western – What is Best in Life

My Favorite Movies 61: Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948)

isley.unruh / January 13, 2015

All the classic Westerns strike a different chord with me. My Darling Clementine is pure poetry, Stagecoach is like witnessing the birth […]

The good old fashioned “classic” style American western has taken many forms over the years, from revisionist westerns that lost […]

isley.unruh / December 10, 2012

As one of the first, and most famous, “pacifist westerns,” it is tempting to discuss Destry Rides Again in terms […]

isley.unruh / November 22, 2011

I always have to stop myself when I say I like “all kinds of music”. Because, honestly, that just isn’t […]

Hello dear readers, it’s MAILBAG MONDAY again! On this special day I will search through my mountain of reader mail […]

Johnny Guitar is like no other movie you’ve ever seen. Yes, it is a melodrama, but its overblown dialog ends […]

isley.unruh / April 11, 2011

John Ford is, along with Howard Hawks, one of the quintessential Hollywood western directors. When one thinks of classical American […]

isley.unruh / December 6, 2010

Hello dear readers, it’s MAILBAG MONDAY again! On this special day I will search through my mountain of reader mail […]

isley.unruh / August 30, 2010

I’ve been a little unsure about what to do with the Infrequently Occurring 5th Monday (aka “you are lucky I don’t just […]

isley.unruh / October 21, 2009

Westerns, at their hearts, are stories about heroes. The hero defeats the villains and saves the honest townsfolk using, not just […]