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As You Were (2014)

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Babylon (2022)

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Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)

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Sans Soleil (1983)

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Bellissima (1951)

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Martin Eden (2019)

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Glass Onion (2022)

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Golden Globes 2023 Prediction

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Cure (1997)

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Tag / Italy

January 15, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Bellissima (1951)

  • Visconti, Luchino
  • 1951, Italy, Luchino Visconti
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Anna Magnani is at her raucous best, playing a mother hoping that her daughter would become a child star, as this early comedy-drama by Visconti reveals the exploitative nature of the film industry.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Martin Eden (2019)

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  • 2019, Italy, Pietro Marcello
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Largely satisfying as a personal-political journey of an Italian sailor trying to escape his working-class background by dreaming about being an intellectual writer.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 8, 2022 by Eternality Tan

White Sheik, The (1952)

  • Criterion Collection, Fellini, Federico
  • 1952, Federico Fellini, Italy
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Fellini’s first solo feature as director would lay some of the artistic groundwork for his career in this sporadically entertaining comedy about a newlywed’s rendezvous with a ‘romantic ideal’ on her honeymoon in Rome.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 2, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Buco, Il (2021)

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  • 2021, Italy, Michelangelo Frammartino
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Frammartino’s first feature in more than a decade, this dialogue-less wonder of a film is an immersive journey into one of the world’s deepest caves where Man must treat scientific discovery and human mortality with the same curious brushstroke. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 10, 2022 by Eternality Tan

April (1998)

  • Moretti, Nanni
  • 1998, Italy, Nanni Moretti
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A delightful comical romp by Moretti, who channels both the personal and the political in this sly ‘documentary’ masquerading as a drama about a filmmaker-turned-father having an existential crisis.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 7, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Son’s Room, The (2001)

  • Moretti, Nanni
  • 2001, Italy, Nanni Moretti
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A patient, sensitively-drawn portrait of grief and loss in a family, though this Cannes Palme d’Or winner doesn’t seem to truly hit right in the gut.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 10, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Lady Without Camelias, The (1953)

  • Antonioni, Michelangelo
  • 1953, Italy, Michelangelo Antonioni
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This early Antonioni features a compelling performance by Lucia Bose, playing a newcomer actress who is conflicted about the roles various men in the industry want her to play.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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July 21, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Blood and Black Lace (1964)

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  • 1964, Italy, Mario Bava
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Bava put Italian giallo movies on the world map with this ominous serial-killer mystery, packed with solid scares and features the breathtaking use of colours and shadows.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 23, 2022June 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Nostalghia (1983)

  • Tarkovsky, Andrei
  • 1983, Andrei Tarkovsky, Italy, Soviet Union
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Tarkovsky’s penultimate feature (stunningly shot in rural Italy during a self-imposed exile) might be his most ponderous work, yet it could also be his sharpest take on faith. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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May 29, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Ennio (2021)

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  • 2021, Documentary, Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy
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It’s not easy to do a documentary about the life and work of arguably the world’s most extraordinary film composer, but Cinema Paradiso director Giuseppe Tornatore just about makes it work as it captures the sheer breadth and range of the maestro’s legacy.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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