John Wayne

How the West was lost
In a movie season crowded with westerns, "True Grit" -- the great, unsung novel of the American frontier -- celebrates its 40th anniversary.
This week on DVD
A box set for Truffaut lovers, Richard Harris in his greatest roles, John Wayne turns director, "Babylon 5," "Xena" and Japanese swordplay.
Pax Schwarzenegger
He's got the boots and the twang, but Bush is no cowboy when it comes to foreign policy. Instead, he's the Terminator, a cyborg lumbering through a very long revenge movie.
"Searching for John Ford" by Joseph McBride
New biographies tell of the director who loved Katharine Hepburn, drove John Wayne to tears and made Stalin applaud.
Sherman Alexie
"Dear John Wayne"
This dame was a lady
Janet Leigh rebuffed Howard Hughes, made movies with Orson Welles and collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock. But don't call her an actor.
An impatient man
Garry Wills talks about the wit of St. Augustine, the necessity for gun control and the arrogant ignorance of the New York Times
True prime
He may be pushing 70, but Clint Eastwood just hit his stride with 'True Crime'.
Why Elia Kazan should not receive an Oscar
By bestowing a special honor on the director, who already has won two Oscars, the academy is glossing over history.
Home Movies by Charles Taylor: The great American movie
Howard Hawks' oddball, indoor western, "Rio Bravo," champions the hidden powers of misfits and losers.
The darkest side of John Wayne
The darkest side of John Wayne. The enduring power of America's favorite icon has nothing to do with politics -- and everything to do with sex, race and loneliness.

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