Women of Devil’s Island
Women of Devil’s Island is a 1962 film written and directed by Domenico Paolella, a former critic who specialized in low-but-not-no budget historical adventures and peplums.
Month: May 2010
Fernando Piazza
Fernando Piazza was one of the more obscure black actors to ply their trade in Cinecitta in the 60s. His first credited performance, as far as I can make out, was in Domenico Paolella’s entertaining historical adventure The Women of Devil’s Island
R.I.P. Massimo Sarchielli
I’m a bit late in posting this one, but Massimo Sarchielli died on the 12th May. Sarchielli was a busy actor who appeared in both […]
Italian Horror films of 2008: Part 2
Antonio Bonifacio’s Il monastero and Michele Sinesi’s Bumba atomika
Gelosia
Pietro Germi’s 1953 film Gelosia isn’t perhaps one of his best known or even more accomplished works, but it’s still a well constructed and extremely moving production that stands head and tails above much of the Italian cinema being made at the time.
Italian Horror films of 2008: Part 1
Here’s the first part of a quick look back at the Italian horror films of 2008. It’s a pretty motley bunch, to be honest, with none of them gaining anything much in the way of international (or even domestic) distribution. But it does no harm keeping up with what’s going on in the way of contemporary genre cinema in Italy.
Le Ultime 56 Ore
Hey, Claudio Fragasso has a new movie out that’s just hit the cinemas in Italy. Called Le Ultime 56 Ore, it’s a kind of drama […]