Bone Tomahawk (2015)
I suspect I watch "gritty" Westerns for different reasons than many others do. What can I say? I am just a dismal sonofabitch. I like bleak, plodding, bare-ass noir featuring a ragged heroism laid bare…
Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
An incredibly understated, border-town noir film that is surprisingly compelling despite serious drawbacks. In its favor: breathtaking cinematography, a perfectly spare score, beautiful production design, genuinely creepy crime - and…
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
Despite a solid premise, an epic movie poster, and enough 80s action-dude power to stun a small donkey, 1987's Extreme Prejudice did not achieve its hoped-for commercial success as an homage…
Slow West (2015)
Kodi Smit-McPhee apparently has the kind of face that attracts filmmakers who make "You Don't Deserve A Childhood!" kind of movies. To that end, Slow West out-bleaks every bleak Western ever…