One of the most uncomfortable sub-genres of the Western is the assimilation narrative. Broadly defined as a story wherein a white person joins a Native American people and adopts their ways, assimilation narratives are heavily […]
In March of 1953, the late Elmore Leonard published his story Three Ten to Yuma in the pulp publication Dime Western Magazine. He eventually sold his story to Columbia Pictures. With an adapted screenplay by […]
Let me put it out there. I’m not the biggest fan of Spaghetti Westerns. I know, I know. I respect their importance, their place in the pantheon of film history. I enjoy the motifs and […]
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