Looking back at the curious career of one of Italy’s most interesting – but lesser-known – film directors.
Tag: Italian film
Gore Blimey: The Zombie Holocaust World Of Dr Butcher
One of the more outrageous films from the Golden Age of Italian exploitation cinema.
Stage Fright – The Last Gasp Of Classic Italian Genre Cinema
Michele Soavi’s theatrical slasher film feels like an extravagant end-of-an-era production.
The Absurd World Of Joe D’Amato
Looking back at the sordid, sensational career of Italy’s most prolific exploitation filmmaker.
The Magnificent Melodrama Of Vittorio de Sica’s Sunflower
Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni star in an epic tale of love and obsession.
Raindance 2022: Marcel!
Jasmine Trinca’s tale of narcissism, mother and daughter bonding and a road trip gone bad is not exactly fun but is nevertheless oddly rewarding.
The Variety Films Catalogue
A Eurotrash sales brochure featuring spectacular artwork for less-than-spectacular films.
Anthropophagous II: An Exercise In Worthless Opportunism
The newly-made follow-up – in name only – to the notorious Video Nasty is not an enjoyable viewing experience.
Blecch Glasses: Dario Argento And The Limitations Of Creativity
Occhiali Neri has been hailed as Argento’s great comeback movie – but is it too little, too late from a director whose artistic visions seem long exhausted?
The Endless Cycle Of Revenge In Cemetery Without Crosses
Re-examining one of the bleakest films to emerge from the Euro-Western boom of the 1960s.
In Praise Of Monica Vitti
Remembering the actress who was the epitome of 1960s Euro cool.
Andrea Ricca’s World Of Zero Budget Science Fiction
A collection of cheap but cheerful short sci-fi and horror romps.