Westerns

A lot of noise for strong female roles

9 Feb 2012

Quick-read, pulp fiction, airport novels — those light-lit books that people devour on the printed (or e-printed) page...

Alexander Payne considers 'The Descendants' training for westerns

2 Feb 2012

The director hopes his work establishing a sense of place in 'The Descendants' and other films will prepare him to make a western. Alexander Payne's Oscar for his "Sideways" screenplay (shared with writing partner Jim Taylor) should have kicked the writer-director's career into high gear, but it took seven years for Payne to produce a follow-up. A good chunk of that time was burned up trying to ...

JACK SIMPSON: Westerns told us tales that live on in memory

2 Feb 2012

If you are a senior citizen, you probably miss those old western movies we used to go see on Saturday afternoons.