Chisum (1970) John Wayne stars as cattle baron John Chisum in this sweeping account of the Lincoln County War. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, the film frames the conflict through the eyes of the establishment, portraying Chisum as a principled patriarch battling...
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: The 50th Anniversary Cut (1973/2023) Sam Peckinpah’s haunting Western tells the story of lawman Pat Garrett (James Coburn) and his fateful pursuit of Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson). The film is as much about the passing of the Old West...
The Left-Handed Gun This psychological Western stars Paul Newman as Billy, portrayed here as a tortured youth haunted by trauma. Based on a teleplay by Gore Vidal, the film rejects folk-hero romanticism in favor of a Freudian case study in alienation and rage....
Old Henry Tim Blake Nelson delivers a career-defining performance as a widowed farmer harboring dark secrets from his past. When violence arrives at his doorstep, Henry must confront both external threats and his own buried history. The film builds slowly and...
