An ambassador’s wife discovers that one of the men in her life – either her husband, an ex-lover or her current lover – may be a vicious serial killer.Read More »
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Sergio Martino – Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh AKA The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
1971-1980GialloItalySergio MartinoThriller -
Bruno Bozzetto – West and Soda (1965)
1961-1970AnimationBruno BozzettoEuro WesternsItalyWestern

A greedy villain tries to coerce a woman into marrying him so he can take over her land, when a stranger rides into town intent on taking down the bad guys.
Inspired from the most ironic spaghetti western the master of italian animation Bruno Bozzetto develops West and Soda, a sweet parody of western’s epic.Read More » -
Lina Wertmüller – Tutto a posto e niente in ordine AKA All Screwed Up (1974)
1971-1980ComedyDramaItalyLina WertmüllerA group of immigrants from the south of Italy live collectively in the Milano’s suburbia in the 1974. Not only they share the house, but also hopes and troubles that in those years where part of the Italian society. Loves and fights among them are the mirror of the difficult environment in which the poor south Italians found themselves in the 70s in the industrial cities of north Italy.Read More »
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Dario Argento – Non ho sonno AKA Sleepless [+ Commentary] (2001)
2001-2010Dario ArgentoGialloItalyThrillerAn elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.Read More »
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Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia – Non ti pago! (1942)
1941-1950Carlo Ludovico BragagliaComedyItaly

Plot & review:
From a successful 1940 theater comedy by Eduardo De Filippo.
Ferdinando Quagliuolo has inherited the management of a Lotto agency after the death of his father. He is also an avid player in search of winning numbers, in spite of his great bad luck.
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Gianni Di Gregorio – Pranzo di ferragosto AKA Mid-August Lunch (2008)
2001-2010ArthouseDramaGianni Di GregorioItalyGianni is a middle-aged man living in Rome with his imposing and demanding elderly mother. His only outlet from her and the increasing debt into which they are sinking, are the increasingly frequent quiet sessions at the local tavern. As an Oriental saying goes, ‘Moments of crisis are moments of opportunities’. These appear during the celebration of the holiday of Ferragosto on 15 August. That’s when everybody leaves town to have fun. Opportunity knocks on Gianni’s door in the most unexpected way. (IMDb)Read More »
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Giuliano Carnimeo – Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer? AKA The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
1971-1980GialloGiuliano CarnimeoItaly

Having recently escaped the clutches of a hippie sex cult, a beautiful model is pursued by a serial killer whose previous victims include former occupants of her new apartment.Read More »
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Paolo Benvenuti – Gostanza da Libbiano (2000)
1991-2000DramaItalyPaolo BenvenutiGostanza da Libbiano (2000) is based on the real-life trial of the 60-year-old nun Gostanza da Libbiano who was persecuted for witchcraft in 1594, imprisoned and interrogated by church representatives.
Gostanza da Libbiano is the third in a “trilogy of identity” which also includes The Kiss of Judas (1998) and Confortorio (1992).
The italian director, Paolo Benvenuti, shot the entire film in San Miniato, 35 Km East from Pisa, in Tuscany. The film has been financed by the Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage.
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Roberto Rossellini – Il Messia AKA The Messiah (1975)
1971-1980ArthouseEpicItalian Neo-RealismItalyRoberto Rossellini

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Virtually unknown outside of Italy, Messiah (Il Messia) is historically important as the last directorial effort of Roberto Rossellini. In retelling the life of Christ, Rosselini harks back to the humanistic style he’d utilized on his many Italian TV projects of the 1960s. The director has no intention of depicting Jesus as being the vessel of divine providence. The Man from Galilee is shown simply as one who is unusually moral and of spotless character — the sort of person who’d be a natural leader no matter who his Father was. Co-scripted by its director, Messiah was completed in 1975, but not given a general release until 1978.Read More »




