THE BURDEN OF DREAMS Version 1.0: THE BIG TRAIL
The Big Trail was the beginning and the end of a lot of things. It…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on the Westerns of 1962
In 1962 many viewers thought that Westerns, and the Hollywood studios, were in decline. The…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on Hatari!
Conventional wisdom holds that John Wayne wasn’t a great actor. He didn’t display a fastidious…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on Red River
SPOILERS: The following review makes plenty of references to this film’s ending and plot developments…
Year of the Month: FORT APACHE
It’s a Western truism that the cavalry always saves the day. But who will save…
Year of the Month: The Tall T by John “Son of Griff” Anderson
In 1956, screenwriter Burt Kennedy submitted a script for a Western to John Wayne. He…
The Year in Review: The Early 1960s Revisited?
By now, Mark Harris’s dire predictions about the future of film have been heard by many. …
My Darling Clementine and the Myth of The American Hero
SCENE: A dusty cow-town. Our hero, an honest man despite sometimes being on the wrong…