8 1/2 - Criterion Collection119 reviews Bruno Agostini, Anouk Aimée Criterion, 2001 The Last Great Fellini Film + Classic, but not quite great + Italian Film Classic + Beautifully honest depiction of ones struggle to create... + One of my favorites...             La Dolce Vita (Deluxe Collector's Edition)107 reviews Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg Koch Lorber Films, 2005 Fellini's voice + Titanic film La Dolce Vita is a travelogue of one man's singular and unique experience. Fellini spares us the familiar arc and keeps the journey in a steady rhythm. There has never been a film before it that has captured tragedy, comedy, music, philosophy, romance, and social commentary in such a naturalistic ...             Swept Away (Digitally Remastered Edition)48 reviews Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato Koch Lorber Films, 2006 A gem from the past + Not for everone In a nutshell and taking off the PC blinders that other reviewers have stuck to their faces Swept Away is about natural sex roles (yes, male domination and female submission) and how societal complexities and absurdities which we create distort them. The writer (female) bangs this into the head of ...             Malena116 reviews Adele Daniele, Pietro Notarianni Miramax, 2001 Charming "Coming of Age" film... + VERY BEAUTIFUL...and a great story from War times. + A good movie (mild spoiler inside) + Una fimmina bedda faces provincial prejudice             Seven Beauties (Digitally Remastered Edition)34 reviews Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey Koch Lorber Films, 2006 Seven Beauties + seven beauties + Not for everyone + Just what I asked for! + Well Worth Adding To Your Collection             Le Notti Bianche (White Nights) - Criterion Collection15 reviews Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais Criterion, 2005 Visconti + Dostoyevsky = One of the Best Adaptations Ever + Excellent + Le Notti Bianche + Sometimes, we use to cry the lack of things that never have been ours! + magnificent!             The White Sheik - Criterion Collection9 reviews Alberto Sordi, Giulietta Masina Home Vision Entertainment, 2003 White Sheik/White Lie? + Love Those Italians! + Early Fellini + FELLINI'S FINE FIRST FEATURE             Divorce Italian Style - Criterion Collection19 reviews Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca Criterion, 2005 Actually Sicilian style + Absolutamente, Si. . . + Joy, Italian Style. + Divorce, Italian Style + Murder, He Thought             My Voyage to Italy16 reviews Martin Scorsese Miramax, 2004 De Sica, Rosselini, Visconti, Fellini and Antonioni get the Scorsese treatment + Scorsese's Love Letter + Martin Scorsese's personal tour of Italian cinema in from the 1940s to 1960s + An Epic Mixtape of the Italian Masters + Crash course in Italian cinema . . .             Il Posto - Criterion Collection12 reviews Sandro Panseri, Loredana Detto Criterion, 2003 Love and loneliness + Cinema - as good as it gets. + A Place to Be Until You Die + Sweet, innocent and CLEAN!             I Fidanzati - Criterion Collection5 reviews Anna Canzi, Carlo Cabrini Criterion, 2003 Beautiful and thought-provoking. + Incredible + Simple Yet Gorgeous + Fell Short of My Expectation             A Brief Vacation8 reviews Florinda Bolkan, Renato Salvatori Homevision, 2003 one of the very best + Ladies, bring your hankies for flood control on this sad journey + Want To Get Away? + Finally available!! Hurrah!!!!!!!!!             The Tree of Wooden Clogs18 reviews Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi KOCH LORBER FILMS, 2004 A look at rural Italy and its faith more than a century ago, a springboard to discuss social change + A Sweet and Bitter Harvest + The Tree of Wooden Clogs + Hard to swallow masterpiece + Witness the life of real 19th century peasants             The Flowers of St Francis - Criterion Collection12 reviews Pino Locchi, Gianfranco Bellini Criterion, 2005 An authentic portrayal + Both funny and quietly touching + another fine criterion release Rossellini is an extraordinary director (for a good introduction to his work see M. Scorsese's, My Voyage to Italy) His treatment of St.Francis is unlike any other screen version I have seen, and in my view, irreplaceable.It is based on "I Fioretti" very early collection of stories that grew up ...             Big Deal on Madonna Street - Criterion Collection16 reviews Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni Criterion, 2001 mamma mia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! + A Comedy of Errors + Big Deal on Madonna Street + Madcap petty criminal hijinks in postwar Italy + Funny Funny Funny!             Rocco and His Brothers22 reviews Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori Image Entertainment, 2001 What movie did the other reviewers watch? + Rocco Bothers his Brother + Rocco and His Brothers + What the Italian family is all about + Another jeweled film of Luchino Visconti!             Juliet Of The Spirits - Criterion Collection42 reviews Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo Criterion, 2002 Accessible film about a Fantasy life transforming and informing reality. + A French-Suburban Fantasy + Trippy + My favorite film             Suspiria396 reviews Eva Axén, Joan Bennett Starz / Anchor Bay, 2001 Definitely where an Argento newbie should start! + great movie + What Color Lipstick Does Your Pig Wear? Argento's wears Blue and Red. Suspiria has a very ominous beginning, and great musical score that is not only slightly scary, and used throughout as foreshadowing, but also appropriate for the plot and main character: Suzie, a ballerina traveling from NY to Germany for a dancing scholarship. Upon arrival to her new academy she ...             Bread and Tulips78 reviews Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz Sony Pictures, 2002 Perfectly palatable + Love, Love, Love + Charming, funny, feel-good film... + italian semi-romance             L'Avventura - Criterion Collection73 reviews Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti Criterion, 2001 L'Avventura + Simply beautiful! + Its Greatness Precedes Its Reputation + L'Avventura