Elvira Notari – Pioneer of Italian Cinema (Blu-Ray All Region) – DiabolikDVD

80-page book in Italian and English, edited by Maria Coletti
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#BluRay #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected #ItalianCinema

Diabolik (🇮🇹/🇫🇷 1968) Mario Bava adapts the Italian comic book antihero in full psychedelic pop art style 🎬

#Diabolik #MarioBava #crimefilm #cultcinema #moviesky #1960s #popart #psychedelic #closeup #stylized #Italiancinema #caper

Fetish & Dreams (🇮🇹 1985). Anthology film directed by Rinse Dream combining experimental narrative segments with adult material 🎬

#cultcinema #80sfilm #adultfilm #eroticfilm #experimentalfilm #moviesky #videoart #colorgrading #portraitcinematography #italiancinema

C'era una volta il West (🇮🇹/🇺🇸 1968). Sergio Leone's operatic showdown, scored by Ennio Morricone, starring Henry Fonda as a blue-eyed killer. 🎬

#western #spaghettiwestern #sergioleonе #moviesky #cultcinema #worldcinema #italiancinema #widescreen #desertshowdown #closeup

Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore (1972)

Directed by #LinaWertmüller
Starring: #GiancarloGiannini #MariangelaMelato #ErosPagni #AgostinaBelli #LuigiDiberti #ElenaFiore #TuriFerro

Cinematography by #DarioDiPalma
Music by #PieroPiccioni

#1970s #Commediaallitaliana #ItalianCinema #cinemaitaliano

A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (1971)

Directed by #LucioFulci
Starring: #FlorindaBolkan #StanleyBaker #JeanSorel #AlbertodeMendoza #SilviaMonti #AnitaStrindberg

Cinematography by #LuigiKuveiller
Music by #EnnioMorricone

#ALizardinaWomansSkin #1970s #Giallo #ItalianCinema #Cinemaitaliano

“Now that I’ve lost my sight, I see things more clearly.”

“Whatever you are going to do, do it with passion.”

#PhilippeNoiret #SalvatoreCascio #GiuseppeTornatore #EnnioMorricone

#CinemaParadiso #ItalianCinema #ClassicCinema #Masterpiece
LOVE FOR CINEMA ❤️

La Chimera Arthur, an archaeologist turned professional grave robber, returns to a small Italian town to see the mother of his lost girlfriend. He quickly falls in with his old gang, raiding Etruscan tombs.

Alice Rohrwacher's wonderful LA CHIMERA (2023) starring Josh O'Connor and (briefly) Isabella Rossellini is on iPlayer at the moment #ItalianCinema
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Luca il contrabbandiere (🇮🇹 1980). Lucio Fulci's poliziottesco follows a cigarette smuggler drawn into Naples' criminal underworld 🎬

#poliziottesco #italiancinema #cultcinema #crimefilm #LucioFulci #1980s #moviesky #actionfilm #gunviolence #napoli #grittycrime #italianexploitation

HIGH DESERT JAZZ -

Timeline Music/Art Break #049

#ItalianCinema #AntonioPietrangeli #StefaniaSandrelli
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NOW AVAILABLE: Elvira Notari – Pioneer of Italian Cinema (Blu-Ray All Region)

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#r.e.m. #rem #alternativerock #janglepop #italiancinema #cinema

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#indierock #thestrokes #garagerock #cinema #italiancinema

La storia vera della signora dalle camelie (1981)

Directed by #MauroBolognini
Starring #IsabelleHuppert #GianMariaVolonté #BrunoGanz #CarlaFracci #FabrizioBentivoglio #FernandoRey

#Lastoriaveradellasignoradallecamelie #LaDameauxcamélias #1980s #Romanticfilm #italianCinema #Cinemaitaliano

Today we remember #BernardoBertolucci on his birthday! Here's a look back at my review on one of his masterpieces, THE CONFORMIST!
youtu.be/ayeW245tpN0

#italiancinema #italianmovie

The Lickerish Quartet (1970)

Directed by #RadleyMetzger
Starring #SilvanaVenturelli #FrankWolff #ErikaRemberg #PaoloTurco

Cinematography by #HansJura
Music by #StelvioCipriani
Costume design by #EnricoSabbatini

#TheLickerishQuartet #1970 #italianCinema #Cinemaitaliano

The 10th Victim (1965)

Directed by #ElioPetri
Starring #MarcelloMastroianni #UrsulaAndress #ElsaMartinelli

Cinematography by #GianniDiVenanzo
Music by #PieroPiccioni
Production design by #PieroPoletto

#The10thVictim #1960s #scifi #scififilm #popart #cinemaitaliano #italiancinema

Born on this day: the fiercely sensual, temperamental and magnetic earth mother of Italian cinema and paragon of Mediterranean womanhood, Anna Magnani (7 March 1908 - 26 September 1973). Portrait of Magnani by Yousuf Karsh, 1958. #lobotomyroom #annamagnani #shewolf #earthmother #italiancinema #kween

Teorema (1968)

Directed by #PierPaoloPasolini
Starring #SilvanaMangano #TerenceStamp #MassimoGirotti #AnneWiazemsky #LauraBetti

Cinematography by #GiuseppeRuzzolini
Music by #EnnioMorricone

#Teorema #1960s #ItalianCinema #Cinemaitaliano

Amacord (🇮🇹/🇫🇷 1973). Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical memory piece set in 1930s Rimini during the Fascist era. 🎬

#Amacord #FedericoFellini #ItalianCinema #arthouse #1970scinema #comedydrama #moviesky #bluelight #dreamlike #theatricalcomposition #memorymovie

Week 5 of our DVD drop is live.

Film School, Week 2 features French & Italian cinema plus serious cinephile staples. And yes, Universal’s classic monsters and a parade of vampire films have arrived.

#FrenchCinema #ItalianCinema #VintageHorror

First watch: UMBERTO D. (Italian, 1952), a poignant film about a retired pensioner struggling to pay the rent on his room while caring for his closest companion, his lovable dog Flike.
He also befriends a house maid who’s hiding her pregnancy from the landlady.
1/2
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ItalianCinema

Femina ridens (1969)

Directed by #PieroSchivazappa
Starring #PhilippeLeroy #DagmarLassander

Cinematography by #SanteAchilli
Music by #StelvioCipriani

#Feminaridens #TheLaughingWoman #1960s #Thrillerfilm #Thrillercinema #eurocult #eroticthriller #ItalianCinema #Cinemaitaliano

Il deserto rosso (🇮🇹 1964). Michelangelo Antonioni's first color film, shot in the industrial wastelands of Ravenna. 🎬

#arthouse #italiancinema #antonioni #moviesky #modernistcinema #industriallandscape #flarestack #coolingtower #mutedcolors #environmentalalienation

Paisà (🇮🇹 1946). Roberto Rossellini's six-part portrait of Italy under Allied liberation, shot in the Po Delta marshlands. 🎬

#neorealism #italiancinema #robertorossellini #paisa #worldcinema #moviesky #wardrama #partisans #marshland #blackandwhite #rifles

Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa (1990)

Directed by #EttoreScola
Starring #MassimoTroisi #VincentPerez #OrnellaMuti #EmmanuelleBéart #ToniUcci #CiccioIngrassia #ClaudioAmendola

#CapitanFracassasJourney #IlviaggiodiCapitanFracassa #Historicalfilm #adventure #comedy #ItalianCinema #Cinemaitaliano

Coming in 2026? I couldn't find any info on this release from MVD here in the states. When more info becomes available I'll be happy to share it.

#Kriminal #fumetti #Italiancinema #comics

La chiave (🇮🇹 1983). Tinto Brass's erotic drama set in 1940s Venice, adapted from Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.

#horrorfilm #cultcinema #cultmovies #eurocinema #italiancinema #tintobrass #eroticcinema #artfilm #80sfilm #tanizaki #venezia #eurocult #vintagemovies

EXCLUSIVE: Marta Pozzan to headline Rosita Larocca’s debut feature, Gia – The Shadow of Beauty 11/02/2026 - The documentary promises an intimate, formally ambitious portrait of late supermodel Gia Carangi, reframing her not as a pop-cultural myth, but as a fragile, visionary young woman

🚨 #EXCLUSIVE Italian filmmaker Rosita Larocca is preparing to shoot her debut feature-length documentary, Gia – The Shadow of Beauty, an intimate & ambitious portrait of late supermodel Gia Carangi (1960-1986) with Marta Pozzan in a leading role. #Italiancinema
Find out more: cineuropa.org/488918

The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High (1978) watch online Directed by: Mariano Laurenti Stars: Edwige Fenech, Renzo Montagnani, Alvaro Vitali Language: English Country: Italy | Imdb Info Also known as: L’insegnante va in collegio, The School Teacher in Coll...

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A new teacher arrives at a strict Boys’ school and instantly throws students and staff into chaos. Fantasies, pranks, and jealous professors fuel this #1970s #sexcomedy farce starring #EdwigeFenech
#ItalianCinema #70sCinema #EroticComedy #GrindhouseCinema