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Italian and Italian-language Films

Italian and Italian-language Films, North American Films

All the Money in the World: a solid if dull and heavy-handed lesson on the importance of family ties (and how they’re exploited)

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Ridley Scott, “All the Money in the World” (2017) Intended as a character study on the ways in which people use and abuse power and wealth,…

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Italian and Italian-language Films

Extraordinary revelations about foreign involvement in Maidan 2013-2014 events in “Ukraine: the Hidden Truth”

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Gian Micalessin, “Ukraine: the Hidden Truth” (2017) A short but very pithy Italian documentary, “Ukraine …” focuses on the notorious episode in Kiev in mid-February 2014…

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Italian and Italian-language Films, North American Films

The Last Man on Earth: still retaining the power to shock and horrify with a message of post-apocalyptic despair and existential angst

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Ubaldo B Ragona and Sidney Salkow, “The Last Man on Earth” (1964) Over 50 years since it was made, this cheaply made horror film has clearly…

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Italian and Italian-language Films

Allegro Non Troppo: a suite of animation shorts of breath-taking imagination and originality, and much food for thought

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Bruno Bozzetto, “Allegro Non Troppo” (1976) A spoof of and tribute to Walt Disney’s famous “Fantasia” film, “Allegro Non Troppo” is noteworthy mainly for its six…

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Italian and Italian-language Films

The Hawks and the Sparrows: a rambling road movie enquiry into the social and political conflicts of Italian society in the 1960s

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Pier Paolo Pasolini, “The Hawks and the Sparrows / Uccellacci e Uccellini” (1966) A bit confusing and rambling, this road movie about a father and his…

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