// Articles
Missing in action, part 1: Italian Horror films of 2009 that you may never have heard of…I try to post up as much information as I can about Italian films that make it to the cinemas or DVD over there, but there are also a number of productions which never actually reach the big screen or manage to pass me by for one reason or another.
// In the news
R.I.P. Nini GrassiaDirector Nini Grassia, who won the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival in 2008, has died at the age of 66. His heart stopped beating Sunday night in the clinic where he was hospitalized for liver cirrhosis.
// New Italian Cinema
The Man Who Will Come (L’Uomo che verra)
Giorgio Diritti’s The Man Who Will Come has been doing decent business since it’s release three weeks ago
// DVD releases
Trappola d’autore
Just out on DVD in Italy is Franco Salvia’s Trappola d’autore, which kind of slipped by me and I don’t think is even listed on IMDB yet
// From the Archives
Whatever happened to… Gioia Scola
If you lived through the beginnings of the home video era, then you’ll more likely than not be familiar with Gioia Scola
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