The Night Of Shooting Stars
(1982) [M]

This magical film by the Taviani Brothers is set on the night of the Feast of St. Lawrence during the last days of World War II. A woman recalls her beloved and a night years ago when, on another such night, a group of peasants fled through the Tuscan countryside amid exploding shells lighting up...  More

Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion
(1970) [M]

In a time of internal political disturbance, Roman police inspector Gian Maria Volonte (one of the gang members of Le Cercle Rouge; the bad guy in Fistful of Dollars and A Few Dollars More; and star of Christ Stopped at Eboli) gets that plum assignment: crack down on political dissidents; then...  More

The City Of Women
(1980) [M]

The culmination of Fellini's life-long obsession with the fairer sex, City of Women stars Fellini's favourite alter-ego, Marcello Mastroianni (La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2) as a modern-day Don Juan who tackles middle-age, and feminism, by attempting to bring together all the women in his life - past,...  More

Mondo Cane
(1962) [R]

This shockumentary caused a stir when it was released in 1962 -- no one had seen anything quite like it before. But audiences need not have worried, this low-brow, disconnected series of clips on "savages" and "barbarians" (usually dark-skinned) who pierce their skin or their noses and do not...  More

Mondo Cane 2
(1964) [R]

Despite its exploitive nature, the 1963 Italian "shockumentary" Mondo Cane yielded a few images of great beauty while dredging through the more extreme and outrageous eccentricities of the world. It also produced the hit song "More". Mondo Cane Part 2 offers little more but sensationalism; even...  More

Camorra
(1986) [M]

A solid mafia thriller from acclaimed director Lina Wertmuller.  More

Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'Orchestra)
(1978) [M]

Orchestra musicians argue the merits of their respective instruments while waiting for a rehearsal that is to be filmed as a television documentary. When the German conductor arrives, the ancient building is shaken by rumblings, the electricity fails and a demolition crew gets to work. Meanwhile,...  More

A Fistful Of Dollars
(1964) [R]

The first of the 'spaghetti westerns', a Fistful of Dollars was an instant cult hit. It also launched the film careers of Italian Writer-Director Sergio Leone, and a little known American television actor named Clint Eastwood. As the lean, cold-eyed corbra-quick gunfighter - Clint became the...  More

For A Few Dollars More
(1965) [M]

This pulse-pounding follow-up to Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars brings back Clint Eastwood as the serape-clad, cigar-chewing Man With No Name. Engaged in an ongoing battle with bounty hunter Col. Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), the Man joins forces with his enemy to capture homicidal...  More

The Joys Of The Women
(1992) [G]

A moving, humorous and sometimes quirky music documentary about a group of larger-than-life characters who win fans wherever they go. The film focuses on a number of members of the Fremantle Women's Choir "The Joys of the Women", who have defied sex role conventions and cultural constraints to...  More