• Western

    Lost Literature: On "Picket Line," Elmore Leonard's Remarkable, Long-Unpublished Novella

    C.M. Kushins Explores a Style-defining Political Project from a Western Crime Legend

    October 20, 2025  By C.M. Kushins
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    The Environmental Anxiety of The Sisters Brothers

    Jacques Audiard's adaptation of Patrick deWitt's novel is a forward-thinking, ecologically-moral fable

    August 27, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Quentin Tarantino Movie

    The legendary director broke down his oeuvre... and the results are exciting.

    August 20, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Re-imagining the American West for Modern Horror Audiences

    Why horror is the perfect antidote to "false nostalgia for tropes of the American West’s gory saga"

    June 27, 2025  By Nick Belardes
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    Frederic S. Durbin On Crafting a Genre-Bending Western

    "How can a novel encompass fantasy, horror, science-fiction, romance, the ghost story, literary fiction, and the western?"

    May 16, 2025  By Frederic S. Durbin
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    The Curious Case of The Comeback Trail

    The comedy caper has been made twice, but did anyone notice?

    April 25, 2025  By Vince Keenan
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    How Kevin Costner's Maligned Epic – 'The Postman' – Offered a Glimpse into America's Future

    David Masciotra revisits the 1997 film and finds a message about a divided nation and the rise of fascism.

    October 18, 2024  By David Masciotra
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    There Will be Blood: The Potent Blend of Westerns & Horror

    "There are so many things about the frontier era or the wild west that lend themselves to horror and thriller stories."

    October 10, 2024  By Lish McBride
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    Genre Primeval: How the Western Evolved into the Crime Novel

    Snowden Wright on Elmore Leonard and the evolution of an American icon.

    August 13, 2024  By Snowden Wright
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    Genre Communicates a Contract with the Reader

    "I will trick you, there will be death, but there will also be resolution...It is a game the reader can win."

    March 13, 2024  By Micaiah Johnson
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