Both a nostalgic homage and a bold renewal of the genre, Sam Peckinpah’s Ride the High Country (1962) was able … More
Category: Westerns
Winchester ’73: One of a Thousand.
Winchester ’73, launched on June 7, 1950, tells the story of the hero Lin McAdam (played by the charming James … More
The law West of the Pecos and the myth of Judge Roy Bean
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) stars Paul Newman as an unkempt outlaw called Roy Bean who … More
Pat Garrett has got your number!
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), by Sam Peckinpah, tells the story of two old friends who have drifted … More
City Slickers: The Urban Bunch
More than just another cheap parody of Western movies, Ron Underwood’s City Slickers is actually a subtle tribute to the … More
Cimarron (1960): Anthony Mann Revisits the Western with an Atypical and Romantic Saga
Portraying a hero eager for adventures and somehow reckless, Cimarron (1960) becomes a real ode to love when a … More
Penn reinvents the Western with The Left-Handed Gun
The Left-Handed Gun (1958) is a powerful, disturbing and unconventional Western, nowadays a classic of the genre, led by … More
Gallows and Hanging Trees in the West
In 1889, a man led by revenge becomes a gun-for-hire loner after having suffered from the merciless justice of the … More
Aldrich’s Apache: the story of the last Apache warrior
Robert Aldrich avoids naivety and brilliantly tells the story of a complex Indian character in this film that depicts the … More
They Died with Their Boots On: a western faithful to its genre
Epic and spectacular, They Died with Their Boots On can be considered as one of the best Westerns of the … More