THE WHORE AND THE HORSEMAN
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Fans of Open Range (2003) and Old Henry (2021) cannot miss this faith-based post-classical western movie, directed by Matt Maloney, that proves Western themes remain a remarkably flexible canvas for exploring timeless questions of redemption, community, and the sacred amid the frontier. Set against the sun-baked topography of the American Southwest in the 1870s, the story centers on a solitary protagonist whose life is upended by a letter from his dying brother. The brother’s final, baffling wish asks him to shelter and employ a disgraced woman of ill repute, forcing the hardened horseman int…