Well, yes, Goodfellas and Unforgiven are both better movies than Dances with Wolves. They’re also better movies than… most movies, and Costner’s surprisingly gentle and unhurried western has ...

He was nominated for best supporting actor for his role as Kicking Bird in “Dances With Wolves,” the eventual best picture winner. He lost out on the Oscar to Joe Pesci for “Goodfellas.” He went on to ...

Before his epic western Horizon, Kevin Costner won an Oscar for directing a surprisingly sensitive movie about American tribes.