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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.
Antoni Pierfederici plays a hack director in Ciak si muore
July 6, 2017

Ciak… si Moroni

Mario Moroni made two films during his long career in Italian cinema, both of them are authentic poverty row efforts of little critical or aesthetic value. But as nobody else is deranged enough to waste their time examining his work, it seems like an appropriate job for The WildEye…

George Blagden and Shaun Dooley in Blood Moon
June 29, 2017

Blood Moon

One of the most positive developments in the world of cinema over the past few years is the resurgence of the western genre. At one point last year cowboys seemed to be literally falling out of the sky: Slow West, Salvation, The Dark Valley, The Hateful Eight and so on.

Believe it or not, this is the most interesting picture I can find for Poker with Pistols
June 5, 2017

Poker with Pistols

Suave, milk-drinking Bronson Terrail (George Hilton) arrives in town and immediately challenges the local cardsharp Lucas (George Eastman) to a game of poker. Much to everybody’s surprise, he wins.

Rupert Evans in The Canal
June 1, 2017

The Canal

British ghost stories tend to break down into two basic types. On the one hand, you have your ‘gothic’ haunted house horrors, which are generally set in enormous country piles and often – although not always – in the past.

May 25, 2017

Elio Petri: Good News

Good News was another science fiction film for Elio Petri, although anyone expecting more of the out-and-out freakiness that so informed Todo modo is likely to be surprised.

Elio Petri, with Ursula Andress on the set of The Tenth Victim
May 24, 2017

Elio Petri: Investigation of a Filmmaker Above Suspicion

For some reason, Elio Petri is a filmmaker who seems to have slipped off the cultural (and counter-cultural) radar.

George Hilton in A ghentar si muore facile
May 17, 2017

A ghentar si muore facile

Aka A Ghentar le Mort Est Facile (Fr), En Ghentar se muere facil (Es) 1967 Italy/Spain Marco Film (Rome), R.M. Film (Madrid) Director: Leon…

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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
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