First things first, apologies about the audio quality. We know what caused it, and it won’t happen again – still, we are sorry. Now that is over and done with, Join Rob and his co-host, Graham, as they look at the highest-profile director we’ve had to date. You know a […]
Federico Fellini
La Dolce Vita (1960): when Fellini became Fellini-esque (Review)
On April 11th 1953, the body of aspiring actress Wilma Montesi was found on a beach outside of Rome. Her death, which remains unsolved, sparked one of the first major tabloid scandals in Italian history, as journalists from monarchist and Communist papers alike suggested the police’s apparent inability to catch […]
Sweet Charity (1969): a musical for its time and ours (Review)
Put yourself in the mind of a moviegoer in 1969. At the time, it seemed like Hollywood was dying, struggling to compete with new, disruptive home-entertainment innovations. Even if they didn’t exist, though, the industry would be in trouble. Studios were ruinously focused on spectacle-driven tentpole films that were often […]
La Strada – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 259
Nights of Cabiria: Tragedy shall never defeat Hope (Review)
The White Sheik – The humble beginnings of an Italian Titan (Review)
I wonder what audiences thought to themselves after the initial release of The White Sheik. Perhaps they thought this “Fellini” guy would fizzle out and make a handful of comedy films here and there. His first solo directing venture, The White Sheik marks Fellini’s early foray into the genre of comedy. The Italian […]
Opera (1987) Argento Is No Ordinary Horror Director And [This] No Ordinary Horror Film (Review)
I Vitelloni (1953) Early Fellini with glimmers of his magic touch (Review)
Orchestra Rehearsal (1978) Fellini’s succinct satire of a world without music (Review)
‘Orchestra Rehearsal’ saw Federico Fellini strip back his surreal tendencies and channelled his energy into something more tangible and less wild. Released in 1978, ‘Orchestra Rehearsal’ is set in one, large, barren hall. A wry voice-over explains that this place was once the burial site of three Popes and seven […]