October 15, 2017 10 Best Italian crime films, 1945 – 1969 It’s been a couple of years now since I published In the Name of the Law, my book about Italian crime films prior to the poliziotteschi trend, but here’s a little bit of content I wrote for it which never made it into the final cut… my top ten Italian crime films made between 1945 and 1969.
May 6, 2011 Il rossetto, by Damiano Damiani Il rossetto, directed by Damiana Damiani, with Pierre Brice, Laura Vivaldi, Bella Darvi, Giorgia Moli, Pietro Germi. Italian, drammatico. (Cinema: Doria). Review from La Stampa
November 22, 2010 Arturo’s Island – Contemporary review from The Times Moving on to some contemporary reviews of films by another of my favourite directors, Damiano Damiani. Here’s one from the Times for Arturo’s Island…
October 6, 2010 A Complicated Girl – Contemporary review from The Times Damiano Damiani has a certain feeling for making glossy thrillers which still retain a vestige of intelligence….
August 6, 2009 Un uomo in ginocchio Damiano Damiani’s Un uomo in ginocchio has just come out in Italy. Italian language, unfortunately, but it comes with an interview with the late…
September 11, 2008 Blood Feud A man hired to commit murder finds himself unable to do the deed in this early crime drama directed by Damiano Damiani
August 15, 2008 Damiano Damiani and photo-stories Interesting snippet I just found in ‘The Spoken Image’, by Clive Scott: Growing out of the graphic novelettes of increasingly realistic style, the first…