Kirk Ellis

"Prodigiously researched, the work is a compelling braid of its subtitles. Cineastes will savor the detailed descriptions of the genesis and filming of the famous movie; historians, the backstory of America's romance with guns and violence; and Hollywood history buffs, the ways in which Bonnie...

Ride Lonesome, the fifth film in the Ranown cycle, is both the best and most representative of the whole series, which has been called the most remarkable convergence of artistic achievement in the history of low-budget moviemaking. Director Bud Boetticher captures the alienation and loneliness o...