Tag: federicofellini

If conception and birth are always present themes in Gaspar Noé's cinema, death is equally important for him: “When you write your sentence, you always put a dot at the end. Talking about death is just putting a dot at...

The company of entertainers are moving in, the greasepaint is thickening, and libidos are boiling in step.  Creative energy is on the menu, forcefully and unrestrained.  In other words, amid the mundane drain of the everyday, the circus of Federico Fellini is...

Also slated for release in November 2020 from The Criterion Collection: 'Girlfriends,' 'Moonstruck,' 'Essential Fellini.'

When it comes to Federico Fellini's Roma, it's difficult to determine what's more self-indulgent, the act of appropriating by name a vital, ancient city that's been on the global forefront of politics, religion and culture, or this entire film in...

Eureka Entertainment unveiled its slate of upcoming titles for the fourth quarter of 2014 earlier today, and it's a magnificent selection of additions to their Masters of Cinema series, as well as a fang-tastic blaxploitation boxset to join their growing...

After the breakout success of his third feature, La Strada, many people hoped and expected Federico Fellini would deliver a sequel, continuing the onscreen adventures of Giulietta Masina's heroine Gelsomina (apparently even Walt Disney was a fan). However, despite the...

This month's Full Disclosure includes some real highlights of the early Hollywood era, including pivotal works from Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Howard Hawks. Our team also widens its experience of World Cinema by catching up with top-tier...

[Since I've reviewed the film on DVD back in February, I will only be adding my comments on the Blu-ray upgrade at the bottom]I will confess upfront that this is my first complete viewing of a Fellini film.  I've seen...

RaroVideo USA is jumping into the HD home video market with The Clowns on Blu-ray this October 17th.  I previously reviewed the DVD edition of The Clowns, and the video quality was the least of it's attributes, though it was...

I will confess upfront that this is my first complete viewing of a Fellini film.  I've seen bits and pieces of at least half a dozen, and I've seen Fellini's segment from Spirits of the Dead, but not full features. ...

[I'm very sorry that it has taken me a few extra days to get to this, family emergency.  Anyhow, I have two winners of the awesome Spirits of the Dead Blu-ray from Arrow Films, and they are:Justin Werkmeister and Anthony...

Since the 1960's, horror anthology films have flourished as a popular form of popular entertainment.  In many cases the anthology featured a single auteur approaching several different stories, as was the case in Mario Bava's Black Sabbath, or Masaki Kobayashi's...

[Just updating to throw in the fact that movie enthusiasts worldwide can now pre-order this with confidence as Arrow Films have confirmed that the Blu-ray will be region free and able to be played in machines anywhere.  Go to it,...