October 16, 2014 Italian westerns in the forests of the Sila, an interview with Sergio Grieco Here’s an interview with Sergio Grieco translated from an old copy of Unita. I don’t believe there’s any other interview with Grieco anywhere. I’d love to be proved wrong because he was a decent director who has been rather forgotten and was never really appreciated as much as he deserved.
September 15, 2014 Janine Hendy Janine Hendy was one of the more prominent black actresses to work in Italian cinema during the early 1960s. Perhaps her best known roles were in the two Taur films directed by Antonio Leonviola in 1963, Taur, il re della forza bruta and more particularly Thor and the Amazon Women, in which she played the antagonist to the titular hero Joe Robinson.
August 21, 2014 Jim Dolen Not many people know the name of Jim Dolen, even among the true aficionados of Italian cinema.
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 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
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.
December 16, 2013 Django – a contemporary review A review of Django, taken and translated from the Italian newspaper Unita