As a uniquely American genre, westerns have traveled a long and dusty trail since John Ford’s My Darling Clementine. In John Hillcoat’s The Proposition, the trail winds its way to the Australian Outback. Brutal yet brilliant, beautiful though bloody, the screenplay by Aussie rocker Nick Cave (The Bad Seeds) holds true to the elements of the genre: Symbolic of all things good is the woman from the east, a fight for survival and power against......

It's pretty slim-pickins this week folks. Might we suggest getting out and enjoying some live music and one of our many swimming holes? *A Prairie Home Companion Altman's finest accomplishment in years. Great direction and strong, realistic acting make up for rather thin plot. *The Proposition A Nick Cave soundtrack to a western film set in Australia starring Guy Pearce? Grrrr. There's a reason Bre is not doing movie previews today. Cars It's funny......