Colin Edwards·Sep 12‘The Bandit’ or — Neorealism Noir?When Ernesto (Amedeo Nazzari), an Italian POW, returns home from Germany he has only one thing on his mind. Well, two if you include seeing…
Colin Edwards·Nov 6, 2025‘Nobody’s Children’ & ‘The White Angel’ or — A Transfixing Double-Bill?I love Italian cinema (could you tell?) and one of its biggest delights has been the post-war melodramas of Raffaello Matarazzo starring…
Colin Edwards·May 16, 2025‘L’ultimo amante’ or — Crying… with Laughter?If you had told me that one day I’d be a huge fan of black and white Italian melodramas I’d have said you were out of your bloody mind…
Colin Edwards·Apr 14, 2025‘Tormento’ or — The Astonishingly Cathartic Fairy Tale Melodrama?If I was to describe the plot to Raffaello Matarazzo’s ‘Tormento’ (1950) it would sound like your typical melodramatic fodder where a…
Colin Edwards·Sep 5, 2024‘Chains’ or — Neorealism on Steroids?Ever been in the mood for some Italian neorealism but also fancied the emotional excess of a Douglas Sirk melodrama too? Then why not…
Colin Edwards·Aug 1, 2023‘Torna!’ or — Warning! Contains Geological Jump Scares?I deliberately kept my expectations low last night for Raffaello Matarazzo’s ‘Torno!’ (1954) because not only was this my first foray into…
