Keyword results: Western

Sukiyaki Western Django

4th Sep 08
Format: Cinema
Mood: Epic
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Sergio Leone has been a punchline for too long. Half the time someone faces off with an enemy - whether in comedy, soap opera, or sci-fi - suddenly we'll see close-up squinting and hear Morricone's whistled woo-WEE-woo-WEE-woooooo.

Yeah. They're like cowboys. We get it.

Cult-auteur Takashi Miike knows better, and his latest film is one long love letter to Leone.

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A Fistful of Westerns

14th May 08
Format: Cinema
Mood: Rad
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The western has always been obsessed with its own impending doom – a wild frontier, succumbing to looming civilisation, leaving with no place for real men. And yet, like Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter, the western damn well refuses to die.

The Astor is bringing back classic westerns for the next few Sunday nights, and if you’ve only watched these on the small screen, you should be ashamed of yourself.

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