Matt Blake – Page 23 – The Wild Eye

August 22, 2014

Sandokan the Great

Umberto Lenzi’s Sandokan the Great wasn’t the first film adaptation of his work – these had gone back to the silent era – but it’s one of the best, a hugely enjoyable romp starring Steve Reeves

August 21, 2014

Jim Dolen

Not many people know the name of Jim Dolen, even among the true aficionados of Italian cinema.

August 21, 2014

Coming from Oscar winning director Gabriele Salvatores and with a script by Stefano Rulli and Sandro Petraglia (who were behind Romanzo criminale and My Brother is an Only Child among others), Siberian Education is something of a disappointment.

July 28, 2014

Walter Brandi

Just who was Walter Brandi? Well, to some people he’s best known as an Italian b-movie star of the early sixties, a solid if not particularly inspiring presence in numerous gothic horror films and historical adventures.

July 11, 2014

Adam Chaplin

Adam Chaplin, a sci fi / horror movie made in Italy in 2011, tries so hard to be extreme, to be different that it ends up being tedious.

July 7, 2014

Mario Monicelli interview

An interview with the late maestro of Commedia all’Italian, Mario Monicelli, which I found on the web and have translated into English

Alberto Sordi in Steno's Un americano a Roma

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.