Tag Archives: Italian cinema

the magnificent five (film: I vitelloni – Frederica Fellini, 1953)

Posted on September 28, 2024 by admin

‘I vitelloni‘ is the second feature film directed alone by Federico Fellini, in 1953. It is a combination of neo-realist cinematography, social satire and character comedy, in which Fellini already demonstrates a perfect mastery of the means of expression, of … Continue reading →

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war and love (film: I girasoli – Vittorio De Sica, 1970)

Posted on May 20, 2024 by admin

‘I girasoli‘ (‘Sunflower‘ in the English release), Vittorio De Sica‘s 1970 film, is a film that is impossible to judge outside of its historical context. Actually I should say its historical contexts. The film is a war melodrama, the story … Continue reading →

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the anti Indiana Jones (film: La chimera – Alice Rohrwacher, 2023)

Posted on March 10, 2024 by admin

I had two very good reasons to definitely want to see ‘La Chimera‘ (2023). The first – this is the first feature film of the Italian director Alice Rohrwacher after the unusual and superb ‘Lazzaro felice’ (2018). The second – … Continue reading →

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an Italian thriller about the Chinese Mafia (film: ‘L’ultima Notte di Amore’ – Andrea Di Stefano, 2023)

Posted on February 7, 2024 by admin

‘Last Night of Amore‘ (2023 – original title ‘L’ultima notte di Amore‘) is the title of a very good Italian ‘noir’ thriller, written and directed by Andrea Di Stefano. It’s the actor-turned-director’s first feature film made in Italy, but it … Continue reading →

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when Roberto met Ingrid (film: Stromboli – Roberto Rossellini, 1950)

Posted on February 5, 2024 by admin

‘Stromboli‘ (1950) is a movie shrouded in a legend that sometimes seems to overshadow the film itself. Its story begins with a letter that Ingrid Bergman, one of the great Hollywood stars of the 1940s, sent to the Italian director … Continue reading →

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neorealism meets hiphop (film: C’è ancora domani – Paola Cortellesi, 2023)

Posted on December 29, 2023 by admin

‘C’è ancora domani‘ (2023 – English title is ‘There Is Still Tomorrow‘) is a directorial debut but it does not look at all like one. It can be said that it is also an author’s film, because the director is … Continue reading →

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testing the limits (film: La dernière femme – Marco Ferreri, 1976)

Posted on September 22, 2023 by admin

Before Lars von Trier (the ‘bad’ one – the one who directed ‘Antichrist’ and ‘Nymphomaniac’) there was Marco Ferreri. In 1976, when he made ‘La dernière femme‘, the Italian screenwriter and director had wowed bourgeois audiences (and the members of … Continue reading →

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the first masterpiece by Fellini (film: La strada – Frederico Fellini, 1954)

Posted on September 6, 2023 by admin

‘La strada‘, made in 1954, is considered Fellini‘s first masterpiece. There are actually many ‘firsts’ collected by this film. It won the first Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It is the first high-quality ‘road movie’ in European cinema. … Continue reading →

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best film about the life of Jesus? (film: Il vangelo secondo Matteo – Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964)

Posted on August 4, 2022 by admin

Movies inspired by the life, trial, death (and sometimes resurrection) of Jesus Christ are a difficult cinematic genre. The events that took place in Judea in the year 30 (or 33 according to other historians) are described by the most … Continue reading →

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the seduction of Lina Wertmüller (film: Mimì metallurgico ferito nell’onore – Lina Wertmüller, 1972)

Posted on May 26, 2022 by admin

“The Seduction of Mimi” is an uninspired English translation of “Mimi metallurgico ferito nell’onore“, the original title of the film whose approximate equivalent would be “Mimi the metallurgist wounded in his honor“. The author is Lina Wertmüller, an Italian director … Continue reading →

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