Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time as per the Chicago Film Critics. Eclectic list ranges from Psycho to a number of surprises and curiosities.
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Norma Bengell and John Herbert in As Cariocas. Norma Bengell: Iconic (and controversial) Brazilian film, stage & TV star made history as first actress seen naked (full frontal) in a …
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British Board of Film Classification Banned Movies: The Human Centipede II Is Latest Addition
9 minutes readJoe Dallesandro and Jane Birkin in Serge Gainsbourg’s Je t’aime moi non plus / I Love You, No I Don’t. According to the “censor watchgroup” site melonfarmers.com, Tom Six’s The …
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Lena Nyman: Best-Known Film Was Banned as Pornography
4 minutes readSwedish actress Lena Nyman, who starred in the controversial, sexually charged Swedish drama I Am Curious (Yellow), died today following “a long illness.” She was 66. Curiously, Nyman’s death took …
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Rosanna Schiaffino: Italian Film Star
2 minutes readRosanna Schiaffino, Vince Edwards in Carl Foreman’s The Victors (1963) Rosanna Schiaffino, the sensual leading lady of dozens of Italian (and a few international) productions of the ’60s and early …
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Pedro Almodóvar + Pedro Costa + Tarantino vs. Italian Cinema
17 minutes readThis past June 14, one of the world’s top directors of the last 25 years, Pedro Almodóvar, was presented with the title of Commander of the Order of Merit of …
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Ennio Morricone: Cinema Paradiso + Once Upon a Time in the West Composer Getting Honorary Oscar
8 minutes readEnnio Morricone: Once Upon a Time in the West and Cinema Paradiso composer gets Honorary Oscar after 500 scores plus five nominations but no wins.
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Alida Valli: The Later Years
10 minutes readAlida Valli – Part I Valli looked considerably older, her features hardened, when she resumed her career in 1957. That year, she appeared in three productions: Glauco Pellegrini’s Spanish-Italian L’Amore …
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Sergio Citti: Pier Paolo Pasolini Protégé & Collaborator
2 minutes readPasolini protégé & collaborator Sergio Citti dead at 72 Sergio Citti, a close friend, frequent collaborator, and protégé of controversial filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, died on Oct. 11 in Rome. …
Mario Monicelli: Big Deal on Madonna Street + The Great War
Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Vittorio Gassman in Mauro Monicelli’s Big Deal on Madonna Street. Mario Monicelli, the (co)writer-director of Italian cinema classics such as I soliti ignoti / Big Deal on …
Anna Magnani Movies: Volcanic Italian Actress Remembered
Anna Magnani in Bellissima. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (website) began a mini Anna Magnani retrospective, Mamma Roma: The Films of Anna Magnani, on Friday, Nov. 3. Twelve …