Showing posts with label Italian cinema. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian cinema. Show all posts
Thursday, 20 August 2026

Reflections on ... Teresa la ladra / Teresa the Thief (1973)

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I’m always moaning about how difficult it is to see Monica Vitti’s Italian comedies in the UK – and now the British Film Institute here has ...
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Sunday, 28 November 2021

Reflections on ... Story of a Love Affair (1950) aka Cronaca di un amore.

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Recently watched: Story of a Love Affair (1950) aka Cronaca di un amore . Trust me - never was a title more bitterly ironic! A bleak Italia...
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Saturday, 13 November 2021

Reflections on ... The Grim Reaper (1962) aka La commare secca.

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Recently watched: The Grim Reaper (1962). Original title: La commare secca.   “You’ll die covered in lice!” Seriously – Italians have the...
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Sunday, 14 March 2021

Reflections on ... Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

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/ Alain Delon and Annie Girardot in Rocco and His Brothers (1960) / Recently watched: Italian art cinema virtuoso Luchino Visconti’s ambiti...
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Friday, 2 September 2016

Reflections on ... La Dolce Vita (1960)

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/ The glorious Anita Ekberg (1931 - 2015) as Sylvia in La Dolce Vita (1960) / From the Facebook events page for the Lobotomy Room ...
Sunday, 17 March 2013

Reflections on Mamma Roma (1962)

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/ Tight skirt, tight sweater: the sensational Anna Magnani in Mamma Roma (1962) by Pier Paolo Pasolini / Volcanic. Tempestuous. Explos...
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