July 9, 2010 Butterfly Zone – Il Senso della Farfalla Here’s a new Italian film that looks like it could be of interest. It’s just come out in Italy this week, and is being shown in 20 cinemas, not a huge amount, but not unusually small for domestic product that isn’t a comedy.
July 2, 2010 The producers: Ottavio Poggi Ottavio Poggi may not be a name that you are familiar with. There’s certainly very little biographical information about him anywhere. But he was actually one of a band of little known – but very important – producers who fuelled the whole explosion in the Italian film industry in the 1950s and 60s.
June 16, 2010 Bekim Fehmiu R.I.P. Apparently Bekim Fehmiu has died… according to news alerts: Belgrade – Well-known Yugoslav actor of Albanian descent Bekim Fehmiu was found dead on Tuesday…
June 14, 2010 Rebecca, la prima moglie This was a TV adaptation of the popular Daphne Du Maurier novel Rebecca (which had actually already been adapted by the Italians in 1946).
June 14, 2010 La mujer sin cabeza Known in English language countries as The Headless Woman, Lucrecia Martel’s La mujer sin cabeza is really more of an Argetinian film than anything else…
June 1, 2010 Sono viva (I Am Alive) Here’s an interesting sounding new Italian film. It’s had a somewhat limited release, showing on just 8 screens, and the takings have been rather…