Italian Cinema

Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
90 minutes; released 1964.
In this documentary, Pasolini asks Italians about sex, love, prostitution, homosexuality, and marital and non-marital liaisons. Starring Pasolini as the interviewer and Lello Bersani as the narrator. In Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by by Nanni Moretti.
86 minutes; released 1990; 2003; 2007.
Three documentaries by Nanni Moretti presenting his public, his craft and his films.
La Cosa (1990); The Last Customer (2003); Diario di uno Spettatore (2007). In Italian.

106 minutes; released 2005.
The Hand directed by Wong Kar Wai.
Equilibirum directed by Steven Soderbergh.
The Dangerous Thread of Things directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.
In English, Mandarin Chinese, and Italian dialogue with optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles.

Produced by Cinema16.
218 minutes; released 2007.
This specially compiled two-disc edition of classic, cult and award winning shorts from European filmmakers marks the launch of Cinema16 in the US.

Directed by Lina Wertmüller.
78 minutes; released 2001.
DVD and a booklet contain extras and bonus features of the films in the collection. Features include: an interview with Lina Wertmller and original theatrical trailers to the movies. The booklet includes an essay on Lina Wertmller's cinema. In Italian with optional subtitles in English.

Directed by Damian Pettigrew.
105 minutes; released 2002.
Portrait of Fellini with contribution by Italo Calvino, Donald Sutherland and others. Italian and English dialogue; credits in French; English subtitles.

Directed by Federico Fellini.
116 minutes; released 1987.
A Japanese film crew interviews Fellini about his career as he films the memories of his life as a young journalist walking into his beloved studio Cinecitta for the first time. In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Lone Scherfig.
97 minutes; released 2000.
In this romantic comedy, seven strangers tired of Danish suburbia sign up for an Italian class and join together on a quest to Italy. In Danish and Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by Alexandar Petrovic.
90 minutes; released 1972.
A writer is imprisoned in 1925 Moscow. Based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov. In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Vittorio De Seta.
101 minutes; released 2008.
10 short documentaries made between 1954 and 1958 capturing the fast dying world of traditional Italy. In Italian with French subtitles.

Directed by Martin Scorsese.
246 minutes; released 2003.
Martin Scorsese directs and narrates this look at the careers of great Italian filmmakers such as De Sica, Fellini, Visconti, and Antonioni. In Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
131 minutes; released 1986.
A series of deaths strikes a 14th century monastery. While some see these deaths tied to the Book of Revelation, Brother William of Baskerville resolves to solve the crimes using fact and reason. Based on the book by Umberto Eco. In English with English subtitles.

Directed by Robin Lough.
88 minutes; released 2005.
Brings to life Primo Levi's great testament to his year in Auschwitz. Based on Levi's book If This is a Man. In English.

Directed by José Quintero.
103 minutes; released 1961.
A recently-widowed woman rents a luxury apartment in Rome where she is introduced to a young Italian man with whom she falls in love. Based on the novel by Tennessee Williams. In English and French with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.

Directed by Stephen Porter & Ken Campbell.
87 minutes; released 1975.
A husband's philosophy that life is a game and his role is that of an unemotional observer is put to the test when his wife draws him into a duel. Based on the book by Luigi Pirandello. In English.

Directed by Stanley Kramer.
140 minutes; released 1969.
The mayor of the hillside village of Santa Vittoria is the wine-loving town's leader. Bombolini is a fairly worthless drunk in the small Italian town. The town turns to Bombolini when they want to hide over a million bottles of wine from the Nazi army. In English or dubbed Spanish or dubbed French dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles.

Directed by Márta Mészáros.
110 minutes; released 1996.
A moving, artistic portrayal of the life of Jewish philosopher, Catholic convert and Carmelite martyr, Edith Stein, capturing the interior struggles of this extraordinary woman, as well as the great conflicts from her decision to convert to Catholicism. In Italian with English and Spanish subtitles.

121 minutes; released 1968.
Metzengerstein directed by Roger Vadim.
William Wilson directed by Louis Malle.
Toby Dammit directed by Federico Fellini.
An anthology of short films focusing on supernatural. Based on three tales by Edgar Allan Poe. In French and Italian with optional English subtitles.

115 minutes; released 2005.
Professor directed by Ermanno Olmi.
Widow directed by Abbas Kiarostami.
Celtics fans directed by Ken Loach.
An anthology of short films focusing on travelling and human condition. In Italian, English, and Albanian with English subtitles.

Directed by Philo Bregstein.
58 minutes; released 1981.
Explores the controversial life of film director-poet-aesthetician Pier Paolo Pasolini who was murdered in 1975, supposedly by a homosexual contact. In Italian with English subtitles.