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Keeping a wild eye on European Cinema of the past and present

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Author: Matt Blake

The WildEye is a blog dedicated to the wild world of Italian cinema (and, ok, sometimes I digress into discussing films from other countries as well). Peplums, comedies, dramas, spaghetti westerns... they're all covered here.
February 11, 2008

Night of the Sunfolowers

Night of the Sunflowers is an excellent Spanish thriller directed with some class by the debuatant Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo, who made some acclaimed shorts back…

February 11, 2008

R.I.P. Charles Fawcett

Charles Fawcett was one of several ex-pat Brits who ended up in Rome and worked in the film industry, as much out of pure…

February 8, 2008

Il Bidone

Il bidone was Federico Fellini’s direct follow up to La strada, and forms a neat quartet with I vitelloni (53) and Le notti de…

February 6, 2008

R.I.P. Lilamani Kapoor

Lilamani Kapoor, aka ‘Princess Lilamani’, a Sri Lankan heiress and dancer, was a fixture of the Cinecitta scene in the 50s and 60s. She…

February 6, 2008

R.I.P. Carlos Aured

Carlos Aured, who directed several cult films in the seventies, has died. Particular favourites of mine include Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll, a…

February 5, 2008

Bastardi, dir Andres Alce Meldonado

Well, there’s absolutely nothing released this week in Italy, so instead I’m going to turn my eye onto Bastardi, a crime film that was…

February 4, 2008

Outlaw

Nick Love, as with his regular collaborator Danny Dyer, is a rather divisive character; there’s no middle ground where his films are concerned, you…

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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…
  • Giallo Fever Superb website about giallos and other Italian films
  • M.E.C.D. Database A great database with information about Spansih cinema (and other films shot in Spain)
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