
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 »
Tag Archives: Italy
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 »
Fai in fretta ad uccidermi… ho freddo! / Kill Me Quick, I’m Cold (1967) Francesco Maselli, Monica Vitti, Jean Sorel, Roberto Bisacco

Giovanna (Monica Vitti, L’Awentura) and Franco (Jean Sorel, Belle de Jour) are lovers pretending Read More »
I tartari / The Tartars (1961) Richard Thorpe, Ferdinando Baldi, Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Liana Orfei

Orson Welles is tartar leader Burundai, who takes the place of his brother Togrul Read More »
L’uomo in più / One Man Up (2001) Paolo Sorrentino, Toni Servillo, Andrea Renzi, Antonino Bruschetta

The debut feature by acclaimed Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo) is a stylish and blackly comic look at the dark side of fame. Read More »
Cruel Passion (1977) Chris Boger, Koo Stark, Martin Potter, Lydia Lisle

Justine is a nubile young virgin cast out of a French orphanage and thrust into a depraved world of prostitution Read More »
Temple of a Thousand Lights (1965) Umberto Lenzi, Richard Harrison, Luciana Gilli, Wilbert Bradley

Here is an interesting variation of the popular heist flick genre. Richard Harrison stars as Alan Foster, a notorious bank robber from NYC hiding out in India. Read More »
The Rendezvous (1961) Jean Delannoy, Annie Girardot, Andréa Parisy, Odile Versois

Pierre, a rich man’s son-in-law, shares an illicit night-time kiss with his first wife, Madeleine. Read More »