Mediterraneo
(1991) [M]

Set during World War II, the story follows eight Italian soldiers sent to guard a small Greek island. After their ship is sunk and their radio breaks down, it seems as if they no longer exist. Eventually a small Italo/Greek community is formed and the locals forget why they came. The soldiers'...  More

The Stolen Children
(1992) [M]

Antonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children (Rosetta and her brother Luciano) from Milan to Sicily to an orphanage. Their mother has been arrested for forcing Rosetta (11 years old) to work as a prostitute. At first the relationship between Antonio and the children is...  More

Heart And Soul (Cuore)
(1947) [PG]

This film was based on Edmondo De Amicis' 1886 book CUORE, meant to instill patriotic and moral values, and which has been filmed several times. It is set in 19th Century Turin, and its central character is a paternal and caring teacher, Maestro Perboni (Vittorio De Sica) whose young students...  More

Une femme est une femme (A Woman is a Woman)
(1961) [PG]

Angela,a striptease artist, wants to have a baby and tries to persuade her boyfriend Emile to go along with the idea. Emile will have none of it so she goes after Emile's friend Alfred.  More

The White Sheik
(1952) [PG]

When a provincial couple go to Rome for their honeymoon, the bride sneaks off to the movie set where her idol, the White Sheik, is making a film. "Perhaps the freshest and the most tender and naturalistic of Fellini's films" (Pauline Kael).  More

Open City
(1945) [M]

Based on true the story of Don Morosi, a priest and Resistance worker shot by the Germans in wartime Rome, Rossellini's first feature after the Mussolini era has become synonymous with Italian neo-realism. Shot on the locations where the events actually happened, using hand-held cameras, film...  More

Lights Of Variety
(1950) [G]

Fellini's first, truly wonderful feature is the story of a group of second-rate theatrical performers on tour. The aging manager of the company falls in love with a newcomer, to the chagrin of his faithful mistress.  More

Salon Kitty
(1976) [R]

Berlin. 1939. The last word in decadence. Tinto Brass directs this risque tale of madame Kitty's bordello. A trading house for secrets and playground for the wildest fantasies of the SS and their infamous BMD girls.  More

The Voice Of The Moon
(1990) [PG]

The elfin, irrepressible and very popular Italian comic Roberto Benigni and the similarly popular Paolo Villaggio star in this, the last of celebrated director Federico Fellini's films. The film's dreamlike story follows the meanderings of the moon-struck (or lunatic) Salvini (Benigni). As it...  More

Johnny Stecchino
(1991) [M]

Comedian Roberto Benigni wrote and directed this Italian farce, in which he stars as Dante, a bus driver who is the exact double of the infamous gangster Johnny Toothpick (Benigni again). After Dante meets Johnny's girlfriend Maria (Nicoletta Braschi), he travels to her Palermo villa, where it...  More