Sight & Sound articles
A selection of articles and reviews on Western films from the bfi's international film magazine are available to read online.
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Western Special: Lonesome Cowboys
Brokeback Mountain is not only a gay Western but also one of the greatest cinematic love stories of all time. Roger Clarke salutes director Ang Lee's achievement
Western Special: Man To Man
Sexual politics killed the Western argues Edward Buscombe as he surveys a fistful of films from the days when cowboys saw themselves as partners for life
Western Special: Eli Wallach - The Gun Beneath The Bubbles
Our Actors series looks at the career of Eli Wallach, star of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. By John Exshaw
Ballad Of The Wild Boys
Nick Cave and John Hillcoat's Australian outback Western The Proposition combines beauty with brutality. Nick Roddick talks to its makers about drugs, music, poetry and Peckinpah
Tears of the Black Tiger
A camp Thai Western mixes singing cowboys and forbidden love. By Edward Buscombe
