The first episode, “L’amore romantico”, directed by Pellegrini with Franco Interlenghi and Leonora Ruffo Read More »
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Run, Man, Run AKA Corri uomo corri (1968) Sergio Sollima, Tomas Milian, Donald O’Brien, Linda Veras
A knife-wielding Mexican ne’er-do-well is tasked by a scholar with locating $3 million Read More »
Teste di quoio (1981) Giorgio Capitani, Paolo Baroni, Ken Clark, Roberto Della Casa
A group of clumsy terrorists hold a strange group of inhabitants of a compartment block hostage. Read More »
It Happens in Roma AKA Gli ultimi cinque minuti (1955) Giuseppe Amato, Linda Darnell, Vittorio De Sica, Peppino De Filippo
Renata and Carlo covet the same apartment in Rome. They first quarrel but Carlo finds Read More »
Giuditta e Oloferne (1959) Fernando Cerchio, Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey, Renato Baldini
A beautiful girl plans to seduce, then murder, the brutal conqueror who has taken over her city. Read More »
Gold of Rome AKA L’oro di Roma (1961) Carlo Lizzani, Gérard Blain, Paola Borboni, Miranda Campa
Set in Rome in 1943, this standard wartime drama has its moments. Read More »
War in Space AKA Battaglie negli spazi stellari (1978) Alfonso Brescia, John Richardson, Yanti Somer, Walter Maestosi
An insubordinate space captain investigates an apparently deserted but unstable planet Read More »
The Sky Is Red AKA Il cielo è rosso (1950) Claudio Gora, Marina Berti, Jacques Sernas, Mischa Auer Jr.
Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing Read More »
Super Bitch AKA Si può essere più bastardi dell’ispettore Cliff? (1973) Massimo Dallamano, Ivan Rassimov, Stephanie Beacham, Patricia Hayes
Undercover cop infiltrates a drug ring that is importing stuff from Lebanon Read More »
Tosca (2001) Benoît Jacquot, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi
An opera singer attempts to rescue her lover from execution, but the Baron insists on a price: that she sleep with him. Read More »
Seven Slaves Against the World AKA Gli schiavi più forti del mondo (1964) Michele Lupo, Roger Browne, Gordon Mitchell, Arnaldo Fabrizio
Tribune Marcus Aulus, out of favor in Rome because of his alleged sympathy for Christians Read More »
Act of Sorrow AKA Atto di dolore (1990) Pasquale Squitieri, Claudia Cardinale, Bruno Cremer, Karl Zinny
In Milan, Elena is a widow and has to raise alone her two children, Martina and Sandro. Read More »
The Witches’ Sabbath AKA La visione del sabba (1988) Marco Bellocchio, Béatrice Dalle, Daniel Ezralow, Corinne Touzet
The freshly graduated psychiatrist David shall deliver an opinion about young Maddalena Read More »
Riviera AKA La spiaggia (1954) Alberto Lattuada, Martine Carol, Raf Vallone, Mario Carotenuto
Annamaria, an ex-prostitute, takes her young daughter from convent school with her on a summer vacation. Read More »
The Mysterious Mr. Van Eyck AKA El misterioso señor Van Eyck (1966) Agustín Navarro, Espartaco Santoni, Tere Velázquez, Franco Fabrizi
Van Eyck disappears when falling into the sea during a fight. Read More »