Anyone stumbling on my lockdown cinema blog will be immediately aware of the film posters that feature prominently...

I came across his 1955 "Commedia All'Italiana" film starring Alberto Sordi, an actor most associated with the genre...

It's probably fair to say that I've become a little addicted to "Commedia Al'Italiana" as I discover the vast output of the genre..

All becomes a little clearer with the English title of "Hands Off The Loot", which is a loose translation...

Currently curated on Criterion Channel is a series of early formative Éric Rohmer shorts and I find myself irresistibly drawn to his films..

Tucked away in amongst a series of shorts on the theme of films made in a single location...

J’ai eu le grand plaisir de voir le dernier chef-d’œuvre cinématographique de M.Gerald Thomas, "Carry On Up The Khyber"..

That said, I watched "Il Bidone" - a film that could best be described as the least "Fellini-esque" of his work...

"Stranger From Venus" represents my occasional deep dive into "B" movies that can turn up unexpectedly on streamings services..

As usual I'm not taking much notice of the intended sequence of Éric Rohmer's films in his "Comedies & Proverbs" series...

I was expecting a comic romp along the lines of "Seduced and Abandoned"..

The last of Cocteau's "Orphic Trilogy" and following on from "Orpheus" which was preceded by two decades with "The Blood of a Poet"..

And if that sounds too close to home during the pandemic, any similarities to real events are purely serendipitous..

Based on the Greek myth of Orpheus, the film is a contemporary (to the early 1950's) re-telling of the story of the poet/musician Orpheus..

The films of Robert Bresson came highly recommend by a friend..

Despite not being huge fan of horror films, I do have a soft-spot for the type of often-low budget horror films produced in the late 1970's.

The film is a remake of an earlier film directed by Louis Feuillade, an early 20th Century filmmaker..

As a flashback to earlier in lockdown, I'm re-visiting films that featured as a passing mention in previous blog posts

Mubi Channel, hosted by AppleTV in the UK contains an interesting line-up of documentaries...

I'd been meaning to avoid watching "Seduced and Abandoned", directed by Piero Germi...