Overview of articles
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Bella e perduta
An empty palace symbolises Italy’s faded glory. The fictional clown Pulcinella comes across the real-life Tommaso, self-appointed guardian angel of thPublished on: -
reCuiem
When their mother has a suspiciously long lie-in, Leo and Annette do everything themselves. They drink chocolate milk, but do they understand what’s gPublished on: -
La scuola d’estate
Documentary follows the experimental drama course given by the old Italian theatre and opera legend Lucio Ronconi every summer in a remote corner of UPublished on: -
Il mondo alla rovescia
Moving rural drama about cousins brought up by their grandmother. Début.Published on: -
Belluscone. Una storia siciliana
A documentary about Silvio Berlusconi’s political roots in Sicily’s organised crime world, featuring a Muppet-like promoter of Neapolitan neo-melodicPublished on: -
Il Futuro è obsoleto
In eight short 8mm films, Sicilian collective revisits the history of experimental film (copied to video).Published on: -
Lola
While shooting a Mondo movie fifty years ago, the director fell in love with a lady of the night – whose remains he now seeks……Published on: -
I Parrini – Preti di Palermo
Original mixture of an agit-prop documentary, portrait of socially-committed priests in the working-class areas of Palermo and a melancholy music-videPublished on: -
Le meraviglie
Dreamy second film by Italian director Alice Rohrwacher about a family of beekeepers in the remote Tuscany countryside, living by their own rules. ButPublished on: -
Pasolini, un delitto italiano
Feature about the love-hate relationship between Italy and its most famous poet, film-maker, pamphleteer and gay.Published on: