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February 18, 2011

The Soul Keeper

Torinese director Roberto Faenza has been around a few years now. Starting off with a couple of psychedelic, controversial productions in the late sixties, Escalation (68) and H2S (69), he’s probably best known for Copkiller (83), featuring, weirdly, Harvey Kietel and Johnny Lydon (then riding on the success of his post-Sex Pistols career).

January 11, 2011

Adua e la campagne

Here’s a really very good example of the Italian new wave cinema that came out during the late fifties and early 60s, spearheaded by the likes of Pasolini and Bertolucci, and also including the likes of Mauro Bolognini, Elio Petri, Franco Rossi and Valerio Zurlini.

December 10, 2010

Birdwatchers

Despite picking up a handful of awards, including a special award at the Golden Globes and a Golden Lion nomination at Venice, Birdwatchers only had a limited release in the UK and US, playing more on the art-house circuit than to popular audiences.

November 26, 2010

The Sin

The Sin is a peculiar old mess of a movie. Part nunsploitation (although lacking nudity and violence, it still plays up to the idea of the nun as an erotic symbol), part star vehicle for Sophia Loren – who makes for one of the most unlikely nuns imaginable – and part political film…

November 5, 2010

The Iguana with a Tongue of Fire

When the body of a violently murdered young woman is found in the boot of a car belonging to the Swiss Ambassador to Ireland, there’s no shortage of suspects. The Ambassador, Sobiesky (Anton Diffring), is a cold fish with an extremely complicated private life; his wife (Valentina Cortese) is a lush…

October 8, 2010

La notte di San Lorenzo (aka The Night of the Shooting Stars)

Just a brief review, as La notte di San Lorenzo (aka The Night of the Shooting Stars) has been more than adequately covered elsewhere. Released in 1982, this was the second big hit for the Taviani brothers, Paolo and Vittorio…

September 3, 2010

Hans

Hans is a 2006 release directed by Louis Nero, a young Torinese filmmaker who’s made a handful of low budget films since his 2000 debut, Golem.

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