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A Magnificent Haunting [Magnifica presenza] ** (2012, Elio Germano, Margherita Buy, Vittoria Puccini) – Classic Movie Review 12,801

Ferzan Özpetek’s 2012 Italian comedy fantasy drama film A Magnificent Haunting [Magnifica presenza] is civilised but rather tiresome and none too entertaining, with an irritating whimsical comedic spin covering some darker and deeper thoughts. Director […]

Jan, 19 · in Reviews

Saturn in Opposition [Saturno Contro] **** (2007, Pierfrancesco Favino, Margherita Buy, Luca Argentero, Stefano Accorsi, Isabella Ferrari, Serra Yılmaz, Ambra Angiolini, Milena Vukotic) – Classic Movie Review 12,800

Director Ferzan Ozpetek’s bracing, challenging 2007 Italian-Turkish drama film Saturn in Opposition [Saturno Contro] focuses sharply on a group of very close friends living in Rome who have to cope with the sudden death of […]

Jan, 18 · in Reviews

Facing Windows [La finestra di fronte] **** (2003, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro, Serra Yilmaz) – Classic Movie Review 12,799

Ferzan Özpetek’s 2003 Italian movie Facing Windows [La finestra di fronte] is a gleaming polished gem. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Nigro star as an unhappy married couple who befriend an elderly amnesiac man (Massimo Girotti), […]

Jan, 17

The Goddess of Fortune [Lа Dеа Fоrtunа] **** (2019, Stefano Accorsi, Edoardo Leo, Jasmine Trinca, Serra Yilmaz) – Classic Movie Review 12,798

Ferzan Özpetek’s 2019 Italian film The Goddess of Fortune [Lа Dеа Fоrtunа] is highly emotional rollercoaster ride, quite the full-on tearjerker. A married gay couple are in trouble after a long-time friend asks them to […]

Jan, 17

Le Fate Ignoranti [The Ignorant Fairies] [His Secret Life] **** (2001, Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz) – Classic Movie Review 12,797

The 2001 Italian film Le Fate Ignoranti [The Ignorant Fairies] [His Secret Life] is another spellbinding, hauntingly beautiful drama from Turkish-Italian director Ferzan Ozpetek. It is directed in commanding style by Ozpetek, and the heartfelt, highly […]

Jan, 17

The Last Escape [OSS] * (1970, Stuart Whitman, John Collin, Martin Jarvis, Pinkas Braun, Johnny Briggs) – Classic Movie Review 12,796

There are no surprises and there is little excitement in the old-style German location and studio-made 1970 World War Two drama film The Last Escape [OSS] about a daring Allied commando attempt to spring a rocket […]

Jan, 15

Night Ride * (1937, Julian Vedey, Jimmy Hanley, Joan Ponsford, Wally Patch) – Classic Movie Review 12,795

Jimmy Hanley and Wally Patch star as truck drivers in the awkwardly written and clumsily handled 1937 black and white British quota quickie drama film Night Ride. Director John Paddy Carstairs’s awkwardly written and clumsily […]

Jan, 15

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