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.

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 ...

Sergio Leone's Westerns helped turn Clint Eastwood into a movie star, but after three films, Eastwood was ready to stop.

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

The late director invented the "spaghetti western" genre with such films as “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor LONDON – Leone Film Group, the company that owns ...

Italian director Sergio Leone never saw the American version of his final film, the 1984 gangster epic “Once Upon a Time in America,” starring Robert De Niro. Leone had already made painful trims in ...

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 ...

Read more from Slate’s Summer Movies. First Jack Sparrow, then Danny Ocean, and this week John McClane. The summer movie season is upon us, dominated by heroes defined by the poses they strike and the ...

Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre. Leone's film-making style includes ...

There’s a new book out this month by Reel Art Press called “Once Upon a Time in the West: Shooting a Masterpiece” that will tell you just about everything you want to know about the Italian director ...