2023 Summer Reading Challenge: Showdown (1980) John H. Lenihan
Showdown: Confronting Modern America in the Western Film (1980) John H. Lenihan University of Illinois Press Paperback, 214 pages...
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awolverton77
Dec 23, 20217 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: Westerns
Last year's westerns I don’t know exactly when I picked up my newfound interest in westerns, but I suspect it had something to do with...
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awolverton77
Sep 11, 20218 min read
A Film Noir Disguised as a Western? An Exploration of Quantez (1957)
Quantez (1957) Directed by Harry Keller Produced by Gordon Kay Screenplay by R. Wright Campbell Story by Anne Edwards, R. Wright Campbell...
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awolverton77
May 1, 20215 min read
What I Watched in April 2021, Part II
If you missed the first part of my April 2021 viewing, you can find it here. Gideon’s Day (aka Gideon of Scotland Yard, 1958) John Ford...
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awolverton77
Apr 23, 202111 min read
Growing Up with Movies: The Revisionist West Through the Eyes of a Nine-Year-Old
(This examination of Frank Perry's Doc (1971) contains SPOILERS.) My local theater’s poster for Doc (1971) promised something familiar,...
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awolverton77
Feb 1, 202110 min read
What I Watched in January 2021
My 2021 is off to a good start with some stellar films and some not-so-great “cellar” films. Any film with a + designation was chosen at...
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