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Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell *** (1968, Gina Lollobrigida, Telly Savalas, Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford, Lee Grant, Shelley Winters, Janet Margolin) – Classic Movie Review 6031

The 1968 romantic comedy film Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell is an excellent showcase for Gina Lollobrigida, who gives a delightful performance as an Italian mother who has conned three American World War Two lovers. Co-writer/ […]

Sep, 17

The Island Monster [Il mostro dell’isola] * (1954, Boris Karloff, Franca Marzi, Renato Vicario) – Classic Movie Review 5600

Seeking new work, Boris Karloff tries his luck in Italy, and plays Don Gaetano in writer-director Roberto Montero’s scrappy and pretty awful 1954 Italian crime thriller. In the unsurprising original story by Carlo Lombardo, an […]

Jun, 13

They’re a Weird Mob *** (1966, Walter Chiari, Claire Dunne, Chips Rafferty, Alida Chelli, Ed Devereaux, Slim DeGrey, John Meillon) – Classic Movie Review 5508

Producer-director Michael Powell’s fairly enjoyable, easygoing and good-natured 1966 comedy movie of cultural misunderstandings starts off when an Italian immigrant Nino Culotta (Walter Chiari) arrives Down Under in Australia to take up a job as a […]

May, 27

Caravaggio **** (1986, Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Tilda Swinton, Nigel Davenport, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gough, Garry Cooper, Dexter Fletcher) – Classic Movie Review 4988

Writer-director Derek Jarman’s ­1986 fictionalised biographical drama Caravaggio stars Nigel Terry as the Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, born 1573, who lies dying in 1610 and thinks back over his life, work and love […]

Feb, 12

Mambo Italiano *** (2003, Luke Kirby, Paul Sorvino, Ginette Reno, Peter Miller, Mary Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 4264

An Italian-Canadian 20something, Angelo Barberini (Luke Kirby), comes out as gay to his nice Italian immigrant parents (Paul Sorvino, Ginette Reno), who are horrified, after he leaves home to share his life with a closety policeman, […]

Aug, 28

A Month by the Lake ***½ (1995, Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman, Alida Valli, Alessandro Gassman, Carlo Cartier) – Classic Movie Review 4248

Italy’s Lake Como vies with Vanessa Redgrave as the formidable main attraction of director John Irvin’s elegantly made, charming 1995 film version of a good old-fashioned tale from an H E Bates novella. In the […]

Aug, 27

Love with the Proper Stranger *** (1964, Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen, Edie Adams) – Classic Movie Review 4065

Director Robert Mulligan’s 1964 romantic comedy drama pairs Natalie Wood with Steve McQueen in their glorious prime. Wood earned her third and final Oscar nomination, one of five nominations, including Best Original Story and Screenplay (Arnold […]

Jul, 22

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