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May 2026

Clint Eastwood cannon from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly traced to Spanish museum

Enthusiasts track down weapon used to fell fleeing Eli Wallach amid preparations for 60th anniversary of film’s release

March 2026

Week in geek
double quotation markKing Conan is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chance for a late-period masterpiece, like Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven
Ben Child
If the long-mooted third instalment of the 80s sword and sorcery series finally gets off the ground, it could be Arnie’s chance to go from ageing action hero to cinematic totem

June 2025

Lalo Schifrin obituary

Composer of the Mission: Impossible theme tune as well as music for a host of Hollywood films including Bullitt and Dirty Harry

Nibbling parmesan and pears with film stars

Letter: Sarah Gristwood responds to an article by Catherine Shoard on the good and bad of film journalism

March 2025

Stream team
The Beguiled: 1971 Clint Eastwood film is a sweaty, southern hothouse

From Unforgiven to The Firm: Guardian writers pick their favourite Gene Hackman movies

February 2025

double quotation mark‘He let us hate him’: Gene Hackman had a rare power – he didn’t need to be liked

David Thomson
The former marine was able to plumb depths of nastiness that set him apart from other ‘hard men’ actors of his generation, such as Robert Duvall and Clint Eastwood, writes David Thomson

November 2024

Sergio Leone, ‘the Man with No English’, mimed directions to spaghetti western star Clint Eastwood

The Italian film-maker overcame the language barrier with his actors by using mime, as revealed in previously unseen photographs

Juror #2 review – you want far-fetched? Try Clint Eastwood’s 12 Angry Men remake

Nicholas Hoult plays a murder trial jury member who knows more than he should in the veteran director’s dogged courtroom drama

Juror #2: the curious case of the missing Clint Eastwood film

The 40th film directed by the 94-year-old is only being shown in 50 cinemas in the US. Why is Warners burying a movie by one of its most decorated stars?

October 2024

Juror #2 review – Clint Eastwood puts Nicholas Hoult in court … and an unusual pickle

From Anna Kendrick to Dev Patel – how easy is it for actors to direct themselves?

June 2024

The sad, stupid rise of the sigma male: how toxic masculinity took over social media

His heroes are Patrick Bateman, John Wick, Tommy Shelby and Walter White. He follows Andrew Tate and idolises wolves. And he has quickly become a laughing stock. Welcome to the world of the sigma male

May 2024

Ranked
Happy 94th birthday Clint Eastwood: his best films – ranked!
As he reaches the momentous milestone – and ahead of new movie Juror No 2 – we rate the screen icon’s best performances, from playing a poncho-clad anti-hero to having squinty showdowns in cemeteries

February 2024

Bronco Billy: The Musical review – Clint Eastwood inspires misfiring caper

Hunter Bird’s often madcap production, based on the 1980 western, has anodyne songs and lacks the film’s weathered perspective

December 2023

No country for old men? Why Miyazaki, Loach and Scott can’t stop making movies

Together with Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood, long celebrated film directors are proving that entering their ninth decade and beyond is no barrier to ambition

July 2023

Brief letters
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