Western Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Western

A person wearing a cowboy hat walking alongside a donkey on a rural path at dusk.
Review

Donkeyote

by Romy Somerset

A ten­der, evoca­tive por­trait of a man named Manolo and his trusty don­key side­kick, Gorrión.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Man in a wide-brimmed hat sitting on a horse in a rural field.
Review

The Rider

by David Jenkins

Writer/​director Chloé Zhao’s spell­bind­ing sec­ond fea­ture is a wist­ful ode to a bygone America.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A man sitting on a rock, with greenery blurred in the background.
Review

Western

by Manuela Lazic

A soli­tary pro­tag­o­nist search­es for human con­nec­tion in this vibrant dra­ma from direc­tor Vales­ka Grisebach.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A man with a beard sitting in a grassy field, with a cloudy sky and wind turbines visible in the background.
Review

Hostiles

by David Jenkins

Chris­t­ian Bale gives it his actor­ly all as a jad­ed cav­al­ry gun­slinger in Scott Cooper’s dour, old-timey western.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Young woman with long, blonde, wavy hair wearing a rust-coloured jumper in a natural setting.
Review

Brimstone

by Adam Lee Davies

A host of star names can’t sal­vage this grim thriller-west­ern from direc­tor Mar­tin Koolhoven.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A group of men dressed as cowpokes, sitting on a wagon in a rural setting with bushes and trees in the background.
Review

The Magnificent Seven

by David Jenkins

Antoine Fuqua drags the beloved 1960 all-star dad west­ern kick­ing and scream­ing into the 21st century.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two men, one with a camera, the other in a wheelchair, in a rocky desert landscape.
Review

Hell or High Water

by Manuela Lazic

Jeff Bridges gives his best per­for­mance in years in this time­ly crime caper from David Mackenzie.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A woman with long, wavy hair holds a rifle, with a man in the background.
Review

The Keeping Room

by Christina Newland

Brit Mar­ling leads a band of sis­ters in arms in this grit­ty Amer­i­can Civ­il War drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Man in wide-brimmed hat and scarf, facing the camera against a dark background with snowflakes falling.
Review

The Hateful Eight

by Adam Woodward

Quentin Tarantino’s bloody, bloat­ed ensem­ble west­ern is over­shad­owed by his own inflat­ed ego.

5
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Dilapidated wagon, man in hat by campfire on desolate desert landscape.
Review

The Homesman

by Glenn Heath Jr

Tom­my Lee Jones climbs back into the direc­to­r­i­al sad­dle with a beau­ti­ful­ly strange fem­i­nist western.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect