The threat of sexual violence pervades throughout Vittorio de Sica’s astute and complete La Ciociara, for which Sophia Loren won an Oscar. Throughout the film, de Sica captures the jittery, overhead threat of war; whether […]
Tag: Jean-Paul Belmondo
Festival de Cannes: Tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo
Delicious. When, as a teenager, I first saw JPB in Á Bout de Souffle, I had no appreciation for his very different type of cinematic masculinity. I simply could not understand what others found sexy […]
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