Tag: Review
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Il colibrì (The Hummingbird) (2022)
A comprehensive, often exhausting, look at one man’s life through connection and heartbreak, tragedy and resilience.
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Ti mangio il cuore (Burning Hearts) (2022)
A unique re-imagining of forbidden love within the world of organized crime.
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Bentu (2022)
Man and nature are always at war in this neorealist tale of Sardinian wheat farmers.
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Astolfo (Never Too Late For Love) (2022)
A pleasant romance between two adults who realize that, even later in life, they deserve to find connection and happiness.
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Stromboli, terra di dio (1950)
Stromboli, terra di dio is the moody, deliberate character study of a desperate yet stubborn woman, played to perfection by Ingrid Bergman, who is pushed to the brink of madness (and possibly beyond). It begins with uncharacteristic romanticism from director Roberto Rossellini, with a dreamy, idealized love affair between woman and man in a refugee camp,…
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I vitelloni (1953)
The impressive third film by Federico Fellini, I vitelloni, is one of his most accessible because it has less typical Fellini-esque qualities; even as an adoring Fellini fan, I recognize that not everyone would necessarily enjoy his whimsical, surreal, and fantastical depictions of Italian life. This movie, about five young men in postwar Italy, exhibits more…
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Two Women (1960)
Like Bicycle Thieves over a decade earlier, Vittorio de Sica’s powerful and, at times, heart-wrenching drama Two Women explores the relationship between parent and child, and how far a parent will go to protect his or her family. Sophia Loren gives a phenomenal performance, worthy of the Academy Award she won, with an emotional range and intensity…
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Mafioso (1962)
Mafioso is a prime example of the commedia all’italiana as a complex film blurring the lines between comedy and drama. For the most part, it is entertaining though the climax is rather slow and brings the film to a sputtering end rather than a truly satisfying conclusion. It is the story of Nino Badalamenti, a Sicilian technician…