awolverton77Sep 13, 20233 min read2023 Summer Reading Challenge: Showdown (1980) John H. LenihanShowdown: Confronting Modern America in the Western Film (1980) John H. Lenihan University of Illinois Press Paperback, 214 pages...
awolverton77Dec 23, 20217 min readBest Discoveries of 2021: WesternsLast 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...
awolverton77Sep 11, 20218 min readA 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...
awolverton77May 1, 20215 min readWhat I Watched in April 2021, Part IIIf 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...
awolverton77Apr 23, 202111 min readGrowing 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,...
awolverton77Feb 1, 202110 min readWhat I Watched in January 2021My 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...