Drama
The Conformist
Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece is a political drama set in Mussolini's Italy starring Jean-Louis Trintignant as a repressed man trying to purge memories of a youthful, homosexual episode – and murder – who joins the Fascists in a desperate attempt to fit in.
Conversation Piece
This new restoration of Luchino Visconti’s personal and provocative chamber study starring Burt Lancaster, Silvana Mangano, and Helmut Berger explores themes of class, sex, art, and fascism and preserves Visconti’s precise chromatic design, elegant interior compositions, and sonic detail…
Crime of Love
A forgotten classic, Crime of Love is a story about two factory workers living in Northern Italy who form a romantic connection. The film gives a good idea of the north-south mentality clash in Italy. The workers from the north and the south may have the same political ideas, but when they go home t…
Hitch Hike
While on a cross-country drive, a bitter writer (international superstar franco Nero of Django) and his beautiful wife (Corinne Clery, the Story of O and Moonraker) pick up a stranded motorist (David Hess of Last House on the Left infamy). But when this hitcher turns out to be a depraved psychopath,…
Many Wars Ago
In Northern Italy, WWI has turned into a bloody stalemate. Bogged down in their trenches on a barren highland, the men of an Italian infantry division have been given one objective: retake a commanding height from the enemy.
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Sylvia, an industrial scientist, is troubled by strange hallucinations related to the tragic suicide of her mother.
Seduction
Maurice Ronet (Purple Noon) stars as Giuseppe Lagana, a European playboy who returns to his home in the Sicilian town of Catania to settle his deceased father’s affairs. He reunites with an old friend, Caterina (Lisa Gastoni), and a mid-life romance is kindled from the sparks of their youthful…
Swept Away
Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Mediterranean, Swept Away is the most famous and controversial film about sex, love, and politics from influential Italian director Lina Wertmüller, the first woman ever nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Director.
To Be Twenty
Twenty, beautiful, sexy and liberated, and fed up with their provincial lives, Lia and Tina decide to hitchhike their way to Rome to find a commune where they can stay and live the life of free love... or so they think.
Waves of Lust
Two carefree youngsters are invited for a weekend cruise on a yacht owned by a ruthless and cynical industrialist.
Young, Violent, Dangerous
Paul, Joe and Louie are three young men from good families who decide to go on a bloodthirsty and pointless crime spree, much to the dismay of Paul's girlfriend (Eleonora Giorgi) and the local police commissioner (Tomas Milian). The group starts by robbing a gas station where Paul guns down three in…