spaghetti western

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A music fan would enjoy the new album by the Ecuadorean Swiss brothers Hermanos Gutiérrez, whose instrumental guitarscapes sound like a psychedelic spaghetti western.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024

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

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

“The Mandalorian” was everything fans wanted the last “Star Wars” trilogy to be, superbly crafted sci-fi that tapped into Lucasfilm lore and created its own vivid, Sergio Leone-inspired spaghetti western world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2020