By David Pountain Directed by Federico Fellini In the opening minutes of the sombre yet nostalgic I Vitelloni, five layabouts find their night out interrupted by a violent downpour. Amidst the circus frenzy provoked by […]
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By David Pountain Directed by Federico Fellini Widely touted as one of the all-time great works of cinema, Federico Fellini’s 8½ is an elusive film about even more elusive things. It’s a meaningfully chaotic picture […]
By David Pountain Dir: Lucio Fulci Of the many talented directors to work in the heyday of Italian horror, none are more widely beloved and maligned than Lucio Fulci. A filmmaker who unabashedly worked in […]
By David Pountain Dir. Federico Fellini Tender, funny, mischievous and worrying, the notorious La Dolce Vita from esteemed director Federico Fellini broke box office records, won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and invented the word […]