Colin Edwards‘Padre Padrone’ or — Shepherd Tones?“Is it okay for me to be laughing at this?” I asked myself as I watched Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s ‘Padre Padrone’ (1977) last night as…22h ago22h ago
Colin Edwards‘Chains’ or — Neorealism on Steroids?Ever been in the mood for some Italian neorealism but also fancied the emotional excess of a Douglas Sirk melodrama too? Then why not…4d ago4d ago
Colin Edwards‘The Great Caruso’ or — War of the Warblers?Enrico Caruso was born in Naples, an Italian city famously located in a Hollywood studio backlot. Ever since he was a bambino Caruso loved…Sep 1Sep 1
Colin Edwards‘Black Gravel’ or — An Inescapable Weight?Death makes itself immediately apparent from the start of Helmut Käutner’s ‘Black Gravel’ (1961) as we witness an animal needlessly killed…Aug 30Aug 30
Colin Edwards‘The Italian Connection’ or — The Real Best Gangster Trilogy?Two hitmen (Henry Silva, Woody Strode) are sent from New York to Milan in order to eliminate a small-time pimp, Luca Canali (Mario Adorf)…Aug 27Aug 27
Colin Edwards‘Confessions of a Driving Instructor’ or — Checking Your ‘Rear View’?Watching ‘Confessions of a Driving Instructor’ (1976) last night (my third ‘Confessions’ film in the last five days and yes, my sanity is…Aug 21Aug 21
Colin Edwards‘Confessions of a Window Cleaner’ or — Looking Positively Rosie?There were only two scenes in ‘Confessions of a Window Cleaner’ (1974) where my two big fears about the film (Fear 1/ — will this movie…Aug 18Aug 18
Colin Edwards‘Footloose’ or — Pasolini’s ‘Theorem’ Set to Kenny Loggins?‘Footloose’ (1984) concerns Kevin Bacon’s Ren, a young Christ-like figure (he apparently manifests into this reality without the aid of a…Aug 16Aug 16
Colin Edwards‘Honor Among Lovers’ or — Deceptively Casual?What’s initially fascinating about director Dorothy Arzner’s ‘Honor Among Lovers’ (1931) is how actively the film appears to be avoiding…Aug 11Aug 11
Colin Edwards‘The Girl Can’t Help It’ or — “Dirty Mind, Dirty Mind, Dirty Mind!”?It’s highly appropriate that ‘The Girl Can’t Help It’ (1956) opens as a parody of Walt Disney’s ‘Fantasia’ (1940) as Frank Tashlin’s (and…Aug 10Aug 10
