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Mario Camerini – Gli Uomini, che mascalzoni! AKA What Scoundrels Men Are! (1932)
This delightful romantic comedy, had it been made in America during this same period might have featured Jimmy Stewart and…
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Jacqueline Reich & Piero Garofalo – Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943 (2002)
* Publisher: Indiana University Press * Number Of Pages: 400 * Publication Date: 2002-04-14 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0253215188 *…
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Vittorio De Sica – Un Garibaldino al convento AKA A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942)
Summary: An old woman’s poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school, the happy moments and the sad, and…
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Roberto Rossellini – L’Amore (1948)
Two related vignettes which deliberate on the nature of human love and emotional attachment, both starring Magnani in the key…
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Franco Zeffirelli – The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Quote: Franco Zeffirelli’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew is a zesty version of the classic comedy,…
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Amleto Palermi – Carnevalesca (1918)
Carnevalesca with the beautiful Lydia Borelli is divided in to 4 parts, the white carnival, the innocent and pure childhood,…
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Tolga Örnek – Kaybedenler Kulübü AKA The Losers’ Club (2011)
‘The Losers’ Club’ brings shock jocks of 1990s’ Istanbul back to life. In his second feature, director and writer Tolga…
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Tadanari Okamoto – Tadanari Okamoto Film Works Vol 4 (1961 – 1995)
Quote: Beginnings: 1932-1963 To tell Okamoto’s story from the beginning, we have to make a short detour to talk about…
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Roy Ward Baker – Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
“One of Hammer’s better films, not only of that particular decade, but from their entire catalogue” – The Telltale Mind…
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