The Western genre can be classified in many ways, whether it's a gritty or idealistic tale, traditional or modern in its approach, sturdy or stylized, but above all else it's a genre dominated by men.

On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny ...

While you can't claim we're in a full-fledged renaissance, there's no denying there's been an uptick in queer frontier films in recent memory. With obvious highlights like Brokeback Mountain and The ...

There’s nothing quite like Johnny Guitar. Its tone is feverish, delirious. It subverts conventions of Westerns at every turn and has plenty of ambiguity that makes it more aligned with contemporary ...

The Western is the prime political genre, and Nicholas Ray’s “Johnny Guitar,” from 1954, is one of the greatest Westerns, but its political ideas are hardly the source of its enduring—and ...