Colin Edwards·Nov 27, 2025‘Hitch-Hike’ or — Pulp Friction?I was a tad nervous settling down to watch Pasquale Festa Campanile’s ‘Hitch-Hike’ (1977), aka ‘Autostop Rosso Sangue’, last night because…
Colin Edwards·Apr 21, 2025‘A Quiet Place in the Country’ or — In Praise of the Other Mastroianni?Elio Petri’s ‘A Quiet Place in the Country’ (1968) makes it blindingly clear from the get-go that its title is heavily ironic because…
Colin Edwards·Aug 27, 2023‘How to Kill a Judge’ or — Deliberately Infuriating?It doesn’t take long for Damiano Damiani’s ‘How to Kill a Judge’ (1975) to get all ‘meta’ on our asses as it opens with Franco Nero…
Colin Edwards·Jul 31, 2023‘The Case is Closed: Forget It’ or — Nero’s Finest Hour?It wasn’t until I was halfway through Damiano Damiani’s ‘The Case is Closed: Forget It’ (1971) that I finally felt I had somewhat of a…
Colin Edwards·Jul 9, 2023‘The Day of the Owl’ or — Engagement Over Action?It opens with the killing of a truck driver for a construction site, his body left by the side of the road in the stark Sicilian…
Colin Edwards·Jun 7, 2022‘High Crime’ or — A Very Nice Pan plus Some Seriously Ridiculous Action?I knew I was watching an Enzo G. Castellari movie last night when in the space of the opening ten minutes I’d been treated to a stake-out…
InFanfarebyRob Gonsalves·Mar 14, 2021Bringer of DeathSergio Corbucci’s Django still stings 55 years laterA response icon1A response icon1
Austin Vashaw·Jul 2, 2019KEOMA (1976) Blu-ray Screen Comparisons: Arrow Video vs Mill Creek’s 2012 ReleaseArrow Video recently released Keoma on Blu-ray with a new restoration and special features. Directed by the great Enzo G. Castellari and…