Colin Edwards·Oct 19, 2025‘My Son, The Hero’ or — Clash of the Ludicrous Titans?In 1965 writer/director Duccio Tessari and actor Giuliano Gemma made two of the most wildly entertaining Italian westerns I’ve ever seen —…
Colin Edwards·Oct 11, 2025‘Messalina’ or — More Fun Than ‘Cleopatra’?As someone who’s rather partial to a mouth-watering slice of Vittorio Cottafavi, I couldn’t resist diving into his 1960 peplum ‘Messalina’…
Colin Edwards·Oct 11, 2024‘A Man on His Knees’ or — Kafkaesque Neorealism?The dynamic energy of Damiano Damiani’s ‘A Man on His Knees’ (1979) is immediately apparent from the get-go as two frantic figures emerge…