Colin Edwards·Nov 6, 2025‘Nobody’s Children’ & ‘The White Angel’ or — A Transfixing Double-Bill?I love Italian cinema (could you tell?) and one of its biggest delights has been the post-war melodramas of Raffaello Matarazzo starring…
Colin Edwards·Apr 14, 2025‘Tormento’ or — The Astonishingly Cathartic Fairy Tale Melodrama?If I was to describe the plot to Raffaello Matarazzo’s ‘Tormento’ (1950) it would sound like your typical melodramatic fodder where a…
Colin Edwards·Mar 17, 2025‘Slave of Sin’ or — ‘Stella Dallas’ on Steroids?It opens with the theft of a pendant at a swanky hotel. The culprit is a member of staff, a little old lady, who, when threatened with…
Colin Edwards·Sep 5, 2024‘Chains’ or — Neorealism on Steroids?Ever been in the mood for some Italian neorealism but also fancied the emotional excess of a Douglas Sirk melodrama too? Then why not…
Colin Edwards·Aug 1, 2023‘Torna!’ or — Warning! Contains Geological Jump Scares?I deliberately kept my expectations low last night for Raffaello Matarazzo’s ‘Torno!’ (1954) because not only was this my first foray into…
