A passion project that nearly cost the Hollywood legend millions has since earned a surprising place among the greatest ...

A 1960 John Wayne classic was a massive box office failure and cost Wayne financially. It was banned in one country.

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Actor John Wayne made his directorial debut on this Western box office flop that he stood by despite a heaping dose of ...

Gen Z has been starving for one. And nothing shows that better than what's been happening at the box office. Bear (Michael ...

Actor John "The Duke" Wayne rose to stardom during Hollywood's Golden Age as a fixture of Western movies. Even if you don't like the genre, it's hard to deny the impact of classics like "True Grit" ...

Alamo Drafthouse is launching a distribution program that’s designed to showcase film festival releases that never scored distribution. Through Alamo Exclusives, the dine-in cinema will offer limited ...

The Alamo Exclusives series will highlight films from Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, TIFF, Cannes, Berlin, and its own Fantastic Fest. We were thrilled to see Letterboxd get in on the distribution game with ...