Robert Redford passed away on September 16, 2025, at 89. We've spent time since then revisiting his best films and his Sundance legacy. He's an absolute legend, not to mention one of the industry's foremost champions of independent cinema. We owe him so much.

But in a 2013 conversation with Terry Gross for Fresh Air,__he told a story that keeps coming back to us. He almost didn't play the…

If you grew up thinking Westerns were just about "white hats" and "black hats" shooting it out in the dirt, you haven't seen _The Searchers_.

Released in 1956, this John Ford epic didn't just redefine a genre; it essentially became the North Star for the guys who built modern Hollywood.

When the American Film Institute (AFI) updated its 100 Years... 100 Movies list, _The Searchers_ climbed…

Last week, I finally watched a movie I have been meaning to watch for a very, very long time. It's a real-time dramatic thriller about a guy on his wedding day, about to leave for his honeymoon, when a robber returns to town to face off with him.

That movie is _High Noon_ , and it's an out-and-out masterpiece.

Fred Zinnemann’s 1952 classic is currently ranked #33 on the AFI’s 100 Years...…