Honorary Award non-recipient Marlene Dietrich. Honorary Award: Academy ‘snubbed’ Gloria Swanson & Rita Hayworth + Marlene Dietrich & dozens of other women (See previous post: “Honorary Oscars: Doris Day &…
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Senso with Alida Valli and Farley Granger. Critical consensus regards Luchino Visconti’s Senso as a radical departure, a sign of the director’s shift in focus from the gritty world of downtrodden…
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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…
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Suso Cecchi D’Amico, the only top female screenwriter in the post-World War II Italian cinema, died today in Rome. She had turned 96 on July 14. According to reports, no…
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Francesco Rosi political drama Salvatore Giuliano. This year’s Berlin Film Festival will present the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement to the unabashedly political Italian filmmaker Francesco Rosi, 85, on Feb.…
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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…
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Luchino Visconti’s White Nights has the look – but not the feel – of a Hollywood production. Great cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Maria Schell and Jean Marais.
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Gianni Amelio’s acclaimed father-son drama was the Italian film journalists’ top Nastri d’Argento winner. Pedro Almodóvar and veteran Mario Monicelli were also honored.
Claudia Cardinale: Screen legend at Cannes Film Festival. Claudia Cardinale: The Leopard premiere at Cannes Claudia Cardinale arrives at the premiere of the new restoration of Luchino Visconti’s 1963 Palme…
Silvio Berlusconi attack: The Caiman with Silvio Orlando. The Caiman / Il Caimano, described by the Roman daily La Repubblica as a “dark portrait of Berlusconian Italy,” won four of the…