From Sergio Leone’s iconic Dollars Trilogy to Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Whity, European filmmakers have harbored a longtime fascination with the Western genre since it emerged in the United States shortly after the birth of cinema.
Once a layout to glorify bygone days of the American West, many European filmmakers have historically used the Westerns to explore nuanced concepts around the region’s mythical “taming” and settlement.
In recent times, European directors have continued to use their outside perspectives to excavate the longstanding lore of the Western genre.
Released in 2016, Dutch filmmaker Martin Koolhooven’s Brimstone revises expected conventions to create a reinvigorated and twisted Eurowestern that begs for a revisit from any fan of the genre.
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