Once disparaged as "spaghetti Westerns," Leone's films helped revive the genre, and ushered in a unique visual style. In 2005, cultural historian Christopher Frayling reflected on Leone's influence.

Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly perfected the gunslinger Western in 1966, and only a handful of movies of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Between the pore-rich tightness of his close-ups and the mysterious, patient grandeur of his landscapes, Sergio Leone took the ...

Collier Jennings is an entertainment journalist with a substantial amount of experience under his belt. Collier, or "CJ" to his friends and family, is a dedicated fan of genre films - particularly ...

Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone made one of the greatest Western trilogies in cinema history, but Eastwood wasn't a fan of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The DNA of "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" is less 16th century Italian fairy tale than it is 20th century Sergio Leone and Akira ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University. Let's continue with our series about classic films and movie icons featuring interviews from our archives.

Between the pore-rich tightness of his close-ups and the mysterious, patient grandeur of his landscapes, Sergio Leone took the Hollywood-forged myths that enraptured him as a child and created one of ...