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The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales plays like a Sergio Leone spaghetti western, Shaboozey’s way.—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026 The change is emblematic of broader shifts in tone: Earnestness makes way for pulp; the score and cinematography borrow heavily from spaghetti westerns; our hero comes to resemble a 17th-century version of the Bride from Kill Bill.—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025 What happens when Sergio Leone, godfather of the spaghetti western, decides to tell an epic story of Jewish gangsters in New York?—John Ortved, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2025 Chuck and Jim loved the sounds of spaghetti westerns, an influence instantly recognizable in the war-cry screaming sound that permeates his score.—Bear McCreary, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spaghetti western