#36: The 34th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival

Quick recap on the Italian films featured at the festival, including “Nostalgia” and “Freaks Out.”

#35: Martin Eden (Pietro Marcello, 2019)

Pietro Marcello brings Jack London’s Oakland-set novel to Naples in his innovative adaptation.

A Roman fashion house is terrorized by a faceless killer in this endlessly stylish, thrilling midcentury mystery.

A married Russian-Italian mother finds a new passion for life when she meets a younger chef.

Vittorio De Sica explores Italian romance past, present, and future in his award-winning film starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.

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

A struggling family of bee farmers get the chance to represent their way of life on a TV competition show.

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

Ingrid Bergman experiences the land of God in Roberto Rossellini’s 1950 film.

Luchino Visconti’s second film follows a Sicilian fishing family who strives to rise up out of poverty, but face hardships at every turn.