Steeped in sadomasochism and lushly photographed in the vivid hues for which the director is known, Mario Bava's The Whip and the Body is a Gothic thriller that far surpasses the AIP Edgar Allan Poe... more
Roberto Rossellini is one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. And it was with his trilogy of films made during and after World War II Rome Open City, Paisan, and Germany Year Zero that he... more
Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni. Two lonely residents of an apartment building in Italy form a friendship on the day Hitler arrives to meet Mussollini. Includes digital transfer, 2014 short film... more
The first film made outside his native Russia by director Andrei Tarkovsky is a hauntingly beautiful portrait of a Russian poet and musicologist who travels to a spa village in Italy's Tuscany region... more
Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale. Trying to bounce back from overwhelming stress, a filmmaker checks into a rehab hospital. But his troubled childhood, difficult producers and his passion for... more
When a van load of five lovely showgirls touring Eastern Europe got lost during a storm, they found refuge in a foreboding castle. At least, they thought they did, since the occupants of the house-a... more
SPECTERS: Whilst excavating the catacombs at an archaeological site in Rome, a team of researchers make an astonishing discovery when nearby drilling work in the subway system causes a wall to... more
Wonderful Federico Fellini satire finds journalist Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni) putting his serious career aspirations aside to report on the shallow, jet-setting denizens of Rome. While... more
Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon. A brilliant adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel that focuses on Italy just following Risorgimento, the chaotic times when a rebellious... more
Ninetto Davoli, Laura Betti, Hugh Griffith, Franco Citti. Director Pasolini examines modern life, sexuality, religion and hypocrisy through three classic stories brought to life on film: The... more
Federico Fellini's Oscar-winning study of members of a travelling circus troupe stars Anthony Quinn as strongman Zampanò, and Giulietta Masina as Gelsomina, the young woman sold to him by her mother.... more
Nine-disc set includes: Accatone! (1961)A graphic slice of Italian street life, this documentary-styled drama by Pier Paolo Pasolini recounts a pimp's efforts to leave his past life behind him when... more
Michelangelo Antonioni invented a new film grammar with this masterwork. An iconic piece of challenging 1960s cinema and a gripping narrative on it's own terms, L'AVVENTURA concerns the enigmatic... more
Michelangelo Antonioni's RED DESERT is a somber tale about Giuliana, a young wife and mother struggling to understand her crumbling psyche, as she slowly loses her mind in the midst of a... more
This psychologically acute, visually striking modernist work was director Michelangelo Antonioni's follow-up to the epochal L'AVVENTURA. Marcello Mastroianni (DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE) and Jeanne Moreau... more
In the highly anticipated return of master of horror, Dario Argento, an eclipse blocks out the sun, blackening the skies on a hot summer day - harbinger of the darkness that will envelop Diana when a... more
Inspector Ingravallo has been called to a Roman apartment building to investigate a robbery. Once there he questions the tenants but soon realises something is amiss. As the investigation progresses... more
Vittorio Gassman, Silvana Mangano, Doris Dowling. This epic film from director Giuseppe De Santis recounts a most intriguing tale involving robbery, love and murder. A voluptuous rice field worker in... more
An elegy of exile and an epic immersion into the world of rural Italy during the Mussolini years, Francesco Rosi's sublime adaptation of the memoirs of the painter, physician, and political activist... more
For decades, journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the glittering nightlife of Rome. Since the legendary success of his only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the... more
Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti. A young English stranger ingratiates himself into the household of a wealthy Italian industrialist, proceeding to disrupt their lives and beliefs.... more
The ultimate Italian road comedy, IL SORPASSO stars the unlikely pair of Vittorio Gassman (BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET) and Jean-Louis Trintignant (Z) as, respectively, a waggish, free-wheeling... more
Ingrid Bergman. A collection of the radiant star and the brilliant director at their best with films that are filled with drama, realism and love. Includes Stromboli (Mario Vitale. 1950/106 min.),... more
Following the gorgeous, seemingly liberated Adriana (Divorce Italian Style's Stefania Sandrelli) as she chases her dreams in the Rome of La dolce vita, I Knew Her Well is at once a delightful... more
Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah is a stark, shocking vision of contemporary gangsterdom, and one of cinema's most authentic depictions of organized crime. In this tour de force adaptation of undercover... more