Five Fingers For Marseilles
Five Fingers For Marseilles is absolutely gorgeous. This Neo-western sees a town besieged and a prodigal son returning home to face the past. The tones in the 2017 gem are not to be missed.
Urban Cowboy
Urban Cowboy is a romantic entry on this list. (Look at those looks up top, delightful!) This 1980s number is credited with pumping the country genre back up after a bit of a slump.
Space Cowboys
Space Cowboys! Now, this is interesting because getting back in the saddle and aging into a role are key elements of these films. All of these actors have seen a lot of Hollywood’s evolution. Legends saddling up? Yeah, that makes sense.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
O Brother, Where Art Thou? is an interesting choice here. As the press release says, it’s more of an Americana piece, but still satisfying. Definitely worth a watch.
The Hateful Eight
The Hateful Eight is a wild ride. Stylistically dense and provocative enough for most filmmakers’ full filmography.
ComicBook.com reviewed the movie: “Tarantino builds the mystery of Hateful Eight, most of which takes place in only two locations throughout the entire 3 hour plus run in a carriage and Minnie’s Haberdashery during an inescapable blizzard. Before you may realize it, the eight have assembled, and it’s time for them to start falling like dominoes.”
Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon is a harrowing look at our history in America. This choice makes a lot of sense to motivate some of the more aggrieved moments on Cowboy Carter.
ComicBook.com reviewed the movie last year: “In 1897, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, making them some of the richest people in the world. Sadly, their newfound money made them targets, which resulted in what history now calls the ‘Reign of Terror.’ A conspiracy within the community quickly began as white men infiltrated the Osage Nation by marrying women for their money.”
The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall drew rave reviews for a novel concept and that stacked cast. Director Jeymes Samuel set out to put an entry into the modern Western canon and succeeded.
“I wanted to tell a story and to have these characters portrayed in a movie where they’re not subservient. They’re not less than human. They’re not less than anything,” Samuel previously told ComicBook.com. “And I really wanted to make a film where we see that, we see all of those things that we’ve been missing, like real true power amongst these people. But also, in the same breath, swag out.”
