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Jun 21, 2024 · The 2011 Guardian review of Meek's Cutoff says, What's most striking about Meek's Cutoff is how radical it is on every level. Most obviously, it's a western that prioritises the female perspective.
Jun 14, 2024 · Early Westerns set the standard with cowboys played by the likes of Gary Cooper and John Wayne, and spaghetti Westerns, products of the Italian film industry in the '60s and '70s, starred...
5 days ago · A band of settlers in the 1840s becomes lost in the Oregon desert when their guide gets them massively off-course. Supplies are running out, and the brutal heat of the desert is taking a toll. That's the premise of Meek's Cutoff. Michelle Williams plays one of those settlers. She protects a Native American from the guide.
- Mike Mcgranaghan
Cold War (2018) (5) ties Meek's Cutoff (2010) (5), and beats The Missing Picture (2013) (2) The Nice Guys (2016) (14) beat Contagion (2011) (5), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018) (2) Margaret (2011) (9) beat The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) (6), and Creed (2015) (2)
Jun 18, 2024 · In an attempt to take a shortcut around the final leg of the Oregon Trail, which was rumored to be plagued by Indians, the disastrous detour known as the Meek Cutoff meandered through miles of trackless, waterless wilderness shunned even by the natives.
Jul 1, 2024 · What an affront to the tactile cinematography that made McCabe & Mrs. Miller or Meek's Cutoff esteemed classics. Instead of focusing on soaring imagery, Costner and Baird’s script is far too enamored with lengthy monologues repeating simple ideas endlessly.
5 days ago · Meanwhile, their guide, Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), refuses to acknowledge that they may be several weeks off-course. When a Native American (Rod Rondeaux) is captured, Emily Tetherow (Michelle Williams), one of the settlers, shields him from Meek's wrath, and he offers to lead the group to water in return.
