Mario Monicelli’s New Year’s Eve-set comedy surfaces generational divides, power dynamics, and deception.
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Episode #20: The Best of 2020
Counting down the top 5 Italian films of 2020.
Episode #19: Cinema Italian Style 2020
Notturno, Padrenostro, Lacci (The Ties), and more!
Episode #18: The Early Films of Pietro Marcello
An exploration of Pietro Marcello’s first four features: Crossing the Line (2007), The Mouth of the Wolf (2009), The Silence of Pelesjan (2011), and Lost and Beautiful (2015).
Episode #17: Caro diario
This episode discusses Nanni Moretti’s Caro diario (Dear Diary), an introspective autobiographical look at three phases of Moretti’s life. This story… Read more Episode #17: Caro diario
Episode #16: Tommaso
This episode explores Abel Ferrara’s Tommaso, a semi-autobiographical tale of an American filmmaker living in Rome with his wife and daughter.… Read more Episode #16: Tommaso
Episode #15: L’Innocente
This episode features an audio essay on Luchino Visconti’s final film L’Innocente (The Innocent), discussing the film’s themes of dishonesty, self-interest,… Read more Episode #15: L’Innocente
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
The film presents characters with agency, privilege, and power, and the question ultimately is how (or whether) they choose to exercise that.
Episode #14: Corpo celeste
This episode features an audio essay on Alice Rohrwacher’s debut fiction feature Corpo celeste (Heavenly Body), a modern-day take on Marta… Read more Episode #14: Corpo celeste
Ferdinando & Carolina (1999)
The story of a love bound by circumstance and empowered through destiny.
