Ryan Catbird·Nov 7, 2025A Framework for 1970s Italian Genre CinemaI recently completed a deep dive down the rabbit hole (tana del coniglio) of Italian genre movies of the 1970s. While I’d seen plenty of…
Ryan Catbird·Oct 10, 2025The ’70s Italian Cinema Drinking GuideIn the violent, paranoid, and impeccably-styled world of 1970s Italian cinema, you’ll see four specific libations with some regularity.
Colin Edwards·Mar 29, 2025‘Rulers of the City’ or — Di Leo’s Irresistible Lunacy?Fernando Di Leo was notorious for the attention-grabbing openings of his movies, and ‘Rulers of the City’ (1976) is no exception as we…
Colin Edwards·Aug 27, 2024‘The Italian Connection’ or — The Real Best Gangster Trilogy?Two hitmen (Henry Silva, Woody Strode) are sent from New York to Milan in order to eliminate a small-time pimp, Luca Canali (Mario Adorf)…
Colin Edwards·May 1, 2024‘The Boss’ or — Explosive Cinema… Literally?OPENING SCENE — A group of Sicilian mob bosses accompanied by their bodyguards meet in a private cinema to watch a porno. As they settle…
Colin Edwards·Dec 16, 2023‘Gang War in Milan’ or — Lenzi Does a Visconti?Umberto Lenzi’s ‘Gang War in Milan’ (1973), or ‘Scorching Hot Milan’, is a shocking film although not due to any of Lenzi’s typically…
Colin Edwards·Sep 16, 2023‘Blazing Magnum’ or — Shit ‘Bullitt’ is Secretly Awesome?It’s easy to get the impression during the first third of Alberto De Martino’s ‘Blazing Magnum’(1976) aka ‘Una Magnum Special per Tony…
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…
