HANNIE CAULDER (1970) (SWDB entry) – Directed by Burt Kennedy – One of Western cinema’s oldest themes is revenge. With this groundbreaking film, instead of a man, the main protagonist is a woman. Hannie Caulder (Raquel Welch) is raped by a group of violent outlaws, The Clemens Brothers played by […]
True Grit
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In the 60s, they said the western was dead, in the 80s, the 90s and the 2000s (is there a proper name for that decade?) as well. Just recently, Roger Ebert, the Keith Richards of film critics, brought up the subject again in a piece from his “Answer Man” column. […]