Tag: Film Review
Belli Ciao — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. Pio (Pio D’Antini) and Amedeo (Amedeo Grieco) have been inseparable friends since early childhood — ...
![The Great Silence [Il silenzio grande] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022](https://bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1627475781244-e1664542048580.jpg)
The Great Silence [Il silenzio grande] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. It’s the 1960s, and the successful author Valerio Primic (Massimiliano Gallo) is in his study ...
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[Film review] The Railway Children Return
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. City children are being evacuated to the countryside as German's bombing of Britain continues into ...
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The Perfect Dinner [La cena perfetta] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. Sent north from Naples to manage a money laundry with a restaurant as a front, ...
![<em>The Shadow of the Day</em> [<em>L’ombra del giorno</em>] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022](https://bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/78KHXujggntUnAK8kvOBQtEem43.jpg)
The Shadow of the Day [L’ombra del giorno] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. In 1930s Fascist Italy, wounded World War I veteran Luciano (Riccardo Scamarcio) runs a successful, ...
![<em>The King of Laughter</em> [<em>Qui rido io</em>] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022](https://bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/4o8urYzS9VoEL35w2W1crRAlZeu.jpg)
The King of Laughter [Qui rido io] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. Successful stage comedian, play translator and adaptor, and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta (Toni Servillo) must balance ...
![<em>The Legend of the Christmas Witch: The Origins</em> [<em>La befana vien di notte 2: Le origini</em>] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022](https://bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/yyuB72IAWOMe2wh2cUptip0EtTB.jpg)
The Legend of the Christmas Witch: The Origins [La befana vien di notte 2: Le origini] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. The Christmas Witch (in Italian, La Befana) holds a place in Italian folklore equivalent to ...
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[Film review] The Quiet Girl [An Cailín Ciúin]
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Nine-year-old Cáit (Catherine Clinch) is a very quiet child who avoids others and rarely speaks ...
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[Film review] Three Thousand Years of Longing
Review by Michele E. Hawkins and John P. Harvey. What an imaginative visual feast can come of a truly original ...
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[Film review] Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Review by John P. Harvey. We learn at the outset of this quiet movie that Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson) has ...
