Westerns, the arts, and the pursuit of happiness.

A modern-day noir Western unfolds in writer/director Tony Tost's feature film debut called "Americana." The lives of a shy waitress with big dreams (Sydney Sweeney), a lovelorn military veteran (Paul Walter Hauser),

Given its lackluster box office reception, you'd be forgiven for knowing little about the movie. Americana was written and directed by Tony Tost. Sydney Sweeney stars as wannabe country singer, Penny Jo, who becomes embroiled in a local crime spree over a ...

There are plenty of opportunities for Americana to fall into crime-movie cutesiness, but its cast and Western bona fides keep it fun.

"Fantastic Four" and "Naked Gun" star Paul Walter Hauser told UPI the character he plays in the contemporary western "Americana," is a man out of time.

Ahead of Filmland, which runs from Aug. 13-17, we spoke with filmmaker Tony Tost about his connections to The Natural State and the making of "Americana," starring Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser and pop singer Halsey.

This slick and skillful neo-western starring Sydney Sweeney and Halsey follows characters on the trail of a Lakota heirloom.

Lionsgate’s newest film, Americana, follows the local outsiders and outcasts of a small South Dakota town as their lives violently intertwine when a rare Lakota Ghost shirt falls onto the