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Month: June 2008

June 9, 2008

R.I.P. Dino Risi

Yet another bites the dust. Dino Risi – one of the last guard of the classic Italian directors of the 60s and 70s –…

June 9, 2008

Wild Country

Wild Country is a low budget Scottish horror film – costing approximately £1 million – filmed in the late Autumn of 2004. It had a limited release in the UK and played at assorted film festivals around the world so, despite it’s limitations, it has to be hoped that it managed to turn a bit of a profit, especially in the video market.

June 6, 2008

Alessandro Barrera

aka Dakar, Dakkar Peruvian Born 1920, Lima Died 14, September 2004. Rome A former wrestler, Peruvian Dakkar is one of the more familiar black…

June 5, 2008

R.I.P. Mel Ferrer

Yet another R.I.P., I’m afraid. Mel Ferrer died on June 2nd, aged 91. There’s a lengthy obituary in the Guardian, quote: There was much…

June 5, 2008

Antonio Bido interview

There’s a new interview with Antionio Bido up on the Hell of the Living Dead website. It’s in Italian, but worth a look for…

June 3, 2008

R.I.P. Francesco Degli Espinosa

Francesco Degli Espinosa is possibly not the best known of directors to have worked in Italian cinema, but he did make a couple of…

June 3, 2008

Il divo

Only one new release in Italy this week… but it’s one I’ve been looking forward to! Paolo Sorrentino’s Il divo opened to brisk business,…

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  • Cinematografo Italian language database of all Italian Films
  • European Trash Cinema Craig Ledbetter’s excellent magazine ETC has now made it online…
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