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June 1, 2010

La nostra vita (Our Life)

Daniele Luchetti, who made the acclaimed Mio fratello è figlio unico (My Brother is An Only Child) a few years back, has a new…

May 18, 2010

R.I.P. Massimo Sarchielli

I’m a bit late in posting this one, but Massimo Sarchielli died on the 12th May. Sarchielli was a busy actor who appeared in…

May 17, 2010

Italian Horror films of 2008: Part 2

Antonio Bonifacio’s Il monastero and Michele Sinesi’s Bumba atomika

May 11, 2010

Italian Horror films of 2008: Part 1

Here’s the first part of a quick look back at the Italian horror films of 2008. It’s a pretty motley bunch, to be honest, with none of them gaining anything much in the way of international (or even domestic) distribution. But it does no harm keeping up with what’s going on in the way of contemporary genre cinema in Italy.

May 7, 2010

Le Ultime 56 Ore

Hey, Claudio Fragasso has a new movie out that’s just hit the cinemas in Italy. Called Le Ultime 56 Ore, it’s a kind of…

April 30, 2010

La fisica dell’acqua

This one sounds interesting, La fisica dell’acqua, directed by Felice Farina. It’s a drama / thriller, apparently inspired by Hamlet. The cast includes Claudio…

April 29, 2010

Secondo tempo

The Italians seem to have a bit of a thing for football hooligan films at the moment, I guess in the same way that we do here in the UK with productions like The Firm and The Football Factory. Secondo tempo, by novice director Fabio Bastianello, very much falls into this grouping.

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