
Manfred, backed by Saracen pirates, deposes the Duke of Montfort, takes over the throne and kidnapped the Duke’s young son. Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Le confessioni / The Confessions (2016) Roberto Andò, Toni Servillo, Daniel Auteuil, Pierfrancesco Favino

A G8 meeting is being held at a luxury hotel on the German coast. Read More »
Gunmen of Rio Grande (1964) Tulio Demicheli, Guy Madison, Fernando Sancho, Madeleine Lebeau

In Arizona Territory, saloon owner Jennie Lee is facing a hostile takeover from her business competitor and town strong man Zack Williams. Read More »
Pulce non c’è (2012) Giuseppe Bonito, Pippo Delbono, Marina Massironi, Piera Degli Esposti

Daisy Camurati (Ludovica Falda) is nine years old but not a child like any other. Read More »
Luci del varietà / Variety Lights (1950) Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada, Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, Giulietta Masina

When a young woman of beauty and talent joins a provincial vaudeville troupe, they’re suddenly playing to packed houses Read More »
Bonnes à tuer / One Step to Eternity (1954) Henri Decoin, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Corinne Calvet

Francois Roques, a power-and-money-mad editor of a Paris newspaper Read More »
Priest of Love (1981) Christopher Miles, Janet Suzman, Ian McKellen, Graham Faulkner

Following the banning and burning of his novel, “The Rainbow”, D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. Read More »
La strada (1954) Federico Fellini, Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart

Sad story of a waif, Gelsomina, who is sold by her mother to Zampano for 10,000 lire and a few kilos of food. Read More »
L’assassino / The Assassin (1961) Elio Petri, Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Cristina Gaioni

The antiquarian Alfredo Martelli is brought to a police precinct without any explanation and interviewed by Inspector Palumbo. Read More »
Entre onze heures et minuit / Between Eleven and Midnight (1949) Henri Decoin, Louis Jouvet, Madeleine Robinson, Léo Lapara

Between eleven o’clock and midnight one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot dead whilst walking in a subway in Paris. Read More »