Category Archives: Italian Cinema

Vittoria Puccini in “La Vita Facile” [2011 Italy]

Posted on June 30, 2011 by TR

Lucio Pellegrini’s Italian comedy “La Vita Facile” [Eng. title: The Easy Life] is your typical run-of-the-mill entertainment feature replete with clichés and a rather mediocre script. I found it mildly humorous at times, but on the whole, apart from a … Continue reading →

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Kseniya Rappoport in “La Sconosciuta” [2006 Italy]

Posted on June 29, 2011 by TR

It’s taken a while, but I’m so glad to have finally started the filmography of the great Giuseppe Tornatore here, one of the most poetic directors in cinema today. He doesn’t make too many film, but whatever he has done, … Continue reading →

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Laura Chiatti & Monica Bellucci in “Manuale d’Amore 3” [2011 Italy]

Posted on June 17, 2011 by TR

Giovanni Veronesi’s third offering of his successful “Manuale d’Amore” series of films, (also called “Manuale d’Am3re”) [Eng. Title: Manual of Love 3] follows the tried and tested formula used in the previous 2 editions – three light and loosely inter-twined … Continue reading →

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A Tribute to Annamaria Clementi

Posted on June 13, 2011 by TR

As blog regulars must know by now, Annamaria Clementi is one of my favourite Italian beauties. Not very well known outside her country, she surely deserves to be in the all-time list of Italian bombshells. It didn’t help that she … Continue reading →

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Lucia Mascino & Anna Mascino in “L’eredità di Caino” [2007 Italy]

Posted on June 11, 2011 by TR

I revisited Sebastiano Montresor’s directorial debut, “L’eredità di Caino” [Eng. Title: The Heritage of Cain”] with some more background information about the work. The title alludes to a collection of works by Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and the film … Continue reading →

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