April 1, 2009 The Case of Unfaithful Clara There are a whole bunch of new releases in Italy this week, almost all of which are comedies of little interest to overseas audiences….
April 1, 2009 Placido Rizzotto Pasquale Scimeca’s 2000 film Placido Rizzotto has been released on Italian DVDs with English subs. There’s a review here on Variety, to quote the…
March 30, 2009 1958 Italian films Here’s a complete list of Italian films of 1958, drawn from a mixture of Anica and Cinematografo.
March 30, 2009 Introducing Cinecitta: Anno 58 A chronological history of Italian cinema, starting with 1958…
March 27, 2009 Black Emmanuelle, White Emmanuelle Out from RYKO Distribution, Brunello Rondi’s Black Emmanuelle, White Emmanuelle. Rondi was a peculiar director, who started off as something of a critical darling…
March 27, 2009 I MANIACI Just out on DVD from MYA: Lucio Fulci’s 1964 comedy I maniaci, with Barbara Steele, Margaret Lee and Walter Chiari. This one comes with…
March 23, 2009 Fortapàsc Here’s another new Italian political thriller / crime movie, this time directed by Marco Risi. As with Gomorrah and Il divo, it sounds like…