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Wednesday, April 01, 2026
Cinema Obscura: "Vento del Sud" aka "South Wind"
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Corruption of the innocent. That's the central theme of director Enzo Provenzale's "South Wind" when a young man (a very g...
Sunday, January 25, 2026
Discoveries of 2025
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12. Lost in New York (1989), directed by Jean Rollin Jean Rollin’s films are often brilliant bursts of gallic, gothic horror. Then there’s ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
70's Bonanza: "Death of a Corrupt Man"
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"He votes against long hair, porn, and abortions. But not arms dealing." French politicians of the 1970's in Georges Lautner...
Thursday, June 19, 2025
The Last Few Films I've Seen, early summer edition
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1. The Net (2003) - Getting past that early aughts digital video essay vibe (done much more propulsively by Adam Curtis) is just one of t...
Sunday, April 13, 2025
70's Bonanza: "I Guappi" aka "Blood Brothers"
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Pasquale Squiteri's "I Guappi" reveals the inauspicious entanglement of the Mafia with everyday life in nineteenth century Ita...
Monday, March 24, 2025
The Current Cinema 25.1
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Parthenope Paolo Sorrentino's latest film, "Parthenope", features so many of his affectations that mar some of his previous w...
Wednesday, January 01, 2025
The Best Non 2024 Films I Saw in 2024
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12. First Love (1978), directed by Dino Risi - I've seen a few Dino Risi films this year (mostly for the captivatingly beautiful Ornell...
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