Western

If Dante Alighieri had miraculously resurrected in the year 1971 from the Birth of Christ and accidentally got into the cinema hall, where the tape "Support Your Local Gunfighter" was on, he could have admired…

Shot exactly half a century ago, "Rooster Cogburn" for the first time brought together on the screen two of the brightest stars of the Golden Age of American cinema. The names of John Wayne and…

There are films that, having watched just once, you become a prisoner of them forever. They give such strong feelings that they continue to live in you for whole episodes, as if you yourself were…

This film by the Italian classic of political detectives and the future creator of the legendary "Octopus" was created in the wake of the success of the spaghetti Western genre invented by Sergio Leone and…

The little-known French comedy Petroleum Girls (Les Petroleuses, 1971) is a film that is no longer filmed in the XXI century. Two iconic actresses at their best. Claudia Cardinale and Brigitte Bardot are two adventurer…

The year 1948 was unusually fruitful for excellent westerns made in Hollywood. The following films have been released: John Huston's Oscar-winning neo-western "The Treasures of the Sierra Madre", Norman MacLeod's comedy western "Pale Face", George…

High Plains Drifter (High Plains Drifter, 1973) was, in fact, the second film where Eastwood not only played the main role, but also completely controlled the shooting process as a director. But "Play Misty for…

The time of action of the western Two Mules for Sister Sara (Two Mules for Sister Sara, 1970), which has now become a classic, is perfectly described by Joseph Brodsky in his "Mexican Divertissement" -…

To the 95th anniversary of the great magician of the cinema screen. Alejandro Jodorowsky, who was born on February 17, 1929 in the Chilean town of Tocopilla, is rightfully called the magician of the cinema…

Il grande silenzio (1968) - the title of this film is translated both as “The Silent One” and as “The Great Silence” (The Great Silence) and both variants have their own meaning. Agreeing to participate…

My Name Is Nobody. This picture by Tonino Valeria, which was released on the big screen in the pre-Christmas days of 1973, can be safely called an excellent postscript to the films of the great…

His name is Death or the Pale Rider (1985). This film will prove to those who do not like westerns at all that they are wrong. It should be watched by all fans of dramatic…

I first noticed Sam Elliott in The Big Lebowski, where his epic character The Stranger appears to Jeff Bridges' Dude as if in a narcotic half-reality. That gray-haired guy with a huge mustache and a…

Who would have thought that the retirement of the Cheyenne leader could turn into a headache comparable to saving Private Ryan. The Western Hostiles (Hostiles, 2017) will try to tell us how it turned out…

Hannie Caulder Hannie Caulder (1971) is a British western starring Raquel Welch with quotes from spaghetti westerns by Sergio Leone, it can also be attributed to exploitation films. And of course this is the story…

In 1968, the novel "Conagher" was published from the pen of the recognized writer of westerns Louis Lamour, and in 1991 Reynaldo Villalobos made a film of the same name for American television based on…

Being a fan of this series, I decided to watch the new feature film Deadwood 2019 (Deadwood The Movie). This is not a spin-off, but rather a logical continuation (or completion?) the events of ten…