From Reagan to Trump, a movie marathon before the US elections
The triumphant and unhinged country that took shape in the 1980s is today invoked by a series of films that deal with an identity made up of lost values
When the Navajos fooled John Ford
The difference between the way ‘Cheyenne Autumn’ was shot 60 years ago and the recent ' Killers of the Flower Moon’ reflects Hollywood’s radical change toward Native Americans
‘Lessons in Chemistry’ and ‘The Marvels’: Yuck! GIRLS!
In the 1950s a woman wasn’t allowed to be a scientist. There are still jobs where a female presence is greeted with suspicion: some as absurd as saving the world in a pair of tights
From ‘Yellowstone’ to ‘Reservation Dogs’: How the West was won back by Native Americans in US television shows
‘1923’, ‘Alaska Daily’, ‘Three Pines’ and ‘The English’ are among many recent series to have addressed the past and present suffering of American Indians