April 14, 2017 Massacre Time A damned fine Spaghetti Western, Massacre Time contains all of the best ingredients to be found in the genre: machismo than teeters on the brim of absurdity, peculiar dubbing, bizarre characters, elliptical dialogue and a casual disregard for human life.
July 23, 2016 Elio Petri: A Quiet Place in the Country Ostensibly a ghost story, A Quiet Place in the Country is, in fact, an atmospheric rumination upon the nature of art, pornography, insanity and – heck – life itself.
December 16, 2013 Django – a contemporary review A review of Django, taken and translated from the Italian newspaper Unita
August 19, 2011 Franco Nero interview Just noticed that there’s an interview with Franco Nero on Box Office Magazine. Loads of stuff about Cars 2, but also some more interesting questions as well, which I’ve included below
June 2, 2011 Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero honoured in London Vanessa Redgrave and husband Franco Nero were in London last weekend to receive awards.
April 15, 2011 Rasputin by Louis Nero A few years ago Louis Nero made Hans, a strange pyschological, well, thriller I guess, and it’s interesting to see that the director is back with a new project, Rasputin
October 21, 2010 Companeros – Contemporary review from The Times Companeros I thought to be a very jolly enjoyable spood western from Sergio Corbucci, who here pulls off much the same trick as he did in the almost equally enjoyable A Professional Gun a little while ago…
