[Updated 4/21/22]

Wind River and the destiny of Taylor Sheridan

Wind River is a modern western (disguised as a crime thriller) written and directed by Taylor Sheridan.

His “thematic trilogy” of films (Sicario, Hell or High Water, and Wind River) explore the modern American West as a constricting landscape for it’s inhabitants. The characters have been chiseled from culture and policy dating back 130 years.

[Wind River is one of the best movies you’ll ever see. My wife and I were riveted from the start to the violent finale.]

Taylor Sheridan is fascinating to me, because his life as a…