The best antiheroes in Westerns are often complex and brilliantly layered characters that helped change the genre for the better. In the days of classic Western films, it was almost always good guys ...

People who talk down on Westerns, particularly those who might be keen to suggest that they're all too old-fashioned and slow, might want to dig a little deeper and realize the errors of their ways.

John Wayne as Ethan Edwards in The Searchers, standing next to a horse and looking perplexed. Image via Warner Bros. Western movies are often considered to be a genre of perfection, not because ...