Catholic Film Reviews

Directed by Andrew Dominik
Starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck
Brad Pitt, international superstar, steps into the spurs of Jesse James, the notorious outlaw who once rivaled Mark Twain for title of World’s Most Famous American. Jesse James was the stuff of tall-tales, his gang’s goings-on grist for the myth mill. But don’t expect any showdowns, shootouts, [...]

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Directed by John Ford
Starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, and Vera Miles
John Ford’s The Searchers exists at the strange intersection between the Western’s early period of mythmaking (Stagecoach, Shane, A Fistful of Dollars) and the later revising of that same myth (Once Upon a Time in the West, Unforgiven). The push-pull tension between Ford’s desire [...]

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