Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid originally ran as a home video review. Director Sam Peckinpah is mostly known for two things: Making a lot of westerns, like The...
Director Sam Peckinpah is mostly known for two things: Making a lot of westerns, like The Deadly Companions, Ride the High Country, Major Dundee, and The Wild Bunch; and injecting a lot of bloody violence in his films, like Straw...
Title: Lone Star Year: 1998 Director: John Sayles Cast: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena, Matthew McConaughey, Kris Kristofferson, Joe Morton, Frances McDormand Synopsis: Sheriff Sam Deeds (Cooper) presides over a seemingly-quiet Texas border town. However, literal and figurative skeletons are dug...
