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Country: Italy
Genre: Drama/ Art
Director: Matteo Garrone
Year: 2008
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WORTH A LOOK
I knew going in that Gomorra wasn’t going to be a laugh riot, but as a critic, I felt obliged to see this universally lauded film about the Camorra crime family. And guess what? It’s pretty much as good as the critics say.
Gomorra is filmed in […]
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Country: Italy
Genre: Action/ Poliziotteschi/ Drama/ Suspense
Director: Mario Bava
Year: 1974
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
In it’s heart, Rabid Dogs is essentially a road movie. There isn’t a whole lot of action, and most of that is kind of blah by modern standards. Mario Bava’s direction is never more than workmanlike. Yet Rabid Dogs still manages to entertain.
After […]
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Country: Italy
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Spaghetti Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Year: 1968
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The Great Silence has a great theme - how the love of money corrupts and destroys everything it touches, and is inextricably linked to violence and force.
Director Sergio Corbucci has come up with a brilliant visual gambit for this material. The Great […]
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Country: Italy
Genre: Poliziotteschi
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Year: 1976
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The Big Racket starts out well enough. Grooving to the strains of an Italian progressive rock soundtrack, a bunch of motorcycle thugs outfitted with umpire masks and the finest in 70s Eurotrash fashion go to town on a clothing boutique with baseball bats.
You see, The […]
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Country: Italy
Genre: Drama
Director: Liliana Cavani
Year: 1974
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA ESSENTIAL MOVIE
I struggled a bit over whether to include The Night Porter on this website. Clearly, it is an art film. However, it has it’s sleazy, salacious aspects.
When The Night Porter was released back in the 70s, the critics were up in arms over it’s depiction of […]