Colin Edwards·21h 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…
Patrizia Poli·May 16, 2022Dino RisiIn 1962 “Il sorpasso” by Dino Risi was released, a road movie halfway between Italian comedy and social denunciation.
