Forgotten Western classics like The Gunfighter and Ride the High Country reveal the genre at its coldest and most human.

The Western genre had taken Hollywood by storm in the '50s and '60s, with the likes of John Wayne and Clint Eastwood gracing the silver screen with their tall, imposing figures and no-nonsense ...

After the reign of Westerns came to an end, neo-Westerns rose to interrogate the genre in fascinating ways. Here are the 15 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Charles Bronson in Once Upon a Time in the West, John Wayne in The Searchers ...

From 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' to modern classics, these Western films redefine heroes, morality, and genre storytelling.

Is the Western the most American of movie genres? You can make an argument for the Western film’s internationality on the names of the directors who have contributed to its iconography: You have your ...

Larry McMurtry, the famed Texas novelist, screenwriter and bookseller, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his book "Lonesome Dove," at his bookstore, Booked Up No. 1. The Wild West provides the backdrop for ...

As one of the longest-running American genres, Westerns continue to hold their reign with films like ‘True Grit,’ ‘Tombstone’ and ‘Django Unchained.’ By Carly Thomas Senior Editor, Digital Western ...