October 12, 2009 R.I.P. Gianfranco Mingozzi According to recent reports, director Gianfranco Mingozzi died in Rome over the weekend. The director, born in 1932 in Bologna, had been seriously ill…
October 9, 2009 The Montesi Scandal I mentioned Alida Valli’s career being ruined by scandal in my review of Senso earlier. Well, it also involved (more closely) the composer Piero…
October 9, 2009 Senso Ok, here’s my totally un-academic review of the Luchino Visconti classic Senso. Now this was one of those films which I felt a certain…
October 6, 2009 R.I.P. Giovanni Elsner This blog in danger of becoming an obituary listing at the moment. Anyway, Giovanni Elsner isn’t possibly that familiar a name to Italian film…
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…
October 1, 2009 R.I.P. Daniel Martin Sad news – Jose Martinez Martinez, aka Daniel Martin, died on September the 28th at his home, Las Truchas, a hotel in Nuévalos, at…
September 25, 2009 R.I.P. Victor Israel Sad news… one of the most recognisable character actors of Spanish cinema, Victor Israel, died last weekend. Born in Barcelona, he attended the Escuela…