Most Western movies—rich with outlaws ... From The Dead Don't Hurt to True Grit, female characters of all ages have shown ...

Most Western movies, rich with outlaws ... From The Dead Don't Hurt to True Grit, female characters of all ages have shown courage and toughness in the early days of America.

Is the Western the most American of movie genres? You can make an argument ... landscapes that are so much a part of the Western’s character as a genre, the Western itself is a big, open canvas ...

Every month, Chloe Walker revisits one of these movies ... this was somewhat out of character for the series; theatrically, the golden age of the Western was more than a decade in the rearview ...