HBO has released the first teaser trailer for the long-long-long awaited Deadwood movie, which has been rumored for years. Even though HBO announced last year that the film was officially happening and underway, it’s been hard [ … ]
Category: Film & TV
The Beguiled (1971) – American Southern Gothic Film
The Beguiled is a 1971 American Southern Gothic film directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page. The script was written by Albert Maltz and is based on the 1966 novel written by Thomas P. Cullinan, originally [ … ]
The Real Hugh Glass From The Revenant (2017)
Set against the harsh backdrop of the American frontier during the early 19th century, The Revenant follows expert tracker Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) as he and his Native American son Hawk (Forrest [ … ]
The Searchers (1956) – Classic Dark Western
The Searchers was made in the dying days of the classic dark Western, which faltered when Indians ceased to be typecast as savages. Revisionist Westerns, including Ford’s own Cheyenne Autumn [ … ]
Once Upon a Time in America – A Dark Spaghetti Western
After making his American Civil War epic The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Leone had intended to retire from making Westerns, believing he had said all he wanted to say. [ … ]
HBO’s Deadwood Movie Begins Production
HBO’s Deadwood movie has begun production 12 years after the end of the premium network’s Emmy-winning Western series from David Milch. Most of that original cast is returning for the film, which takes [ … ]
Jonah Hex (2010) – Dead Man Talking
Having cheated death, gunslinger and bounty hunter Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) has one foot in the natural world and one in the supernatural. His unusual nature gives him the ability [ … ]
‘And Hell Followed with Him’: Gothic Economics in Clint Eastwood’s Pale Rider (1985) American Gothic Western – Part 4
The following is the last of a four part series by John Edgar Browning about Clint Eastwood’s Pale Rider (1985), taken from “Undead in the West II: They Just Keep [ … ]
‘And Hell Followed with Him’: Gothic Economics in Clint Eastwood’s Pale Rider (1985) – Part 3
The following is part three of a four part series by John Edgar Browning about Clint Eastwood’s Pale Rider (1985), taken from “Undead in the West II: They Just Keep [ … ]
‘And Hell Followed with Him’: Gothic Economics in Clint Eastwood’s Pale Rider (1985) Gothic Eurowesterns – Part 2
The following is part two of a four part series by John Edgar Browning about Clint Eastwood’s Pale Rider (1985), taken from “Undead in the West II: They Just Keep [ … ]