Defining classic is tricky, and determining which classics are more seen than others is even trickier. For entry-level purveyors of the Western, the following ten films exist in the outer circles of the genre’s dartboard, far removed from AFI lists or IMDb boards yet close enough to be available to watch, providing you have a […]
Author: Jacob Hando
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The 10 Best Western Movies of The 1960s
When assembling a chronological list of the ten best Westerns of the 1960s, one thing seems abundantly clear: the middle years of the decade are surprisingly barren. The first few years of the 1960s feel massively different stylistically to the outstanding Westerns of 1969; as if the assassination of President Kennedy had fractured America’s self-belief […]
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10 Great Recent Western Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen
Gone are the days when the Western genre once compromised 30% of Hollywood’s output. Back then, in the postwar period until the late 1950s, every actor and their mums surely made at least one cowboy picture. As for now? Audiences are lucky if they get one a year. What is curious though is that because […]
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The 10 Best Western Movies of The 1970s
Every champion must die and every empire must fall; the inevitability of decline after incredible success is part of nature’s course correction. Look no further than the recent diminishment of superhero cinema or the collapse of the musical in the last few decades of the 20th century. The Western, an endlessly reliable source of income […]
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The 10 Best Western Movies of The 1990s
It feels strange that, despite two Westerns taking home the Best Picture Oscar in the 1990s, the genre has few other entries in that decade that stand tall and proud. Perhaps the reason for this is that those two films, Dances With Wolves and Unforgiven, set such a high bar that other directors steered away […]
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All 9 Sam Mendes Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Born in Berkshire in 1965, Sam Mendes began his directing career in theatre, masterminding successful runs of ‘Oliver!’ and ‘Caberet’. Turning to filmmaking, he struck gold in 1999 with his debut film, ‘American Beauty’. The drama went on to win big at the box office and at the Academy Awards, securing Mendes a Director Oscar […]