2filmcriticsOct 24, 20205 minMartin Eden ★★★1/2 It's standard film-making—a familiar tale, told chronologically—with some significant departures from the norm, esp. the change in setting.
2filmcriticsJun 14, 20203 min“Tommaso” ★★As a whole, “Tommaso” is not captivating, not seductive, barely worth watching. Ferrara’s latest suffers from an overdose of causation.
2filmcriticsJun 9, 20203 minL'Innocente ("The Innocent") ★★1/2 "L'Innocente" wallows in excesses of decadent aristocrats: a surfeit of wealth, of hedonism, of moralizing, of color, and of over-acting.
2filmcriticsMay 1, 20203 minThe Two Popes ★★★Powerful performances by Anthony Hopkins Jonathan Pryce make it an entertaining film but one that skims the surface of moral issues.
2filmcriticsFeb 12, 20203 minThe Traitor (Il Traditore) ★★★1/2 A nuanced psychological portrait of Italy's most famous Mafia informant - he's proud, vain, and claims to have dignity.
2filmcriticsJul 30, 20182 minA Ciambra ★★★Exposes the dyads of an expanding world and tribalism, of self-identity and the group, of friendship and family.
2filmcriticsJun 16, 20184 minPiazza Vittorio ★★★ 1/2 Veteran American director Abel Ferrara gives a movie about a lesser-known side of Rome a broader appeal.
2filmcriticsMay 9, 20183 minLoro 1 ★★★In the film's second hour, Sorrentino's Berlusconi is more pathetic than crude.
2filmcriticsFeb 10, 20182 minIndiscretion of an American Wife ★★1/2 (Stazione Termini) The moralistic social and legal system of the early 1950s cultivates shame, if only for women.
2filmcriticsJul 19, 20172 minFacing Windows ★★The object of her illicit desire in the facing window is too good-looking and her husband too brutish.
2filmcriticsOct 12, 20162 minMia Madre ★★1/2 One side of Moretti (Giovanni) plays therapist to his other, non-therapeutic side (Margherita).
