Friday, Jun. 23, 2023

In Taylor Sheridan's interconnected "Yellowstone" TV shows, Sam Elliott is proud to be No. 1. His prequel "1883" was the first "Yellowstone" spinoff.

"I'm glad I was there at the beginning and not three or four or five shows down the line," said Elliott, who played Shea Brennan, a guide...

Saturday, May. 8, 2021

Taylor Sheridan, initially brought on to rewrite the mountain thriller "Those Who Wish Me Dead," gradually got more invested in the movie. When another filmmaker dropped out, he called the studio with an offer.

"I said if I can get Angie to do this with me, I'll direct it for you,"...

Wednesday, Jul. 3, 2019

Earlier this year, DP Ben Richardson earned his first career ASC Award nomination for “Daybreak,” the opening episode of Paramount Network’s original series Yellowstone starring Kevin Costner as John Dutton, patriarch of a family that controls the largest contiguous ranch in the U.S.,...

Wednesday, Jun. 27, 2018

There's an oppressive bleakness to the brutal action-thriller "Sicario: Day of the Soldado." But with faces like Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro, what are you going to do?

Amid the dust cloud of violence that settles over the "Sicario" sequel, nothing stands out like the furrowed brow of...

Wednesday, Jun. 20, 2018

"Yellowstone" has everything a worthwhile Western should, including breathtaking vistas, battles over land and Kevin Costner in the lead role.

There's also something rare in the contemporary Paramount Network series debuting Wednesday: prominent Native American story lines and parts,...

Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017

Like an avenging character straight out of one of his films, writer-director Taylor Sheridan said he was not going to let "Wind River" stay in Harvey Weinstein's control.

The Weinstein Co. acquired his film and released it theatrically in August, positioning the Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy...

Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017

Taylor Sheridan has a knack for finding and telling stories about parts of the American frontier that Hollywood doesn't dare touch. The Texas native brought audiences to the U.S.-Mexico border in "Sicario" and to shattered West Texas in "Hell or High Water" through his visceral screenplays. Now...

Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017

For Taylor Sheridan, the West is still alive with frontier tragedies and genre thrills, even if hopelessness has moved in and blanketed the land.

"Wind River" makes it a kind of trilogy for Sheridan, the writer behind the West Texas neo-Western "Hell or High Water" and the Mexican border...

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