Tag Archives: Italian cinema

the formidable magnetism of Anna Magnani (film: Beautiful – Luchino Visconti, 1951)

Posted on May 13, 2019 by admin

‘They do not make movies like those anymore’ is a saying that makes me smile. Of course, it is true. For the good and for the bad. The technical means, the tastes of the audiences, the style of acting, and … Continue reading →

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a very efficient docu-drama

Posted on May 4, 2019 by admin

I do not have a Netflix account (yet), so I rarely see films protected by the ecosystem of this kind of broadcast. Luckily, a few movies like ‘Roma‘, which was also presented in Cannes and now this ‘Sulla mia pelle‘ … Continue reading →

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normality of evil (Film: Il conformista – Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)

Posted on April 18, 2019 by admin

Bernardo Bertolucci has a difficult posterity. Even the obituaries at his disappearance last year included more or less veiled criticism of his voyeurism in ‘Last Tango in Paris‘ or ‘The Dreamers‘ or its sliding into the extreme-oriental commerciality of ‘The … Continue reading →

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effects of time (Film: Senilità – Claudia Cardinale, 1962)

Posted on March 2, 2019 by admin

Time has its own ways also in terms of movies. I have just finished watching ‘Senilità‘ (the English title is ‘Careless’) directed by Mauro Bolognini, a prolific and well-known Italian director at the time, author of 46 films between 1953 … Continue reading →

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neo-realism meets magic realism (Film: Lazzaro felice – Alice Rohrwacher, 2018)

Posted on February 23, 2019 by admin

From time to time, once every few years, comes a movie that does not look like anything I’ve seen before as a passionate cinema fan. It’s what’s going on with ‘Lazarro felice‘, the film made by the Italian director Alice … Continue reading →

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bloody silver (Film: Profondo Rosso – Dario Argento, 1975)

Posted on June 19, 2017 by admin

Dario Argento‘s career spreads now over half a century of writing and directing horror movies. He is considered the master of the Italian cinema of the genre, which also bears the name of ‘giallo’ (yellow – the color of cheap … Continue reading →

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fresh Italian comedy (Quo vado? – Checco Zalone, 2016)

Posted on April 13, 2017 by admin

The second film we have seen at the Italian film festival was an entertaining comedy starring one of the most popular actors and singers in Italy nowadays. The title Quo vado? may send to serious philosophical and even Biblical connotations, … Continue reading →

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teens, speed, drugs in a good Italian drama (Film: Veloce come il vento – Matteo Rovere, 2016)

Posted on April 7, 2017 by admin

‘Veloce come il vento’ (which translates ‘fast as the wind’ – but got the English title Italian Race is a quite original combination between a teen drama, a car races story (including the corresponding stunts) and a moralistic story about … Continue reading →

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friendship games (film: Perfetti sconosciuti – Paolo Genovese, 2016)

Posted on November 26, 2016 by admin

Quite difficult to believe that Paolo Genovese‘s  Perfect Strangers is not inspired by a theater play. Everything happens within the closed limits of one apartment where seven friends meet for a casual dinner which turns into something completely different when they … Continue reading →

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undecided movie about an undecided pope (Habemus Papam – Nanni Moretti, 2011)

Posted on May 15, 2016 by admin

Papacy and its institutions have attracted film makers in many different ways. The Vatican or its clones have been used as sets and stage for many movies in genres ranging from historical movies to crazy comedies. Nanni Moretti‘s Habemus Papam … Continue reading →

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