May 20, 2014 A vaccinated cineaste, an interview with Steno Here’s another interview with Stefano Vanzina, aka Steno [see also here]. Once again, this was translated from an old copy of the Italian newspaper L’Unita.
May 5, 2014 Last Chance, The (aka Scacco internazionale) Ostensibly a spy film, The Last Chance in fact bears more of a resemblance to the brace of late-sixties crime films (The Insatiables, The Falling Man, Date for a Murder etc.) that were being produced at the time.
April 23, 2014 The Lookout (aka Le guetteur) The Lookout, aka Le guetteur, a Franco-Italian crime film directed by Michele Placido in 2012, is a throwback to the poliziotteschi of the 1970s
March 26, 2014 Bitter Rice Giuseppe De Santis’s 1949 classic Bitter Rice holds up amazingly well today, better than most of the neo-realist classics of its time, partially because of its cinematic prowess.
March 14, 2014 Slap the Monster on the Front Page Slap the Monster on the Front Page is a political thriller from Marco Bellochio starring Gian Maria Volonte
March 14, 2014 The Master Touch The Master Touch was a high profile heist film from the reliable Michele Lupo starring Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma and Florinda Bolkan
March 14, 2014 Il caso Pisciotta Here’s another film to deal with the fallout of the controversial murder of Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano, directed by Eriprando Visconti and starring Tony Musante
