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Lynne Ramsey reported to be working on new title with Natalie Portman

Lynne Ramsey reported to be working on new title with Natalie Portman

The two will pair up on western Jane Got a Gun

25 May 2012

Glasgow born director Lynne Ramsay's next project has just been announced: a Western that will star Natalie Portman. Jane Got A Gun will focus on a young woman whose outlaw of a husband is brutally attacked by his own gang. When the band of men head to…

Meek's Cutoff is a keenly observed addition to the 'mythic Western' genre, starring Michelle Williams

Meek's Cutoff a keenly observed addition to the 'mythic Western' genre

Director Kelly Reichardt crafts a tense fable with no clear morality

(4 stars)24 Mar 2011

(tbc) 104min Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy) is one of the most interesting American filmmakers working today and her latest feature film delivers on all fronts. Meek’s Cutoff belongs to the slender sub strata of the Western genre…

True Grit

Coen brothers' True Grit reunites a great text with its original meaning

A stirring poem to corrupt, bygone society of the Old West

(5 stars)2 Feb 2011

(15) 110min Henry Hathaway’s 1969 adaptation of Charles Portis’ novel was a rousing Hollywood crowd-pleaser, with the role of Marshal Rooster Cogburn allowing the unfashionable John Wayne an unexpected comeback. In the hands of the Coen Brothers, the…

The Valdez Horses

The Valdez Horses

Bronson stars in solid western from director of The Magnificent Seven

(4 stars)12 Aug 2010

(15) 93min (Optimum) Though not generally thought of as being a spaghetti western, this US/Italian/Spanish co-production from 1976 fits the bill. Directed by Hollywood veteran John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven, Gunfight at the OK Corral), produced…

The Good The Bad The Weird

The Good The Bad The Weird

(4 stars)5 Feb 2009

WESTERN/ACTION Gifted South Korean filmmaker Kim Ji-woon takes on Sergio Leone’s greatest western and (unbelievably) emerges victorious. It’s the 1930s in the desert wilderness of Japanese colonised Chinese Manchuria and three treasure hunters are in…

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High Plains Drifter
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(4 stars) A mysterious stranger rides into town, and (literally) turns it into Hell. Intriguing stuff from Eastwood the star and director, harnessing the Man With No Name formula to the demands of this enigmatic fable.
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9 Jul 7.45pm Mugdock Country Park, Milngavie