Interview: Author Glenn Frankel on Westerns, John Wayne vs Gary Cooper, and ‘Midnight Cowboy’

12+1 questions about The Searchers, the artistry of High Noon, his literary-cinematic universe, John Wayne vs Gary Cooper, Billy Wilder, and more!

Maker's DozenCinema SugarAugust 28, 2023Westerns, High Noon, The Searchers, Midnight Cowboy

The Greatest Westerns According to Our Dads

There’s arguably no genre more beloved by dads than westerns, so we gave our own dads a chance to praise their own favorite of the Wild West.

Assorted FlavorsCinema SugarAugust 24, 2023Westerns, Tombstone, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Stagecoach, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Western Quotes for Your Dating App Bio

These’ll make ‘em swipe right…

Assorted FlavorsCinema SugarAugust 23, 2023Westerns, Prey, No Country for Old Men, The Searchers, Bone Tomahawk, 3:10 to Yuma, Back to the Future Part III, Tombstone, The Quick and the Dead, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Wild Bunch, The Good the Bad the Ugly, Red River

7 Underrated Westerns from the Last Decade

A few lesser-known titles from the past decade that are well worth seeing.

Assorted FlavorsElliott CuffAugust 22, 2023Westerns, Slow West, The Keeping Room, Jane Got A Gun, In a Valley of Violence, The Ballad of Lefty Brown, News of the World, Woman Walks Ahead

4 Things A Cowboy Needs and the Westerns That Provide Them

I’ve loved westerns since I was kid, but it wasn’t until I got older and saw more of the world when I found ways to identify with the cowboy experience and how it informed my real life.

The ScoopDave ComelloAugust 21, 2023Westerns, Dances With Wolves, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Texican, The Wild Bunch

A Gal ‘Gunslinger’? Oh My Stars and Garters…

A harbinger of Le Borg’s The Dalton Girls, Roger Corman’s Gunslinger clouds the commonly rigid gendered rules of westerns.

Junk Food CinemaNatalie BauerAugust 16, 2023Westerns, Gunslinger

David Quinn on the Beauty and Darkness of the ‘One-Eyed Jacks’ Score

The Illinois country/blues singer-songwriter David Quinn on his favorite western score.

Sound BitesCinema SugarAugust 16, 2023Westerns, One-Eyed Jacks

The Best Modern Western is ‘Star Wars’

As a fan of westerns, I enjoy watching how they have influenced and combined with other genres. But there’s one modern sci-fi western that remains 12 parsecs ahead of the rest.

The ScoopJeffrey PohorskiAugust 15, 2023Westerns, Star Wars, Action, Sci-Fi