Based on a Pirandello play, Vittori De Sica plays a wealthy young social lion who has to constantly fight off a horde of women who are eager to marry him because of his position and money. Read More »
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Les anges du péché / Angels of Sin (1943) Robert Bresson, Renée Faure, Jany Holt, Sylvie, Drama
Il ladrone / The Good Thief (1980) Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Montesano, Edwige Fenech, Bernadette Lafont, Comedy, Erotic
Caleb, “son of nobody” (Enrico Montesano) lives in Galilee in Jesus’ day and struggles as a thief and con-man, pretending to be a magician. Read More »
Todo modo (1976) Elio Petri, Gian Maria Volontè, Marcello Mastroianni, Mariangela Melato, Drama
Party leader and power broker Aldo Moro, holed up with his cronies and rivals at a monastic retreat where they plot their political fortunes Read More »
Il manoscritto del principe / The Prince’s Manuscript (2000) Roberto Andò, Michel Bouquet, Jeanne Moreau, Paolo Briguglia, Biography, Drama
Roberto Andò directs this biopic about Sicilian aristocrat Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa — who gained posthumous fame with his novel The Leopard Read More »
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion / Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970) Elio Petri, Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Crime, Drama
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
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Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) Jack Gold, Ricky Schroder, Alec Guinness, Eric Porter, Drama, Family, Romance
Ceddie, Earl of Dorincourt’s only grandson and heir lives in America with his mother. Read More »
Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen (2014) Rüdiger Suchsland, Hans Henrik Wöhler, Fritz Lang, Documentary, Biography, History
Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its ‘collective spirit’ in cinema. The purpose of film as a cultural tool is examined. Read More »
L’uomo dalla croce / Man with a Cross (1943) Roberto Rossellini, Alberto Tavazzi, Roswita Schmidt, Attilio Dottesio, War, Drama
An extremely rare film by Roberto Rossellini, his third feature, made under the Fascist control of Italy. Read More »
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) George Roy Hill, Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Comedy, Musical, Romance
In 1922 New York City, Millie Dillmount and Miss Dorothy Brown are just two of the girls living at the Priscilla Hotel for Single Young Ladies run by Mrs. Meers. Read More »