
While keeping an eye on his small time crook brother in law, Inspector Nico Giraldi gets involved in a murder Read More »
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The Monster AKA Il mostro (1994) Roberto Benigni, Michel Blanc, Nicoletta Braschi

A vicious serial sex killer is on the loose, and landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect Read More »
In The Name of the Father AKA Nel nome del padre (1971) Marco Bellocchio, Yves Beneyton, Renato Scarpa, Piero Vida

In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector Read More »
Crime at the Chinese Restaurant (1981) Bruno Corbucci, Tomas Milian, Bombolo, Enzo Cannavale

The officer Nico Giraldi investigates a homicide which has taken place in a Chinese restaurant in Rome. Read More »
The Gold of Naples AKA L’oro di Napoli (1954) Vittorio De Sica, Silvana Mangano, Sophia Loren, Eduardo De Filippo

Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Neapolitan episodes Read More »
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key AKA Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave (1972) Sergio Martino, Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli

Oliviero is a burned-out writer, living at his estate near Venice, his dead mother dominating his imagination. Read More »
Allonsanfan (1974) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Marcello Mastroianni, Lea Massari, Mimsy Farmer

A anarchist leader (Fulvio) wishes to retire, as he is old and tired. Read More »
Wanted Sabata (1970) Roberto Mauri, Brad Harris, Vassili Karis, Elena Pedemonte

Villainous bounty hunter Jim Sparrow kills his brother and frames Sabata for the murder. Read More »
The Truce AKA La tregua (1997) Francesco Rosi, John Turturro, Rade Serbedzija, Massimo Ghini

This is the true story of Italian Jews returning home from Auschwitz after the war. Read More »
Apprentice to Murder (1988) Ralph L. Thomas, Donald Sutherland, Chad Lowe, Mia Sara

Fire-and-brimstone preacher sees Satan everywhere, trains gullible young boy to “detect” evil Read More »