February 8, 2011 Spaghetti Westerns ride off into the sunset… Here’s an article about Spaghetti Westerns I’ve just translated from an old issue of La Stampa, back in December 1966.
January 19, 2011 Eroticism in the Italian Cinema Excerpt from Continental Film Review, September 1970: Despite trials, prison sentences (albeit suspended) and the holding up of films (as in the case of H2S)…
December 31, 2010 Il delitto allo specchio, review from LaStampa – 21.07.1964 Il delitto allo specchio: A giallo about the dolce vita. Review from LaStampa – 21.07.1964
December 3, 2010 Fellini at the Circus Article on Fellini’s The Clowns taken from Continental Film Review, Sept 1970
November 22, 2010 Arturo’s Island – Contemporary review from The Times Moving on to some contemporary reviews of films by another of my favourite directors, Damiano Damiani. Here’s one from the Times for Arturo’s Island…
October 21, 2010 The 8 Wheel Beast – Contemporary review from The Times Once having registered that Sergio Corbucci’s The 8 Wheel Beast is a dreaded juggernaut, and that what we’re in for is a story of Italian long distance lorry drivers and not a horror movie…
October 21, 2010 Companeros – Contemporary review from The Times Companeros I thought to be a very jolly enjoyable spood western from Sergio Corbucci, who here pulls off much the same trick as he did in the almost equally enjoyable A Professional Gun a little while ago…