Italian Cinema – Page 4

August 5, 2017

Any Gun Can Play

aka Vado… l’ammazzo e torno (It), Je vais, je tire et je reviens (Fr), Leg ihn um, Django! (WG), Go Kill & Come Back (UK…

George Hilton strikes a familiar pose in George Hilton

July 13, 2017

Last of the Badmen

Last of the Badmen is a bit of a favourite of mine, and shows George Hilton at his best with a performance that seems to encapsulate the intriguing divisions within his acting persona.

July 8, 2017

The Sweet Body of Deborah

In many ways The Sweet Body of Deborah can be seen as an archetypal pre-Argento giallo. The motivating factors are greed, lust and hatred rather than pseudo-psychological disturbance.

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.

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.

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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