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Cinema Italiano Podcast

The podcast dedicated to the Italian experience, as told by film.

Category: Writing

Marilyn’s Eyes (2021)

Posted on July 11, 2022July 6, 2022 by Steven

“Marilyn’s Eyes” has occasional moments that are genuinely touching, but it doesn’t quite hit the mark as a socially conscious comedy.

Mascarpone (2021)

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Steven

A needy young man with a penchant for baking finds himself newly single and in search of a home, and himself.

City of Women (1980)

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Steven

Fellini’s 1980 film reflects an impotence, both figurative and literal, of man in the era of feminism.

Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Steven

The film presents characters with agency, privilege, and power, and the question ultimately is how (or whether) they choose to exercise that.

Ferdinando & Carolina (1999)

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Steven

The story of a love bound by circumstance and empowered through destiny.

Summer Night (1986)

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Steven

A complicated tale of gender roles, both modern and archaic.

All Screwed Up (1974)

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Steven

Pointed and sharp as always, Lina Wertmüller exposes economic, social, and cultural power structures of inequality and exploitation.

Throwback: Excerpt on “The White Sheik” (1952)

Posted on January 21, 2020February 11, 2020 by Steven

The White Sheik is an excellent example of the balance between hyperbolic comedic situations, and moments of intense human drama.

Il campione (The Champion) (2019)

Posted on January 13, 2020February 11, 2020 by Steven

The feel-good story about a successful, though reckless, young athlete whose life is turned around when he is assigned a tutor by his soccer club.

Simple Women (2019)

Posted on January 13, 2020February 11, 2020 by Steven

Simple Women is a very imaginative original film whose name betrays its complex, metafictional narrative.

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