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Reviews of Italian, Hindi, Czech and British films, and other films that I like.

The 10th Victim Lives On!

Who else could make a film about the role of money, schizophrenia and the individual's destruction and make it sexy, adult and stylish? Review of Elio Petri's 1965 Italian film The 10th Victim.

THE NYMPH : Lina Wertmuller’s Reach for Divine Female Spirit

Lina Wertmuller's THE NYMPH relies on overcharged sexual visuals of Stefania Sandrelli's backside in this film about love, war, fate and virginity.

FILM REVIEW: The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano)

Review of The Way We Laughed unfolds the sacrificial tale of two brothers and won The Golden Lion, in Venice’s 1988 International Film Festival.

Review of MARCO FERRERI FILM Dillinger Is Dead: IF A MAN LOSES HIS MASCULINITY CAN HE EVER GET IT BACK?

Beautiful Anita Pallenberg plays the drugged out wife in this Marco Ferreri film that explores male existential sexuality.

THE SICILIAN GIRL ( “La siciliana ribelle”): a review

A complex story about a young Sicilian girl who transforms revenge into justice.

Review of Indian Film Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghant

Celtic Star Paul Pierce could double as Indian actor Ifran Khan in the 2006 film Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante.

Peelpi Live Tells More Than a Documentary Ever Could

Comedy from India: Peepli Live, a not-to-miss Hindi-English film, takes you to rural India and tells the story of a farmer who might commit suicide so that his family can collect the money they need to save their property.

Film Review: IO SONO L’AMORE / I AM LOVE

As a vehicle to test cinema and cultural IQs,IO SONO L'AMORE/ I AM LOVE will surely challenge every film buff

THE CHILDREN ARE WATCHING US Review of a Vittorio De Sica Film

THE CHILDREN ARE WATCHING Review of famous Italian neorealist film, by Christine Palamidessi Moore.

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Uccellacci e uccellini: his father myth

Pier Paola Pasolini's film Uccelacci and Uccellini can be read as a reenactment of an ideal father-son relationship. A relationship that he was denied.

Michael Powell Film Festival: Falling into the Widening Gyre

Michael Powell film's reviewed within the visual and psychological phenomena of a vortex.

My Brother is an Only Child:AMERICANS DON’T MAKE FILMS LIKE THIS

Unlike American films that uphold privilege, MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD explores politics, conflicts and terrorism within a Italian family and within the country itself.

Ugetsu: a Yin Yang Film

Review of celebrated Japanese film Ugetsu from yin /yang point of view.

Love Story Jeans? How About Snow on the Love Story House

Love Story jeans named after a 70's movie; picture of the Love Story house.

The Czech Republic Is the Star of this Film

Review of epic Czech film: female represents the state.

PIER PAOLO PASOLINI FILM: Teorema (from 10/7/08)

Teorema, the only commercial film Pasolini made, exhibits "British-ness" in its style and stars and Italian sexuality.

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