3:10 TO YUMA — THE CRITERION COLLECTION

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Elmore Leonard's terse novella is the basis for this elegant Western.

Van Heflin and Glenn Ford represent a unity of opposites in their respective roles as a family man cattle rancher, and a stagecoach-robbing outlaw, respectively.

Each man reveals his personal code of honor as Heflin's character attempts to get his handcuffed prisoner on the train of the film's title, on time.

The film's minimalism was a modern effort back in 1957.

Here's a Western you can lean into.

 A double whisky up with a cold water back will do.

Not Rated. 92 mins.

OLD HENRY

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The best damn Western you ever need to see.

This taught, straight-ahead Western steadily builds toward its inevitable resolution with a neatly placed thematic hook grounded in history.

"Old Henry's" slow-burn fury galvanizes the father and son relationship at its core.

Stephen Dorff makes for a convincing gunslinger.

Tim Blake Nelson is still the best kept secret in Cinema. Shhhhh.

Chickens come home to roost.

Blood flows.

Mop.

Not Rated. 99 mins.

THE POWER OF THE DOG

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It's shocking that neither the "Power of the Dog" novelist nor screenwriter/director Jane Campion ever read Confucius. 

"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves." 

This film's grave was dug before filming began.

Brutality for brutality's sake.

Anachronisms come gratis. 

Rated R. 126 mins.