In the distance, two lone figures on horseback ride across a vast expanse of land and sky. The two men are the legendary Butch Cassidy (Sam Shepard), now an old man, and Eduardo Apodaca (Eduardo ...

In the opening scenes of “Blackthorn,” the old desperado who gives this mostly satisfying Western its name is bent over a letter, writing of coming back home to the U.S. Though he’s grown gray he ...

Some actors would be terrified to play Butch Cassidy, a character forever tied to one of cinema's last real icons, Paul Newman. But Sam Shepard, who plays an aging Butch in the new "Blackthorn," which ...

In the “True Grit”-ty revisionist Western “Blackthorn,” Sam Shepard plays the title role, an American outlaw in Bolivia, who is in fact Robert LeRoy Parker, also known as Butch Cassidy. He wasn’t ...

Ahead of the 10th Tribeca Film Festival starting April 20th, indieWIRE is again spotlighting emerging (and some veteran) filmmakers screening new work at this year’s event. Wednesday’s new director ...