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Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di bicyclette, Italy, 1948)
Where do we go from here? What happens when you watch a ‘classic’ movie – and there are not a lot that are more ‘classic’ than Bicycle Thieves – and you think … more →
Nick Lacey on films
Hollywood Goodfella: Tale of murdered-by-mafia reporter opens Cinema series
af11 wrote 2 weeks ago: Giancarlo Siani. ON SEPT. 23, 1985, Neapolitan crime reporter Giancarlo Siani was murdered for his r … more →
ROMA, CITTÀ APERTA
steev wrote 2 weeks ago: Roma, Città Aperta / Rome, Open City d. Roberto Rossellini / 1945 / Italy / 105 mins Viewed at: A3.0 … more →
A Fistful of Dollars
mrwednesdaynight wrote 2 weeks ago: Do you really need me to tell you how awesome thing movie is? Seriously, if you haven’t seen t … more →
Halloween Horrors: Frankenstein '80
mrwednesdaynight wrote 3 weeks ago: This Halloween I went over to You Tube and watched three horror movies, ate candy, and stayed up lat … more →
Atom Age Vampire
mrwednesdaynight wrote 1 month ago: The second in my series of You Tube movies I’m watching is a 1950’s horror/sci fi movie … more →
Critics' Picks: 'La Dolce Vita'
C. A. Kobu wrote 1 month ago: http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/10/19/movies/1247465261930/critics-picks-la-dolce-vita.html … more →
The Boxer
mrwednesdaynight wrote 1 month ago: The Boxer, an early 70’s Italian movie, is another mislabeled You Tube movie. This is not a ho … more →
Blood and Black Lace (1964, Mario Bava)
gelpi2008 wrote 1 month ago: Often described as the granddaddy of the giallo genre, this chiller has all the ingredients of a goo … more →
Foreign Review: Attila (1954)
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soothsayer767 wrote 1 month ago: Attila could be the worst movie that the late Anthony Quinn ever starred in. Quinn stars as the worl … more →
Michelangelo Antonioni's Cannes Statement for L'Avventura (1960)
A.R. Duckworth wrote 1 month ago: Today the world is threatened by an extremely serious split between a science that is totally and co … more →
Haunted, Phantomwise: ‘The Perfume of the Lady in Black’ (Francesco Barilli, 1974)
filmbunnies wrote 1 month ago: by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas At first glance, Francesco Barilli’s The Perfume of the Lady in Black ( … more →
I can't hear you...
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lichanos wrote 2 months ago: Lots of commentaries on Fellini’s 1960 film, La Dolce Vita, make much of the fact that it cont … more →
Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di bicyclette, Italy, 1948)
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nicklacey wrote 2 months ago: Where do we go from here? What happens when you watch a ‘classic’ movie – and ther … more →
Genre: Neo-realism
ddrewd1 wrote 2 months ago: SOURCE: For you screenwriters out there, today’s prompt comes from the New York Public Library … more →
It happens: Asia Argento NSFW Edition
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E. wrote 2 months ago: Like she was not already a bombass superfly lady in her own right, she is also director Dario Argent … more →
Sarrasine's cynosure
lichanos wrote 2 months ago: “He entered and took a seat in the pit, crowded between two unconscionably stout abbati; but l … more →
Review : Shoe-Shine aka Sciuscià
jedimoonshyne wrote 2 months ago: Shoe-Shine aka Sciuscià | Vittorio De Sica, 1946 There is a strange twinship between the two films - … more →
Io non ho paura / I am not scared (2003)
powrpuff wrote 2 months ago: I am convinced. No one can do a more potent and magical coming-of-age film than an Italian. Saw … more →
So Beautiful
makdleech wrote 2 months ago: For the longest of time immemorial, I finally got to watch Life is Beautiful, played and … more →
