"Il Bell'Antonio" (Eng: "Handsome Antonio") is included in a line-up of films either written /adapted by or directed by Pier Paulo Pasolini.

As with many film directors, alongside their most well-known, career-defining films, there are films that I certainly wasn't aware of...

Vitti was able to demonstrate her range as an actress in the preceding trilogy and her role in "The Red Desert" is no exception..

Surfing The New Wave : "Le Beau Serge", Claude Chabrol, "The Fire Within", Louis Malle, "Le Bonheur", Agnes Varda.

I'm always up for a dose of Eric Rohmer's carefully observed films about the dynamics of relationships that spanned 3 decades..

"Love In The City" (Italian: "Amore in Citta") uses a similar faux-documentary style broken down into chapters...

Jacques Demy's 1982 film "Une Chambre En Ville" (Eng: "A Room In The Town") qualifies it to be "Late Demy"...

I discovered that "Donkey Skin" was as much of a commercial success as Demy's earlier films...

Love them or hate them, biopics can vary enormously when they invariably focus on cultural "icons"...

The film opens with a furious breakneck car chase through Paris as Fred is being pursued by the gangster's henchmen..

"La Haine" came up as highly recommended on Apple+ as a breakthrough film for its' director, Mathieu Kassovitz, and for the subject matter..

Zazie (Catherine Demongeot) herself is a bit of a disfunctional tearaway who wastes no time in trying to explore Paris herself...

However, this is really Sophia Loren's film and she is placed center-stage as a street smart young woman...

Varda used actors who would not normally be cast in Hollywood films and there really is a strong "Withnail & I" comedic vibe...

There are several of her films available on the streaming service including this Jack Lemmon vehicle...

Watching "Tove", a biopic on a formative part of the life of the children's author and creator of the "Moomins", Tove Jansson..

I watched Marco Ferrari's 1973 film "La Grande Bouffe" (Eng: "The Blow-Out", though it translates more accurately as "The Big Feast")..

As per usual, I watched these three films - all first-time viewings - out of chronological order...

"Visions Of Eight" on Criterion Channel, is a film made up of 8 very individual films by noted directors.

I stumbled on this film by chance and was instantly hooked by the preview featuring two men in an open-topped sports car..