Colin Edwards·20h ago‘L’ombrellone’ or — Carefully Crafted Chaos?Going by its description — a peace-loving husband decides to join his fun-loving wife at the popular seaside resort of Riccione for the…
Il numero 2·Mar 6In nome di un popolo di mostriUn film ambiguo e potente sulla giustizia e sull’Italia (su In nome del popolo italiano, 1971, regia di Dino Risi, con Ugo Tognazzi e…
Colin Edwards·Sep 15, 2023‘Il Giovedi’ or — ‘Il Sorpasso’ with Heart?Watching Dino Risi’s ‘Il Giovedi’ (1963), or ‘The Thursday’, it was easy to wonder if the Italian filmmaker might not’ve been firing on…
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…
