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Alba Rohrwacher in “Cosa Voglio di Più” [2010 Italy]

Director Silvio Soldini has just made a fan out of me, and his film “Cosa Voglio di Più” [Eng. Title: What More do I Want] has definitely made me eat my words about contemporary Italian cinema being rudderless. This is … Continue reading

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Tilda Swinton in “Io Sono l’Amore” [2009 Italy]

Luca Guadagnino’s BAFTA-nominated film, “Io Sono l’Amore” [Eng. Title: I am Love] is about a rich Milanese industrial family falling apart as winds of change sweep through their hitherto stable if stagnant empire. The film is beautiful is beautifully made, … Continue reading

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Annamaria Clementi in “Ishyri Dosi… Sex” [1978 Greece]

OK, this year’s Oscars are upon us, and under the best foreign language film of the year, my personal favourite is the Greek nomination, “Dog Tooth” aka “Kynodontas” – a unique film in the way it explores fundamental issues relating … Continue reading

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Valeria Solarino in “Vallanzasca – Gli Angeli del Male” [2011 Italy]

Michele Placido’s latest film as director is his biopic of notorious Milanese gangster, Renato Vallanzasca, “Vallanzasca – Gli Angeli del Male” [Eng. Title: Angels of Evil]. On general release only last month, this big-budget crime drama is set during Renato’s active … Continue reading

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Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “I Racconti di Canterbury” BR720 [1972 Italy]

Peir Paolo Pasolini is one of the finest, original, and well read filmmakers Italy had produced, and it is a great tragedy that his life was cut short as abruptly as it did. He is however rather unfairly remembered by many only for his … Continue reading

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