federico fellini

Fellini’s ‘La Strada’ Is a Lament for the Downtrodden

Fellini’s ‘La Strada’ Is a Lament for the Downtrodden

Fellini’s fable about an innocent clown roaming postwar Italy with an abusive strongman, La Strada, has the romance of his later epics but a more potent sense of tragedy.

When Real Life Begins: On Fellini’s ‘The White Sheik’

When Real Life Begins: On Fellini’s ‘The White Sheik’

Fellini is the master of blurring the lines between the real and the surreal, demonstrating the overriding imbrication of the familiar and the fantastic. In The White Sheik, currently playing at NYC's Film Forum, he inspires wonder and bemusement.

Fellini the Lunatic and His Last Film ‘Voice of the Moon’

Fellini the Lunatic and His Last Film ‘Voice of the Moon’

While this movie is very, very Fellini in its circus parade of the contemporary world's chaos and noise, it also seems faithful to at least the spirit and structure of Cavazzoni's novel.

Fellini’s ‘Roma’ and the Polysemic Surreal

‘Love in the City’ Dives Into Unexplored Cinematic Territory

‘Love in the City’ Dives Into Unexplored Cinematic Territory

This anthology of Italian films explores the taboos of love: prostitution, suicide, and girl-watching.

Sight & Sound-Off: #4 – ‘The Rules of the Game’ and ‘8 & 1/2’

100 Essential Directors – Federico Fellini

The 100 Essential Directors Part 3: George Cukor – John Ford

‘Cinema’ –That’s Italian for Cinema

‘Amarcord’: What Evil Lurks Beneath the Absurd Surface

Nine Is Not a 9.0, But It Tops ‘Chicago’

Essential Art House: Fellini’s ‘8 1/2’