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The Film 100: Clint Eastwood, no. 89
At the height of the feminist movement, Eastwood became the model of masculinity.
The Film 100: John Wayne, no. 11
Wayne made only thirty-one westerns, but in these roles he established the code of the screen hero—free, fair, decisive and determined.
The Film 100: Buster Keaton, no. 38
Keaton established himself as an icon—the unwitting simpleton overrun by the modern mechanized world—repeatedly using his physical dexterity to overcome intractable machines.
Half the Sky: Women Auteurs III
At the vanguard of most every cinematic movement of the past century: women directors. The third of three ‘starter’ lists on women pays tribute.
Cowboys and Ambersons: Essential Films About Vanishing Ways of Life, Part 2
By Keyframe ContributorsThe best movies that bring special poignancy to lives no longer present.
Last Picture Shows: Essential Films About Vanishing Ways of Life
The best movies that bring special poignancy to lives no longer present.
Going Back In Search of “Hell:” An Interview with Alex Cox
The cult director talks about making (and remaking) his two punk westerns Straight to Hell and Searchers 2.0,
10,000 Ways to Die: The Punk Westerns of Alex Cox
“Straight to Hell Returns” and “Searchers 2.0″ are violently comic neo-westerns where no one leaves intact.
True (or False) Grit
“True Grit”‘s Mattie Ross is only the latest in a long lineage of Women of the West both in front of and behind the camera.
