R | 1h 42min | Drama, Western, Thriller | 26 August 2022 (USA)
Having never officially fallen out of favor with audiences, Westerns went from a genre behemoth in the mid-20th century to what is now a compartmented specialty with a modest but fervent cult following.
If not for the efforts of Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Quentin Tarantino, and Taylor Sheridan over the last 50 years, Westerns might have been reduced to direct-to-video, B-Film status.
Best Western Since ‘Unforgiven’
Containing elements of all the above filmmakers (and maybe some of John Ford and Howard Hawks), visceral “Corsicana” is an instant classic. First-time director Isaiah Washington’s mesmerizing, mythical film is the best revisionist Western since Eastwood’s “Unforgiven” from 1992. As of this writing, it is also my favorite movie of 2022….