Letters at 3AM: The Bad and the Beautiful

Film noir cuts through the cant of America's idealism

"...Noir isn't about the courage of Westerns. Noir defines courage as a high pitch of desperation...."

May 20, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Signed, Sealed and Delivered

Stevie Wonder, Arcade Fire, and Kanye West headline ACL 2011

"...Mariana Iranzi, Foster the People, Beardyman, Brady Rymer, Smith Westerns, the Greencards, Recess Monkey, An Horse, the Q Brothers,..."

May 17, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Into the West

Kelly Reichardt re-creates the hazards of the Oregon Trail in Meek's Cutoff

"...means. It's sad that there aren't too many modern Westerns; they're just such a great means of talking about..."

May 6, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts/Rick Springfield/George Jones/Devo

"...program, rock & roll could use more such wild Westerns. Better yet, in its second week – the one..."

April 1, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Spin Party

"...write more innocuous and forgettable post-Americana than the Smith Westerns. On the other end of the pendulum were England's..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Lineup

Recommended music for the week of Feb. 4-10

"...Variations on theme with Wild Nothing, Soft Healer, Smith Westerns, and Ethnic Heritage Ensemble...."

Feb. 4, 2011 Music Post

All Shades of Black

How do you define film noir?

"...in black and white." There are sets of noir Westerns (a misnomer to begin with, but the selections are..."

July 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...on in Peru to develop a location for other Westerns. He's Mr. Middle America. He dreams of big cars,..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

In Play

Rockstar Games' most ambitious and polished title to date is a visual feast but somewhat of a gaming disappointment

"...standards but still sub-par compared to even mediocre, filmed Westerns. Thankfully, there are a myriad of ways to while..."

May 28, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Letters at 3AM: My Top 10 of All Top 10s

A list of the Top 10 cultural artifacts that have shaped my life

"...the eye – not defiantly, just evenly, almost solemnly. Westerns rated my serious attention. Wayne, Gary Cooper, Randolph Scott...."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Once Upon a War Story

Quentin Tarantino rewrites the spaghtetti western with a side of sour Krauts in Inglourious Basterds

"...other thing is that when people think of spaghetti westerns, they often think about the music or the costumes..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: A Cheating Top 10

An introduction, then a list of lots of cool things, shoved into 10 slots, that are not necessarily related to 2008

"...Hellman is problematic in that his two great existential Westerns – Ride in the Whirlwind and The Shooting, both..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Film News

Save the Texas film industry with a Spaghetti Western fundraiser with the stars and under the stars at Star Hill Ranch

"...a few films in its time. Scenes from Italian Westerns will screen in the background on the Alamo Drafthouse's..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Going Home to the Armadillo

After 30 years, the song remains the same at ArmadilloCon, Texas' favorite sci-fi convention

"...Texas native is more famous for his mysteries and Westerns. Why does he make the drive from Alvin every..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

From Mad Dogs to Mister Golf

Bud Shrake, continued

"...a horse, then they call it a Western. And Westerns, you know, have been out of favor for 30..."

April 25, 2008 Books Feature by Spencer Parsons

Re-Re-Re-Re-Reopening Night

The Ritz: Talkie theatre, cowboy hangout, playhouse, comedy and punk club, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

"...early days, "It was the height of the B-movie Westerns," Craddock says, "and a lot of the cowboy stars..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Downward Spiral

Aesthetically, we have gone insane and dull

"...basically took over from film in such genres as B-Westerns and B-movies in general, family films, serials, comedies, and..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Pearl King

Formed through irritation, time, and friction, yet gorgeous, imperfect, and universally valued: Oliver Rajamani

"...in one of humanity's oldest societies, folks enjoy spaghetti westerns...."

May 4, 2007 Music Feature by David Lynch

The Cinema of Possibilities

Low budget or big, the energy and imagination of the grind-house circuit is reborn in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's tribute

"...scary, women-in-prison films intense; motorcycle films range from modern Westerns to overly talkie moral dramas, and gangster films rip..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Thursday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Khmer-singing Cambodian pop priestess Chhom Nimol and interpolating spaghetti westerns, New Wave, and Bollywood, the group successfully transitioned from..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Man and Myth

Comic-book artist Dean Haspiel set to attend Staple! Independent Media Expo

"...many different genres – like horror, kung fu, spaghetti Westerns, crime – and all that stuff amalgamates and caramelizes..."

March 2, 2007 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: Red-State Specials

In the current political climate, reasoned debate turns too easily to ideological hate

"...so was having the villains wear black hats in B-Westerns. Neither actually create meaning, are based in reality, or..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Column by Louis Black

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...think of it as Part I. There are no Westerns, animation, socially responsible dramas, documentaries, or Jean Harlow films;..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Holiday You-Wish List

Once around the Xbox 360

"...in filling a now-obvious gap in the genre department: Westerns. And though thin by film standards, Gun's plot remains..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

The Missouri Breaks

As shape-shifting, lavender-scented 'regulator' Robert E. Lee Clayton, Marlon Brando delivers the most self-indulgent performance of his career, and that's saying a lot

"...Arthur Penn already knew a thing about helming revisionist Westerns when he took on the project. He'd directed 1958's..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and King Neptune

Robert Schenkkan's 'The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and King Neptune' eases us back into that long-ago world of screwball comedy and serves up some new fun

"...classical thespian who leaped into the saddle of silent-film Westerns and has improbably become a range-riding hero by the..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

My Favorite Year

In an extraordinary season of four premieres, playwright Robert Schenkkan brings UT, his old school, a new screwball comedy

"...personae: bathing beauties, cowpokes, mobsters, a star of Tinseltown Westerns in the days before talkies, scheming agents, and so..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TIFF Notes

What I took away from the Toronto International Film Festival

"...three of my favorite films from the fest are Westerns, which perhaps indicates there's new life emerging in this..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

This ain't your grandma's antiques show

"...Audiences attracted to past TNT Westerns will enjoy Into the West immensely. A photogenic cast,..."

June 10, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Kagemusha

All of the director's classic themes and techniques are here, but 'Kagemusha' also ushered in a new period in Kurosawa's style, one influenced by the countless hours, months, and years he spent painting imagined scenes from the movie as he waited dejectedly for funding to come in

"...– with the explosiveness and exuberance of the American Westerns he loved, and Kagemusha is no exception. Every scene..."

April 8, 2005 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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