A classic, and still as enjoyable, funny, and poignant today as when Robert Rodriguez showed it to great acclaim at Sundance and Independent Spirit Awards. Made on a shoestring budget of $7,000, the film has […]
Category: CLASSICS
The Futility of the Past: Vaghe Stelle Dell’Orsa/Sandra (1965)
In an early scene, Sandra (Claudia Cardinale) and her American husband, Andrew (Michael Craig) drive through Volterra. Volterra is the Tuscan town she calls home and to which she returns for the dedication of a […]
Pasolini: A Film Series
On the heels of the retrospective at the MoMA (which was reviewed here) Luce Cinecittà and Fondo Pier Paolo Pasolini/Cineteca di Bologna, in association with Colpa Cinema and the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, […]
Creativity and Constraint: Fellini’s 8 1/2 (1963)
In many ways, director Guido Anselmi is just a grown-up version of Fellini’s earlier I Vitelloni. He is absurdly if charmingly irresponsible, but without a hint of malice (to his credit the understated Marcello Mastroianni […]
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Perhaps Bergman’s most famous film (but certainly one of Woody Allen’s favorites) The Seventh Seal still remains powerful and relevant. A Crusades-era knight (the wonderful Max Von Sydow) comes home to Europe a disillusioned soldier. […]
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