Based on the story of Franca Viola and Filippo Melodia. In Sicily, as a Mafia boss Read More »
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Germany Year Zero AKA Germania anno zero (1948) Roberto Rossellini, Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze
Edmund, a young boy who lives in war-devastated Germany after the Second World War Read More »
Halleluja to Vera Cruz AKA Partirono preti tornarono… curati (1973) Bianco Manini, Lionel Stander, Riccardo Salvino, Jean Louis
Two American bandits disguise themselves as priests in order to work undetected in Mexico during the revolution. Read More »
The Butcher AKA Il macellaio (1998) Aurelio Grimaldi, Alba Parietti, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic, Lorenzo Majnoni
Alina, a dissatisfied wife is brilliant and initiative-driven woman who runs an art gallery in Palermo. Read More »
The Rip-Off AKA La bidonata (1977) Luciano Ercoli, Walter Chiari, Maurizio Arena, Ettore Manni
A trio of losers plan to kidnap a man who is already marked to be kidnapped by some mobsters. Read More »
Terrorism: It Could Happen Here AKA Italia: Ultimo atto? (1977) Massimo Pirri, Luc Merenda, Lou Castel, Andrea Franchetti
About a group of terrorists trying to execute their mission. Read More »
The Aspiring Brooklyn Cat Detective AKA Il gatto di Brooklyn aspirante detective (1973) Oscar Brazzi, Franco Franchi, Luigi Pistilli, Annabella Incontrera
Two detectives are hired by an old countess to find out whether a villa she wants Read More »
Dear Diary AKA Caro diario (1993) Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Giovanna Bozzolo
Nanni Moretti directs himself playing himself in this wry look at life. Read More »
Flashback (1969) Raffaele Andreassi, Fred Robsahm, Pilar Castel, Dada Gallotti
Heinz Prulier (Fred Robsahm) is a German soldier stationed as a sniper overlooking his own army from a tree. Read More »
The Sleazy Uncle AKA Lo zio indegno (1989) Franco Brusati, Vittorio Gassman, Giancarlo Giannini, Andréa Ferréol
This wickedly funny Italian comedy centers upon a lascivious, fun-loving old uncle who hands out blood-test Read More »
The Alcove AKA L’alcova (1985) Joe D’Amato, Lilli Carati, Annie Belle, Laura Gemser, Al Cliver
A faded aristocrat military officer returns from the Abyssinian war with a dusky slave girl as a prize Read More »
Photographing Fairies (1997) Nick Willing, Toby Stephens, Emily Woof, Ben Kingsley
Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. Read More »
Giallo (1934) Mario Camerini, Assia Noris, Sandro Ruffini, Elio Steiner
A woman becomes convinced that her husband is an infamous wife-killer intent on adding her to his list of victims. Read More »
Suspiria (1977) Dario Argento, Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci
Suzy Bannion travels to Germany to perfect her ballet skills. Read More »
Pistol Packin’ Preacher AKA Posate le pistole, reverendo (1971) Leopoldo Savona, Mark Damon, Pietro Ceccarelli, Veronika Korosec
Gunman Slim joins the Italian Pizza baker Geremia and his two daughters Read More »