While its heyday was the 1940s and ’50s, the Western is making a comeback in the third decade of the 21st century. From a list of great films, historian Clay Jenkinson has chosen 10 standouts including Red River starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift); High Noon, starring Gary Cooper; the remake of True Grit by the Coen brothers; and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, starring Clint Eastwood.
Jenkinson shares his criteria for choosing these Westerns, shows clips and stills from the films, and examines the history and future of the genre as a central expression of the American frontier.
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