Tag Archives: Lorenzo Balducci

Spanish cinema, the way it used to be: “Stella cadente” [2014, Spain]

Among the things that first drew me to Spanish cinema was its unconventional, imaginative, and almost irreverent approach to film-narrative. Directors from Arrabal to Almodóvar, and Buñuel to Luna, especially during their ‘underground’ years, have extended frontiers so successfully that … Continue reading

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Valeria Golino in “Il Sole Nero” [2007 Italy]

“Il Sole Nero” [Eng. Title: Black Sun] is the only film I’ve seen so far from much awarded Polish Director Krzysztof Zanussi, so am ill-equipped to write anything about his filmography for the moment. I’ll therefore restrict myself to writing … Continue reading

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