Movie Review: In a Valley of Violence

Westerns have certainly come roaring back. It’s rather ironic, because they tend to embrace elements that many of us find repugnant (or should anyway). Classic westerns tend to be about the mighty white man who conquers nature, women, villains, and…

A Million Ways to Die in the West: A History of Western Comedies

The western genre is almost as old as movies themselves, gunslingers riding through a town in a blaze of glory, bar room brawls, and steely eyed duels across dusty streets. Silent films depicted the tumbleweed revolution in the early years…