Colin Edwards·Apr 7, 2025‘My Friends’ or — Men Behaving Badly?Four middle-aged friends — Perozzi (Philippe Noiret), Mascetti (Ugo Tognazzi), Melandri (Gastone Moschin) and Necchi (Duilio Del Prete) —…
Colin Edwards·Feb 10, 2025‘Signore & Signori’ or — Brutally Funny?Pietro Germi’s ‘Signore & Signori’ (1966), or ‘The Birds, the Bees and the Italians’, is an Italian sex comedy consisting of three tales…
Colin Edwards·Aug 19, 2023‘Il Mattatore’ or — It’s a Gas… Man?It all starts innocuously enough as we observe Gerardo Latini (Vittorio Gassman) returning home from work to his humble apartment and his…
Colin Edwards·Aug 16, 2023‘Il Vedovo’ or — Comedic Brutalism?Mentally unstable, profoundly inept businessman Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi), whose elevator factory is always on the verge of bankruptcy…
Charles M Casetti·May 10, 2016L’Ufficiale dello Stato Civile (un film che non è stato)(Attenzione: questo pezzo contiene parole che non userei sul posto di lavoro. Me le sono sentite tirare dietro per due terzi della mia…
