Why have certain kinds of documentary and non-narrative films emerged as the most
interesting, exciting, and provocative movies made in the last twenty years? Ranging from …

The Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies is a two-volume reference book containing
some 600 entries on all aspects of Italian literary culture. It includes analytical essays on …

Sharon Tate. However, it also reflects Polanski's way of approaching each film as a separate
task, for which he assembles an appropriate crew, not a continuation of an earlier project or …

Torunn Haaland argues that neorealism was a cultural moment and accounts for the
tradition's coherence in terms of its moral commitment to creating critical viewing …

Unlike countries like France, the Czech Republic or Brazil, Italy did not have a new wave
properly understood as a movement. However, while new artistic schools were emerging in …

At the time of writing I do not know whether Berlusconi has lost the 2006 Italian national
elections, as seemed likely in the initial phases of the electoral campaign. Neither can I say …

Jerzy Skolimowski is one of the most original Polish directors and one of only a handful who
have gained genuine recognition abroad. This position is evidenced by awards Skolimowski …

June 2012 at the University of Central Lancashire. Although I did not impose on participants
any films to analyze, except for asking them to choose those that would allow them to tease …

Questo saggio sostiene che c'è stato un abuso della nozione di 'crisi'nel contesto critico
italiano, il quale ha spesso trascurato aspetti cruciali inerenti la produzione cinematografica …

The anni di piombo, the leaden years, ended around 1980. The 1980s brought great
changes in politics and society, for example with the old party system ending, reinforced in …