Hawks & Sparrows
(1966) [PG]

A comic, whimsical allegory on the theme of social injustice, Hawks and Sparrows follows the adventures of a father and son who set out to emulate St Francis of Assissi's mission to convert the birds to the ideals of Christianity. As they wander the Italian landscape debating politics and...  More

The Decameron
(1971) [R]

The first of Pasolini's colourful, entertaining and highly erotic Trilogy of Life films based on famous story cycles (to be followed by The Canterbury Tales and Arabian Nights, The Decameron contains ten stories based on the fourteenth century works of Giovanni Boccaccio.

Capturing the...  More

Love and Anarchy
(1973) [M]

Italy in the 30s. Tonino, a sad faced, freckled peasant, comes to Rome to kill Mussolini. He has anarchist connections, and his contact in Rome is Salome, a lively flapper and popular professional at the bordello where she lives. She introduces him as her cousin, giving him access to the brothel,...  More

On A Moonlit Night
(1989) [M]

This international production by well-known director Lina Wertmuller is a harrowing educational melodrama about the AIDS epidemic. The story follows John Knot (Rutger Hauer) a brash, cheerful American reporter, and Joelle (Nastassja Kinski), a new photographer he has had an affair with and...  More

Padre Padrone
(1977) [M]

The first film to win both the Golden Palm and the Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, this haunting tale of a peasant boy's brutal coming-of-age in rural Italy established the reputation of acclaimed fraternal filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.

It tells the story of Gavino,...  More

Good Morning Babylon
(1987) [M]

The always innovative Taviani Brothers pay homage to another unique filmmaker, D. W. Griffith, in Good Morning, Babylon. Vincent Spano and Joaquim de Almeida star as Nicola and Andrea Bonnano, the latest in a long line of Tuscany-born cathedral builders. Emigrating to America, the brothers settle...  More

Fiorile
(1993) [PG]

During the journey from Paris to Tuscany, Luigi tells the story of how a handsome French soldier fell in love with a peasant girl named Fiorile. Italian dialogue with English subtitles.  More

Kaos
(1984) [PG]

Italy's fraternal filmmaking team of Paolo and Vittorio Taviani whip up another multistoried slice of life in Kaos. "Life," in this case, is seen from the peculiar perspective of author Luigi Pirandello, four of whose pieces are herein adapted. "The Other Son" finds Margarita Lozano making the...  More

Cinema Paradiso
(1989) [PG]

Salvatore, a successful film director, returns to his native Sicilian village for the funeral of his old friend Alfredo. He was the projectionist at the local Cinema Paradiso where Salvatore spent the happiest times of his childhood and developed his love of film. To the fatherless young boy...  More

Everybody's Fine
(1990) [PG]

A retired widower plans a surprise visit on each of his children, all of whom he believes, is successful and happy. But as his visit goes on he realises that none of his off-spring has lived up to his expectations.....But a surprise is in store for him... From the director of "Cinema Paradiso"....  More