September 25, 2009 R.I.P. Victor Israel Sad news… one of the most recognisable character actors of Spanish cinema, Victor Israel, died last weekend. Born in Barcelona, he attended the Escuela…
September 24, 2009 Dracula Blows His Cool By the end of the 1970s, the exploitation genre was in something of a lull across the whole of Europe. In Germany, much as…
September 18, 2009 L’urlo hits DVD Wow, the stuff they’re digging up. Tinto Brass’s early film L’urlo is out now on DVD from Cult Epics, the same company who released…
September 18, 2009 Rosso sangue and La ragazzina out from MYA MYA have released another couple of films. First up, there’s the old Joe D’Amato chestnut Rosso sangue, aka Horrible, which is pretty well known,…
September 18, 2009 I maniaci The 1960s Italian production-line comedy I maniaci stands as a pretty weird choice for a US DVD release, but then again MYA have proved…
September 17, 2009 Il grande sogno New out this week, Il grande sogno, the new film from Michele Placido, whose Romanzo criminale was one of the better Italo-crime films of…
September 11, 2009 Visions, Vincere, Gli amici del bar Margherita Three interesting films released on DVD in Italy this week: Luigi Cecinelli’s giallo Visions, Marco Bellochio’s award winning drama Vincere and Pupi Avati’s succesful…