For those who have enjoyed the Western genre's evolution, many of cinema's grittiest and unrelenting classics have emerged over the last 50-plus years. Many of these films have been Westerns, and ...

A movie genre emerges from the specific emotion a narrative incites in the audience. That emotion (and the filmmakers’ urge to “serve”) is what defines that movie. That emotion then dictates the ...

Warren Beatty in McCabe and Miller surrounded by Kevin Costner in Open Range and Ed Harris in Appaloosa in a composite image - Miramax Films The Western genre is nearly as old as the film medium ...

Tim Roth and Walton Goggins in The Hateful Eight, Regina King in The Harder They Fall, Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall in Open Range, Lee Byung-hun in The Good the Bad the Weird, and Johnny Depp in ...

John Wayne as Ethan Edwards in The Searchers, standing next to a horse and looking perplexed. Image via Warner Bros. Western movies are often considered to be a genre of perfection, not because ...