From “Roman Holiday” to “The Merchant of Venice” Roman Holiday, one of the most famous movies set in Rome Few places can match Italy for natural beauty: while Italy’s countryside exudes charm, Italian cities show off their distinctive culture, reflected in architecture or even in their people. Many successful films […]
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly DVD Cover Italian movie titles on DVD are too many to keep track without a database. However here is just a small sample of some of the best known Italian movies on DVD 10000 dollari per un massacro 1967 R.Guerrieri western 47 morto […]
A Review of Profondo Rosso Profondo Rosso Profondo Rosso, which is also known as Deep Red: The Hatchet Murders, is, to many, Dario Argento’s seminal work. The film, which was released in 1975, contains many elements that the slasher film fanatic can – and will – appreciate. It is innovative […]
A Film Review of Dario Argento’s Suspiria Suspiria Suspiria is, to many, Dario Argento’s masterpiece. The film, which was penned in large part by Daria Nicolodi, his partner and muse of many years, is visually breath-taking. At times, it feels more like fluff than substance. I loved the film, don’t […]
Biography: Margherita Buy – A Celebrated Actress Margherita Buy Margherita Buy is the face of the GASBI’s (Genitori Associati Spina Bifida) folic acid campaign to prevent spina bifida. She’s a mother of a little girl – her only child was born in 2001. She’s the former wife of actor/director Sergio […]
This section will review sevaral Italian movies that will be available in the United States You can find the following Italian film titles in the US: I Soliti Ignoti – big deal on Madonna street : A classic Johnny Stecchino – Benigni Il Mostro – Benigni slapstick but funny La […]
Cinecittà Cinecittà Studios SpA, refounded in 1997 (Mr. Luigi Abete president), is a complex of theaters and studios, located on the eastern outskirts of Rome. Here movies and TV shows are made. In the past were mostly movies but, due to the TV outbreak, most of the movie studios […]
Giuletta Masina in La Strada Wide eyed and snub nosed, actress Giuletta Masina was no great beauty. But her face held an innocence and compelling wistfulness that could reach out from the cinema screen and touch the hardest of hearts. La strada movie Masina was married to Federico Fellini, and […]
Gina Lollobrigida “A woman at 20 is like ice, at 30 she is warm and at 40 she is hot,” Italian actress, Gina Lollobrigida once said. (Thinkexist.com) Most men would think that the ‘Italian Sex Goddess’, famous for her sultry looks and curvaceous figure was hot at any age. The […]
The Muccino brothers: Gabriele (left) and Silvio (right) To many it may seem like the Golden Age of Italian cinema has passed, especially if the yardstick by which greatness is measured is participation in and relevance to international projects and markets. The time of actors like Sophia Loren and Marcello […]