Tag Archives: italian
L’ultima preda del vampiro / The Playgirls and the Vampire (1960) Piero Regnoli, Walter Brandi, Lyla Rocco, Maria Giovannini, Horror
Regalo di Natale / Christmas Present (1986) Pupi Avati, Carlo Delle Piane, Diego Abatantuono, Gianni Cavina, Drama
Kommissar X – Drei blaue Panther / Kill Panther Kill (1968) Gianfranco Parolini, Tony Kendall, Brad Harris, Corny Collins, Action, Crime
Centochiodi / One Hundred Nails (2007) Ermanno Olmi, Raz Degan, Luna Bendandi, Andrea Lanfredi, Drama
I soliti ignoti / Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) Mario Monicelli, Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Comedy, Crime
Peppe, formerly a boxer, organizes the break-in of a pawnshop. Tiberio, an unemployed photographer, Mario, a receiver, the Sicilian Michele and Capannelle, an ex-jockey, are the other members of the gang. Read More »
A cavallo della tigre / On the Tigers Back (1961) Luigi Comencini, Nino Manfredi, Mario Adorf, Valeria Moriconi, Comedy, Drama
This well-acted though conventional comedy-drama by director Luigi Comencini features comic Nino Manfredi Read More »
Il mostro dell’opera / The Monster of the Opera (1964) Renato Polselli, Marco Mariani, Giuseppe Addobbati, Barbara Howard, Horror
A theater troupe’s young, energetic leader has secured an old theater in which to produce his new production. Read More »
Lamerica (1994) Gianni Amelio, Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Drama
Two Italian racketeers come to Albania just after the fall of the communists to set up a fictive firm and pocket the grants. Read More »
Diario napoletano / Neapolitan Diary (1992) Francesco Rosi, Simona Caramelli, Pietro Bontempo, Documentary, Crime, History
A fascinating return to the same issues done in a semi-docu style. The ‘story’ joins Rosi as he fights his way through impossible city traffic to a school of architecture to host a discussion of the older movie. Read More »