Sundance 2018: ‘306 Hollywood’ + ‘Damsel’
Sibling directors Elan and Jonathan Bogarin deliver vastly different stories about the power of the past.
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All Growed Up: ‘The Kentuckian’ and the Myth of Freedom
In this tale of the formation of Texas, a roof over one's head is antithetical to freedom.
The Characters in ‘The Salvation’ Are Easy to Care About but Terrifying to Watch
Mixing the classic themes of the American western with splashes of modernity makes for a attention-grabbing tale of salvation.
The Gibson Brothers: Brotherhood
Eric and Leigh Gibson continue to innovate with a collection of bluegrass covers dedicated to fellow bands of brothers.
Double Take: John Ford’s ‘The Searchers’ (1956)
Double Take heads out West and into the disfigured psyche of John Wayne’s Ethan Edwards in John Ford’s The Searchers. Do we figure him?
Erik Deutsch: Outlaw Jazz
The New York keyboard extraordinaire reasserts himself to the top of the heap with the uncanny fusion of country and jazz.
‘For a Few Dollars More’ Is a Rare Sequel That Is Superior to the Classic It Follows
The archetype of the spaghetti western finds its truest expression in this essential film from Sergio Leone.
B-Film as Theory: ‘The Shooting/Ride in the Whirlwind’
Two blasts of existentialist disquiet and hallucination from the stable of Roger Corman, these two Westerns launched the career of a major alternative filmmaker in Monte Hellman.