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Seven Winters in Tehran (2023)

May 30, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Joyland (2022)

May 28, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022)

May 27, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Taxi Driver, A (2017)

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Afire (2023)

May 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Good Morning (1959)

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Lost and Beautiful (2015)

May 20, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Storm Over the Yangtze River (1969)

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Charcoal (2022)

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Castle of Purity, The (1973)

May 15, 2023 by Eternality Tan

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Tag / Italy

May 20, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Lost and Beautiful (2015)

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  • 2015, Italy, Pietro Marcello
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A sentient buffalo, a foolish servant sent across time and a shepherd whose days are numbered become mythical figures in Marcello’s magical realist docu-tale that features ravishing images of bucolic Italy, though the film rarely resonates in a deeper way than imagined. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Corpo Celeste (2011)

  • Rohrwacher, Alice
  • 2011, Alice Rohrwacher, Italy
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Rohrwacher’s strong debut feature is naturalistic yet enigmatic in style as a young girl comes to terms with living in a new city where religion almost exclusively determines the way of life.  

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 25, 2023March 25, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Roof, The (1956)

  • De Sica, Vittorio
  • 1956, Italy, Vittorio De Sica
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Illegal makeshift houses without a roof will be torn down by the police in this underrated and heartfelt piece by De Sica, as a poor newlywed couple forced out onto the streets struggle to build theirs in time. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Nights of Cabiria (1957)

  • Criterion Collection, Fellini, Federico
  • 1957, Federico Fellini, Italy
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A Fellini classic featuring Giulietta Masina with arguably her greatest performance, this spirited tale of a prostitute who desires to change her life is at once heartbreaking and life-affirming. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Garibaldian in the Convent, A (1942)

  • De Sica, Vittorio
  • 1942, Italy, Vittorio De Sica
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De Sica is in a more commercial mode here before he caught the neorealist bug as he tells a largely compelling story of rivalry and friendship in a convent for girls, with a bout of action as nationalist politics get in the way.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 12, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Ludwig (1973)

  • Visconti, Luchino
  • 1973, Italy, Luchino Visconti
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Visconti’s screen treatment of the Wagner-obsessed King of Bavaria is inevitably tragic and melancholic, as this 4-hour epic charts his rise and downfall into madness. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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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, 2022March 24, 2023 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.

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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. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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