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Ivana Miño in Night of the Sinner
November 19, 2015

Night of the Sinner

Back in the early 1970s, Alessando Perrella was one of those actors who popped up in just about every other cheapjack spaghetti western that was made

A victim of Byleth
October 25, 2015

Byleth

A chubby bird and a moustachioed bloke have a quick shag (and wasn’t it ever thus in the world of Italian sex scenes). After he dresses and leaves her, she is attacked and killed by an unseen assailant.

Ennio Fantastichini in The Arrival of Wang
October 16, 2015

The Arrival of Wang

The Arrival of Wang, a 2011 sci fi film directed by Antonio and Marco Manetti, has a great if far-fetched central premise

A film that proves the Italians can still make the most garish of exploitation films, MY LAI FOUR
July 28, 2015

My Lai Four

My Lai Four, an Italian war film from 2010 from the same team who bought you the, erm, classic Island of the Living Dead and Zombies: the Beginning. It’s not very good.

Salvo Randone in I giorni contati
July 16, 2015

Elio Petri: I giorni contati

Petri’s second film was I giorni contati (62), which again featured Salvo Randone. This time he plays Cesare, a plumber and widower who is riding home from work on the bus when it’s discovered that one of the passengers has died.

May 25, 2015

Elio Petri: The Assassin

After making two shorts, Nasce un campione (54) and I sette contadini (59), Petri made his full debut with The Assassin (L’assassino, 61), based on a script co-written with Tonino Guerra (with whom he would later collaborate on several films).

Christopher Roth
May 11, 2015

Christopher Roth

Christopher Roth was the second film directed by Belgian film-maker Maxime Alexandre, who’s better known as a cinematographer on the likes of The Crazies and The Hills Have Eyes

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