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Bang for Your Buck: Sergio Leone’s ‘A Fistful of Dynamite’

Bang for Your Buck: Sergio Leone’s ‘A Fistful of Dynamite’

A Fistful of Dynamite finds Sergio Leone working on a massive canvas of intricately choreographed scenes that telegraph the chaos and the brutality of the Mexican Revolution.

‘For a Few Dollars More’ Is a Rare Sequel That Is Superior to the Classic It Follows

‘For a Few Dollars More’ Is a Rare Sequel That Is Superior to the Classic It Follows

The archetype of the spaghetti western finds its truest expression in this essential film from Sergio Leone.
Clint Eastwood Took to His Role in ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ as Though It Was His Destiny

Clint Eastwood Took to His Role in ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ as Though It Was His Destiny

Clint Eastwood may not have been a star when A Fistful of Dollars was released, but everything changed for him not long after that.
The Blackened Eyes of the Movie Men With No Name

The Blackened Eyes of the Movie Men With No Name

Akira Kurosawa’s samurai, Stuart Heisler’s gangster, Sergio Leone’s cowboy, and George Miller’s misfit suffer a similar black eye, but with dramatically different effect.

Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death

Moral Ambiguity, Greyness and Imperfection in the Classic, ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’

Cinema Qua Non – Indispensable DVDs: Part 2

Once Upon a Time in the West: Special Collector’s Edition (1968)