Charles Bronson

How Once Upon a Time in the West reflects the social anxiety of 1968

By Dan Einav

Sergio Leone’s landmark western, which turns 50 this year, is a fascinating product of its time.

Why Death Wish’s pro-gun politics are just as complex as ever

By Justine Smith

The film’s glamorisation of vigilante justice resonated with an increasingly paranoid audience in 1974.

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