Posts Tagged ‘Italian cinema’
Il Sorpasso Criterion Collection Review: An Endearing, Incisive Road Movie
Risi’s film is simultaneously breezily fun and slyly satiric, a film full of immediate pleasures and more thought-provoking asides.
Read MoreCorruption (1968) / The Big Gundown (1966) Blu-rays Review: Two Points for Grindhouse
Grindhouse Releasing gets their hands on two cult epics from the Columbia Pictures vaults – and the results are nothing short of fabulous.
Read MoreLa Notte Criterion Collection DVD Review: They Don’t Make ‘Em Like This Anymore
A slow-burn Italian relationship drama that leaves you hanging.
Read More3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: On the Verge of a New Cinematic World
One of the most fruitful collaborations in cinema is enshrined in Criterion’s outstanding box set.
Read MoreUmberto D. Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Old Man and His Dog
A classic of world cinema I highly recommend.
Read MorePier Paolo Pasolni’s Trilogy of Life Criterion Collection DVD Review: Make Mine Bunuel
Picaresque neorealism, or artsy-fartsy stuff from a bipolar loon? You decide.
Read MoreNight of the Devils (1972) Blu-ray Review: Sexually-Charged Psychosomatic Italian Horror at its Finest
All this and full frontal nudity, too, guys and gals. Definitely a keeper in my book.
Read MoreThe Night of the Devils (1972) Blu-ray Review: Still Good, 40 Years Later
Serves as an example of what a horror movie can be if you replace gore and fancy effects with tension and storytelling.
Read MoreTrilogy of Life Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Three Films, Countless Tales
A wonderful set from Criterion Collection, encapsulating some of Pasolini’s most personal works.
Read MoreSalo, or the 120 Days of Sodom Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: 116 Minutes of Vileness
The most repulsive film I have ever seen.
Read MoreHercules, Samson and Ulysses [Ercole sfida Sansone] DVD Review: Sea Monsters! Lion Strangling! Hamstrings!
The last major peplum flick from the director of the original Hercules.
Read MoreThe Organizer Is the Pick of the Week
When in doubt, go with Criterion.
Read MoreThe Organizer Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Relevant in Today’s Political Climate
A worthwhile addition to any film lover’s collection.
Read MoreYoung, Violent, Dangerous DVD Review: A Healthy Dose of Italian Cheese
Shootings galore, nudity en masse, and common sense in short supply.
Read MoreConversation Piece DVD Review: A Probing Penultimate Film from an Italian Master
Luchino Visconti re-teams with Burt Lancaster for an excellent character-driven chamber piece.
Read MoreThe Visitor (1963) DVD Review: A Nuanced Look at Romance
Raro Video releases another from the overlooked Antonio Pietrangeli, although the transfer leaves something to be desired.
Read MoreThe Moment of Truth Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Heady Symphony of Sound and Image
Francesco Rosi’s bullfighting film is an intimate and immediate experience.
Read MoreThe Overcoat (1952) DVD Review: A Genre-Bending Satire from the Age of Neorealism
Alberto Lattuada’s overlooked The Overcoat is a smart blend of bureaucratic satire, tragicomic character piece and surrealist fantasy.
Read MoreCome Have Coffee With Us DVD Review: Italian Sex Comedy Subverted
Alberto Lattuada’s 1970 film is a slyly satiric jab at the inflamed male libido.
Read MoreMurder Obsession (Follia Omicida) DVD Review: Hey, Logic is for Losers!
Riccardo Freda’s final outing is a wonderfully wacky mess of mayhem.
Read MoreIdentification of a Woman Criterion Collection DVD Review: Searching for a Way out of the Fog
The story of a man trying to find himself while lost in love.
Read MoreIdentification of a Woman Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Futile Search for Romantic Fulfillment
An exploration of modern love, Antonioni’s late-period film is a worthy effort if not as obviously masterful as some of his earlier work.
Read MoreAngel of Evil DVD Review: The Italian Mesrine
So similar to Mesrine in content and execution that there’s little to distinguish it.
Read MoreA Fistful of Dollars / For A Few Dollars More Blu-rays Review: The Man with No Name Looks Better Than Ever
After nearly half a century, Clint Eastwood can still rock a poncho.
Read MoreLa Rabbia DVD Review: A Politically-Charged Italian Oddity
Pier Paolo Pasolini and Giovannino Guareschi square off.
Read MoreLive Like a Cop, Die Like a Man DVD Review: A Truly Mind-Blowing Experience
Harry Callahan gets split into Starsky & Hutch and injected with every Italian stereotype in the book.
Read MoreAdua and Her Friends DVD Review: A Moving Italian Drama
Adua and Her Friends reveals why director Antonio Pietrangeli should be more well known in the United States.
Read MoreCriterion Collection Eclipse Series #27 DVD Review: Raffaello Matarazzo’s Runaway Melodramas
Raffaello Matarazzo (1909 – 1966) was an Italian director who specialized in some of the most melodramatic pictures to ever grace the silver screen. In the post-war period of the late forties and early fifties, Matarazzo enjoyed enormous success with tales of star-crossed lovers and the villains intent on keeping them apart. While these movies…
Read More8 1/2 Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A World-Cinema Landmark
It’s a must-own for anyone serious about cinema and gets better with each viewing.
Read MoreAmarcord Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Parade of Unforgettable Characters
An ode to Fellini’s childhood in a quaint Italian town in the 1930s.
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