Bone Tomahawk

Hybrid Western/horror film starring Kurt Russell is a brutal delight

"...the grizzled actor’s perfectly calibrated performance in this horror-Western. Bone Tomahawk is The Searchers mashed up with Wes Craven’s..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Richard Jenkins Wields a Bone Tomahawk

Old Western horror with the Six Feet Under star

"...heroes need a sidekick. Every Rowdy Yates has a Wishbone, every Hopalong Cassidy a Windy Halliday, every Sheriff Chance..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dust and Bones

Cannibal Western Bone Tomahawk finds true gristle

"...When S. Craig Zahler started writing Bone Tomahawk, he wasn't creating a revisionist Western just for..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Night House

Rebecca Hall falls into a void of despair in this enthralling ghost story

"...Yet it's actually supervising sound mixer Ric Schnupp (Midsommar, Bone Tomahawk) who sets that tone, with an opening conversation..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dragged Across Concrete

Police brutality and corruption in a world of malice and greed

"...Brawl in Cell Block 99 and the Western in Bone Tomahawk), Zahler's style eschews rapid violence in favor of..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets Arty

First titles, plus Nicolas Winding Refn on exploitation

"...magnificent mustache-and-mutton-chops combo of his for existentialist Western horror Bone Tomahawk. This is a major coup for festival founder..."

July 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Hits Hard

Stephen King adaptations, Arabic cinema, and Three Billboards

"...inflict their comedy of discomfort with Dan Dream; and Bone Tomahawk creator S. Craig Zahler, whose hard crime, hard..."

Aug. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown

Can the WWE make an action star out of Dean Ambrose?

"...Bone Tomawhak (Image) The Fantastic Fest 2015 closing film is..."

Dec. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Wildcards of TV and Cinema in 2021

Highs, lows, and strange moments that caught our critics eyes

"...Sarah Jane celebrates the ongoing greatness of the Bone Tomahawk star..."

Dec. 30, 2021 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

The Pale Door

Witches versus cowboys in the weird, weird West

"...worth your while. Until movies like The Wind or Bone Tomahawk are the norm, a film like The Pale..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

What's Fantastic at Fantasia

Highlights from the Canadian genre fest, plus films you may see soon

"...master Craig S. Zahler (Brawl in Cell Block 99, Bone Tomahawk) takes over writing duties in this gore-drenched revamp..."

Aug. 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Hardcore Carnivore’s In a Class of Her Own

Jess Pryles schools meat-eaters on the how and why of the food they crave

"...Listen to the sizzle as she flips a tomahawk steak again and again and again – her motto:..."

Aug. 16, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Buy the Snake

They say it's a sin to kill a mockingbird

"...I will admit to being a bit of a..."

April 14, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

DVDanger: Kill or Be Killed

Western revenge, Texas style

"...Star State’s version of the Sasquatch, while San Antonio-set Bone Boys was a Kim Henkel-endorsed kin to The Texas..."

March 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Alamo Drafthouse Sells Birth.Movies.Death.

Magazine and website becomes part of Cinestate

"...through mixing innovation and provocation. Alongside well-reviewed releases like Bone Tomahawk and The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, it's also..."

May 1, 2020 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

From charming zombies to pompous actors, 10 films to seek in 2019

"...neo-grindhouse heavy-hitters like Brawl in Cell Block 99 and Bone Tomahawk, production house Cinestate has carved a bloody trail..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Brawl in Cell Block 99

Vince Vaughn and Udo Kier on being the heavy

"...The director of brutal revisionist Western Bone Tomahawk was looking for a mountain of a man..."

Oct. 15, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2017 Preview

The show must go on

"...Boxer Vince Vaughn gets brutal in the latest from Bone Tomahawk director S. Craig Zahler. Sat., Sept. 23, 8pm..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

With Ti West In a Valley of Violence

Director on PTSD, Westerns, and the world's greatest dog

"...Austin Chronicle: Talking with Craig Zahler about his Western Bone Tomahawk, and he said the best asset he had..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A White-Knuckle Western

Co-directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks aim to Kill or Be Killed

"...Eight. Their film shares a distributor with recent Western Bone Tomahawk, as well...."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Marjorie Baumgarten's Top 10 Films of 2015

"...Most Underrated Irrational Man, By the Sea, Bone Tomahawk..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Josh Kupecki's Top 10 Films of 2015

"...Best Original Screenplay Bone Tomahawk (S. Craig Zahler), Results (Andrew Bujalski), Inside Out..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Austin Critics Announce Award Nominees

Carol leads nominations with seven nods

"...Peanuts Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie Best First Film Bone Tomahawk The Diary of a Teenage Girl Ex Machina..."

Dec. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2015: Tim League Speaks!

Hot tips and the inside spill, plus Kurt Russell!

"...his big gets is undoubtedly surrealist, revisionist, cannibalistic Western Bone Tomahawk, not least because it means the first official..."

Sept. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stream Analysis

Dispatches from the couch

"...seen S. Craig Zahler's wonderfully perverse cannibal Western hybrid Bone Tomahawk, you may have an inkling as to what..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Goat Revolution

Austin gets hip to the world's most consumed meat

"...handsaw, with optional accessories such as a comb for bone dust and Hogue's favorite, a modified oyster knife. Modern..."

June 28, 2013 Food Feature by Jessi Cape