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.
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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. Do we figure him? That'll be the day.
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.
A Tale of Two Mavericks, or Three, or Four: ‘Maverick: The Complete First Season’
Maverick was one of the earliest series to employ recurring roles who drop by as a pleasant surprise and give the notion that the entire West is like a small town.
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