‘Cowboy’ Director Nathan Grubbs on Betting the Farm to Make His Louisiana Western

Independently financed American genre films rarely arrive without scars.

In the case of “Cowboy,” Nathan Grubbs’ directorial debut, which bowed at London’s Raindance Film Festival, the struggle to get the film made became almost inseparable from the story being told.

Produced through Rubicon Entertainment, the contemporary Southern noir Western was constructed incrementally, with Grubbs serving […] ...