A movie genre emerges from the specific emotion a narrative incites in the audience. That emotion (and the filmmakers’ urge to “serve”) is what defines that movie. That emotion then dictates the ...

When it comes to the Western genre, it was most prolific in the 1950s and '60s. Horse operas were everywhere at the time, and in the '60s, especially, the genre began to shift and change. There's no ...

Great Western movies come in all shapes and forms, but many of them romanticize the Old West. Sure, the genre has always depicted the frontier as a dangerous place where people get shot and killed, ...