Ever heard of Marion Robert Morrison? Well, he is perhaps better known by his stage name, John Wayne. The actor was a mainstay in the golden age of Hollywood, and perhaps most famously, helped to ...

Katrina Anderson has an avid interest in film, TV, and pop-culture. She has a MA in English Literature from Simon Fraser University. Her thesis project described the literary qualities of the ...

This revered Western didn't tone down its violence or romanticize the Old West at all, neither of which sat well with the ...

John Wayne wearing a bandanna around his neck looks to the side in front of buttes in The Searchers. Image via Warner Bros. The Western is an incredibly diverse and effective genre. It can tell ...

When you think of westerns, there are a few famous faces that are synonymous with the genre, two of the most notable being Clint Eastwood and John Wayne. Eastwood’s A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a ...