Throughout his life, Ennio Morricone felt shunned by the classical music world. But these days his pop-culture cachet isn’t ...

Sergio Leone is one of the greatest directors in history, and one of his spaghetti Westerns remains one of James Gunn's favorite movies.

The darkly atmospheric ‘Partenope’ reveals another side to the late composer, best known for his melodious film scores ...

Aled Owen is a writer and filmmaker born in Carmarthen, Wales. He acted onstage from a young age and even won third place in 2012's Britain's Got Talent as part of Only Boys Aloud, a traditional Welsh ...

In the 1960s and ’70s, a new style of film began to emerge in Europe: the spaghetti Western. On the surface, these films mirror classic American Westerns like “3:10 to Yuma” and “High Noon.” However, ...

The Western film genre has plenty of subgenres under its belt. From classic Golden Age Westerns to internationally-produced spaghetti Westerns, these films offer their own distinct take on the age-old ...

Producers reportedly are planning a remake of “A Fistful of Dollars,” a classic “spaghetti western” that made Clint Eastwood a movie star. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gianni Nunnari and Simon ...

Clint Eastwood stars in Sergio Leone’s For a Few Dollars More (1965). Credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Spaghetti Westerns were one of the most innovative — not to mention unlikely — subgenres ...

If any eight words could sum up the best Western movies in their entirety, it’s those from “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.” At times misunderstood, at times marginalized, at times written off by ...

This Western doesn’t try to reassure you; it just stares you in the face, daring you to blink. Most Westerns of the era — American or Italian — were built on heat. Dust. Sweat. Wide skies. The Great ...