Italian Movies Available In Discs From Netflix
There are quite a few Italian movies that you can still get in disc form from Netflix. These are most of them since 2000; if it’s…
Read articleVenuto Al Mondo (Twice Born)
The 2004 collaboration between Sergio Castellitto, his wife, Margaret Mazzantini, and Penelope Cruz remains one of my favorite movies. Cruz’s role as Italian the prostitute in Non…
Read articleBernardo Bertolucci’s ‘Io E Te’
Bernardo Bertolucci’s first film in almost a decade and his first Italian feature film in 30, Io e Te (Me and You) is a study of…
Read articleMatteo Garrone’s ‘Reality’
A few years ago driving through crowded streets in Naples I was surprised to see something that made me feel I’d gone back in time; an…
Read articleGli Equilibristi – Balancing Act
So simple, so perfect, Ivano De Matteo’s 2012 Gli Equilibristi – Balancing Act works on as many different levels as you want it to. It’s realistic;…
Read articleSilvio Soldini’s ‘Il Comandante E La Cicogna’
In 2000 Silvio Soldini directed my very favorite, Pane E Tulipani (Bread and Tulips), a whimsical and romantic movie with characters that are just the right degree…
Read articleIl Mio Domani: My Tomorrow
I saw Marina Spada’s ’Il Mio Domani’ starring Claudia Gernini in New York last June at the Italian film festival, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema. I saw…
Read articleThe Updated Gay Guide To Italian Movies
I’ve been told that Italy is not a gay couple’s first choice for a vacation, and yet in 2005 Out Traveler GPS it got the top reader’s…
Read articleUnforgivable – A French Film With An Italian Accent
Unforgivable (Impardonnables – 2011), from director André Téchiné has something for everyone; it’s French but it’s filmed in Venice and about a quarter of the dialogue is…
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