Colin Edwards·Jun 10, 2025‘Anna’ or — Sex with Your Ex?Sister Anna is a nun who works in a busy Milanese hospital and is on the cusp of taking her vows. She is indispensable, dedicated to her…
Colin Edwards·Feb 5, 2025‘Bitter Rice’ or — The Americanisation of Silvana?Giuseppe De Santis’ ‘Bitter Rice’ (1949), or ‘Riso Amaro’, opens with a gag. A serious looking man directly addresses the audience to…
Colin Edwards·Jan 19, 2025‘Ulysses’ — Seriously Bewitched?Mario Camerini’s ‘Ulysses’ (1954) doesn’t get off to the most promising of starts with the first 25 minutes or so consisting of nothing…
Colin Edwards·Oct 13, 2023‘The Witches’ or — Deconstructing the Diva?Dino De Laurentiis produced ‘The Witches’ (1967) as an anthology vehicle for his wife, Silvana Mangano, and it doesn’t get off to the most…
vic fortezza·Jun 11, 2019Silvana & MoreBorn in Rome in 1930 to an Italian father and an English mother, Silvana Mangano lived in poverty during WWII. Training seven years as a…
