s a little different. This time that lone soul isn’t a gunslinger making his bones, a mysterious man trying … Continue reading THE WESTERNER
Every year, the Australian-based online quarterly, Senses of Cinema, invites writers from all over the globe to submit their selections for the best movies of the year—including those seen for the first time regardless of the year of release. As I … Continue reading SENSES OF CINEMA: 2021 World Cinema Poll
It should have been a classic. Major Dundee, a new kind of western with Charlton Heston as the titular major. This was the 1960s, and Heston had already played Moses and Judah Ben-Hur (he won an Oscar for that one). Box … Continue reading MAJOR DUNDEE
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