western
The Power of the Dog is a haunting, powerful character study by Jane Campion, amongst the best films of the year.
When it comes down to it, perhaps The Harder They Fall just attempts to do too much, and doesn’t quite have the necessary balance and patience.
The Harder They Fall is a confident and engaging debut, staying just on the right side of story versus style with the entertaining tale of revenge.
With strong performances, The Power of the Dog delivers on its promise, offering a solid narrative tale of strength, masculinity and grief.
As part of TIFF 2021, we took a look at The Power of the Dog, Benediction, After Blue, and Compartment No. 6.
As it is, Cry Macho is the type of story that Eastwood has both told and portrayed better in the past.
Despite a familiarity with Johnson’s isolated world, Leah Purcell’s passion for The Drover’s Wife ultimately does her directing debut a massive disservice.
If the clause “write what you know” is to be taken literally, then Kerry Mondragon fits the bill with his feature debut Tyger Tyger.
Film Inquiry’s Luke Parker spoke with writer-director Thomas Clay about his self-described “Puritan Western,” The Delivered.
Reichardt once again displays her generous understanding of life on the margins, and the implicit need to create relationships in harsh lands.
The self-styled, atmospheric glow of The Grey Fox is brought back thanks to Kino Lorber, and the 4K restoration looks immaculate.
Nancy Kelly’s Thousand Pieces of Gold is a subtly brilliant revisionist western replete with period atmosphere and an original story.
Knowing the legacy of the state Oklahoma, To The Stars turns what could have been a fairly run-of-the-mill coming of age story into a broader indictment of a state’s transcendent violence.
Cowboys is Anna Kerrigan’s delicate and modestly subversive take on the Western, in which a father violates his parole and pulls his son away from an unpleasant upbringing.
True History of the Kelly Gang wants us to sympathize with a murderer who suffered great trauma from birth to death. It’s unfortunate that the film’s most critical moments fall flat.