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.
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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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Joe 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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Swedish 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, 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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This 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: 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 – 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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Pasolini 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. …
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 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 …