June 5, 2008 R.I.P. Mel Ferrer Yet another R.I.P., I’m afraid. Mel Ferrer died on June 2nd, aged 91. There’s a lengthy obituary in the Guardian, quote: There was much…
June 5, 2008 Antonio Bido interview There’s a new interview with Antionio Bido up on the Hell of the Living Dead website. It’s in Italian, but worth a look for…
June 3, 2008 R.I.P. Francesco Degli Espinosa Francesco Degli Espinosa is possibly not the best known of directors to have worked in Italian cinema, but he did make a couple of…
June 3, 2008 Il divo Only one new release in Italy this week… but it’s one I’ve been looking forward to! Paolo Sorrentino’s Il divo opened to brisk business,…
June 2, 2008 Philip Ridley to direct new film I’ve often wondered whatever happened to Philip Ridley, who made two of the most interesting films of the 90s: The Reflecting Skin and The…
June 1, 2008 Gods in Spandex Gods in Spandex is the follow up to Succubus Press’s Gods in Polyester, which was a ramshackle, entertaining journey through seventies exploitation cinema as…
May 29, 2008 Gomorra, Sanguepazzo The biggest release by far over the last couple of weeks in Italy has been Matteo Garrone’s Gomorra, which also went down a storm…