October 6, 2009 Kommissar X reunion Apparently there was a very succesful ‘Kommissar X’ festival in Germany at the end of September, hosted by the chaps at Buio Omega. Tony…
September 18, 2009 L’urlo hits DVD Wow, the stuff they’re digging up. Tinto Brass’s early film L’urlo is out now on DVD from Cult Epics, the same company who released…
September 18, 2009 Rosso sangue and La ragazzina out from MYA MYA have released another couple of films. First up, there’s the old Joe D’Amato chestnut Rosso sangue, aka Horrible, which is pretty well known,…
September 17, 2009 Il grande sogno New out this week, Il grande sogno, the new film from Michele Placido, whose Romanzo criminale was one of the better Italo-crime films of…
September 11, 2009 Visions, Vincere, Gli amici del bar Margherita Three interesting films released on DVD in Italy this week: Luigi Cecinelli’s giallo Visions, Marco Bellochio’s award winning drama Vincere and Pupi Avati’s succesful…
September 11, 2009 L’utimo ultras, Le ombre rosse New out this week in Italy: L’utimo ultras, a football hooligan drama directed by Stefano Calvagna. This did moderate business over its opening weekend,…
September 11, 2009 Carlo Ausino interview Here’s another Italian language interview with Carlo Ausino, who seems to be getting about a bit nowadays. I wonder whatever happened to his new…