One of the most influential film trilogies of all time was given a comic book universe that most readers are still sleeping ...

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

Sergio Leone single-handedly directed seven movies, and five of them were westerns. I think it's important to note that this is technically known as a Zapata Western rather than a Spaghetti Western, ...

Sergio Leone was born Jan. 3, 1929; he would have been 90 this week. Though he directed only seven films, their impact has been wide and long-lasting, including making Clint Eastwood a star. On Oct.

Though he would still make one more Western before rounding out his career, Once Upon a Time in the West was essentially Sergio Leone's swan song to the genre. The film was the epitome of a Spaghetti ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...