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SERGIO LEONE: THE ITALIAN WHO INVENTED AMERICA

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 1, 2024

 SERGIO LEONE: THE ITALIAN WHO INVENTED AMERICA is a 2022 documentary on the great filmmaker, written & directed by Francesco Zippel, and co-produced by the company run by two of Leone's children. I watched the film on the Max streaming channel. This documentary has a number of big nam read more

Groovy Michael Caine travels to Turin : The Italian Job (Peter Collinson, 1969)

The Wonderful World of Cinema Posted by Virginie Pronovost on Sep 24, 2023

It’s not a secret for anyone familiar with The Wonderful World of Cinema that I love British films, especially the classic ones. They have a unique charm, especially with the actors and dialogue delivery that you don’t find in Hollywood films (and I’m not necessarily thinking of read more

DANZA MACABRA VOLUME ONE: THE ITALIAN GOTHIC COLLECTION On Blu-ray From Severin

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 9, 2023

 Last year Arrow Video released GOTHIC FANTASTICO, a four-disc Blu-ray set of Italian Gothic thrillers. This year Severin follows suit with DANZA MACABRA, which has four other Italian horrors on Blu-ray. There is a film called DANZA MACABRA (aka CASTLE OF BLOOD), and it happens to be one o read more

The Italian Job (1969)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 28, 2020

The Italian Job Directed by Peter Collinson Written by Troy Kennedy Martin 1969/UK IMDb link First viewing/Criterion Channel This was a very fun caper flick, absolutely perfect for Lock Down. Charismatic Cockney criminal Charlie Coker (Michael Caine) is released from prison.  He is immediately on th read more

Lombard, a 'Sinner' under the Italian 'Sun'

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Sep 8, 2018

Carole Lombard's film "Sinners In The Sun" premiered in the U.S. in May 1932, but much of the rest of the world didn't see it until 1933, according to the Internet Movie Database. For example, its premieres in Sweden and Turkey weren't until the final week of May 1933.As movies often do, its title w read more

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969)

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Mar 14, 2018

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969) Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) acaba de sair da cadeia e já está envolvido em um novo plano de roubo. Cabe a Charlie encontrar um novo “patrocinador” para o golpe, e isto não é muito difícil: Mr. Bridger (Noel Coward), companh read more

The Italian Vamps: All For Love

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Aug 15, 2015

This is my entry in the Anti-Damsel blogathon, hosted by Movies, Silently. Click HERE for more great posts about the great, strong women of film. This post also serves as the second part of the 3-part series on Vamps. Click HERE for the first entry about Theda Babra and Nita Naldi.  The Vamp, read more

Black Hand, The: True Story of a Recent Occurrence in the Italian Quarter of New York (1906)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jan 21, 2014

US / c650ft (11 minutes) / bw / American Mutoscope & Biograph Dir: Wallace McCutcheon Pr: Francis J. Marion Cine: G.W. Bitzer Cast: Anthony O’Sullivan, Robert G. Vignola. Supposedly based on a real case that took place in NYC, this is often cited as the earliest surviving gangster movie. T read more

Favourite movies: The Italian Straw Hat (1928)

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on May 17, 2012

 Albert Prejean Un chapeau de paille d'Italie was a very successful 1851 play written by Eugene Labiche and Marc Michel.  Labiche's family had intended for him to follow a career in law, but in his heart he was an author and, with the blessing of his wife, he followed his heart to succes read more

TSFF Preview: The Italian Straw Hat (1927)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 22, 2012

On April 2, Toronto Silent Film Festival presents a comedy of a different stripe with Rene Clair‘s The Italian Straw Hat. A comedy of manners rather than a slapstick, this French farce features a bride, a groom, an ill-mannered horse, a pretty young lady of questionable morals, and an angry read more

The Italian Job (1969, Peter Collinson)

The Stop Button Posted by on Aug 2, 2010

What a strange film. I’d never really heard of it, past the title, so… I didn’t know what to expect, but even if I’d known something about it, I doubt I could have expected it. Collinson is a fantastic Panavision director, so the Italian Job is always watchable, even through read more

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969)

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969) Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) acaba de sair da cadeia e já está envolvido em um novo plano de roubo. Cabe a Charlie encontrar um novo “patrocinador” para o golpe, e isto não é muito difícil: Mr. Bridger (Noel Coward), companh read more