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Jovanotti: Italia: 1988-2012

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 / 1 October 2012
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A Rarely Exhumed Film that Should Stay Buried: ‘Plot of Fear’

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 / 15 July 2012
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Giardini di Miro: Good Luck

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 / 6 June 2012
The Other End of the Ideological Spectrum of Suffering in ‘La Terra Trema’
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The Other End of the Ideological Spectrum of Suffering in ‘La Terra Trema’

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 / 29 April 2012

Hardship takes up the bulk of La Terra Trema’s two-and-a-half-hour length and makes for unforgiving viewing. Visconti is brutal in his depiction of suffering.

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When Being Born Somewhere DOESN’T Automatically Make You a Citizen

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 / 22 February 2012
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In ‘The Day Before Happiness’, Naples Hosts a Poetic Story of an Orphan Coming of Age Post WWII

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 / 15 January 2012
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Benny Benassi: Electroman

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 / 17 August 2011
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Mamuthones: Mamuthones

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 / 21 April 2011
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Botticelli, Sandwiches Outside and Dreams of Bradbury’s ‘Dandelion Wine’

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 / 21 March 2011
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‘Amarcord’: What Evil Lurks Beneath the Absurd Surface

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 / 15 March 2011
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‘The American’ Is a Thoughtful, Deceptively Spare Work Rife with Political Intrigues

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 / 1 March 2011
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‘Girl by the Lake’: An Excellent Premise for a Classic Detective Story

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 / 26 July 2010