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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),

Writer-director Tony Tost’s feature film debut, Americana, is a modern-day Western about a South Dakota waitress and aspiring country singer The post Writer-Director Tony Tost’s Long Road Trip to Americana appeared first on MovieMaker Magazine.

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 ...

Reports that Sydney Sweeney's 'Americana' bombed are false. It just takes a greater understanding of how the indie business currently works.

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.

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

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.

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