The Power Of The Dog (2021)

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog is a powerful, searing look at the way we weaponize cruelty as a means of survival. The masterful performances and filmmaking make this one of 2021’s best films.

Michael WardJanuary 22, 20222021, Drama, Western, The Power Of The Dog, Yes You Should!!!, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jesse Plemons, Thomasin McKenzie, Genevieve Lemon, Keith Carradine, Frances Conroy, Peter Carroll, Adam Beach, Jane Campion, Thomas Savage

The Harder They Fall (2021)

Full of style and confidence, The Harder They Fall is a modernized Western, with a largely all Black cast, coasting on an impressive first half before giving into indulgences that diffuse the overall impact.

News Of The World (2020)

Tom Hanks guides us through News of the World, a throwback Western film with Hanks portraying a traveling storyteller in Texas, c. 1870, tasked with returning a young girl to the only family she has left.

Michael WardDecember 24, 20202020, News Of The World, Western, Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Michael Covino, Fred Hechinger, Neil Sandilands, Thomas Francis Murphy, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth Marvel, Chukwudi Iwuji, Bill Camp, Ray McKinnon, Paul Greengrass, Luke Davies, Paulette Jiles

Let Him Go (2020)

Diane Lane and Kevin Costner are terrific together in the hit-or-miss thriller Let Him Go, starring as grandparents who set out to reconnect with a grandson they haven’t seen in quite some time.

Michael WardNovember 6, 20202020, Western, Suspense/Thriller, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Lesley Manville, Kayli Carter, Booboo Stewart, Jeffrey Donovan, Will Brittain, Ryan Bruce, Adam Stafford, Connor Mackay, Thomas Bezucha, Larry Watson, Let Him Go

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

The Coen Brothers return with a six-story Western anthology film with stories just as eccentric as they are cruel and bleak.

Damsel (2018)

Robert Pattinson is among the finest actors we have going right now, and his tour de force performance in Damsel only reinforces this point.

Michael WardJuly 12, 2018Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, Robert Forster, Joseph Billingiere, Gabe Casdorph, Daisy, 2018, Western, Comedy, Damsel

Western (2018)

Slow, calculating drama Western finds Germans and Bulgarians becoming increasingly tense and volatile during the building of a hydroelectric power plant on the border between Bulgaria and Greece.

Michael WardMarch 9, 20182018, Western, Drama, Foreign, Germany, Bulgaria, Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov, Kevin Bashev, Veneta Fragnova, Vyara Borisova, Valeska Grisebach

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