spaghetti western

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West Seattle’s foremost purveyor of alt-country noir is back with another scintillating set of spaghetti western ditties marked by Amaker’s unmistakable baritone, which is equal parts folksy and sinister.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

The daughter is pop '80s/'90s, the grandmother, who tells tall tales as many grandmothers do, is a spaghetti western, and the mother, who is still traumatized by Iran, is a neorealist Kiarostami film.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2023

A trio of revenge plots engulfs Roman Perfilyev’s genre-bending Ukrainian samurai spaghetti western.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Along with many classics of Italian neorealism and the spaghetti western genre, sword-and-sandal flicks like “Ben Hur,” “Quo Vadis” and “Cleopatra” were made there, as well as “Roman Holiday” and “The Pink Panther.”

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Its production, with its classic Hollywood-sounding ricochet samples, fits the movie’s slick, updated spaghetti western vibe.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2021