Luis Buñuel’s Ensayo de un crimen (literally, Rehearsal for a Crime) is a lively, entertaining film. Its protagonist, Archibaldo de la Cruz, is a potter whose memories of an aristocratic childhood match Mexico’s sentimental attachment to the past despite the 1910-17 revolution. Archibaldo is morally and sexually hung-up; he has been obsessed with women’s legs […]
Daily Archives: November 1, 2007
The following is one of the entries from my 100 Greatest Films from Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal list, which I invite you to visit on this site if you haven’t already done so. — Dennis Misty Stars of the Great Bear (called Sandra in the U.S.) took the top prize, the Golden Lion of […]
The following is one of the entries from my 100 Greatest Films from Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal list, which I invite you to visit on this site if you haven’t already done so. — Dennis With the exception of The Roof (1957), Vittorio De Sica had occupied himself with trivial works following Umberto D. […]
The following is one of the entries from my 100 Greatest Films from Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal list, which I invite you to visit on this site if you haven’t already done so. — Dennis Italy produces the most trenchant films about brothers. Among these are Valerio Zurlini’s Family Diary (1962), Francesco Rosi’s Three […]
The following is one of the entries from my 100 Greatest Films from Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal list, which I invite you to visit on this site if you haven’t already done so. — Dennis When I was thirteen, my parents, Uncle Joe, Aunt Estelle and I wept with nearly nonstop laughter through a […]
Dennis Grunes 