Stagecoach (Blu-ray) - The Criterion Collection

A motley group of travelers — a pregnant woman, a whisky salesman, a gambler, a prostitute, a bank robber (John Wayne, in his star-making role), and others — cross dangerous Apache territory by stagecoach. John Ford's landmark Western, often cited as the film that brought respectability and artistic ambition back to the genre, is a masterwork of classical storytelling: its ensemble dynamics, visual command of Monument Valley, and pure narrative momentum established the template for virtually every Western that followed. Criterion Blu-ray restoration.