Nicholas Bell and John Bleasdale discuss Lina Wertmuller's The Seduction of Mimi (1972)

Nicholas Bell and John Bleasdale discuss Mario Monicelli's Big Deal on Madonna Street or I Soliti Ignoti (1958).

John and Nicholas talk about Elio Petri's social satire The Working Class Goes to Heaven

Nicolas Bell and John Bleasdale discuss Salvatore Giuliano (1962), directed Francesco Rosi

Nicolas Bell and John Bleasdale discuss Ermanno Olmi's Tree of Wooden Clogs

The Skin (1981) directed by Liliana Cavani is the subject of the discussion. With John Bleasdale and Nicholas Bell.

Shawn Levy and John Bleasdale on Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza)

Spasmo is a 1974 Italian giallo film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Robert Hoffmann and Suzy Kendall. John Bleasdale and Nicholas Bell delve into its deeper mysteries and discover madness. Music by Two Minute Noodles. Find Nicholas Bell and Joseph's Fish Jelly film review channel here. Connery: a Novel by John Bleasdale is available here. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

John and Nicholas discuss Sergio Martino's classic satanic Giallo, All the Colors of the Dark (1972)

Another chance to hear one of the most popular episodes of Cinema Italia, recorded in 2023. Pier Paolo Pasolini's Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom was released in 1975 and became an instant milestone in the cinema of transgression. A political fable, it tells the story of four men who in the waning days of Fascist Italy retire to a villa to enjoy their perversions and sadism at the expense of the young people they have captured. Torture, rape, murder and degradation are explicitly depicted in a way that remains shocking to this day. I talk with Jason Wood, author and film programmer for the BFI, about this electrifying, challenging film. The Music for the podcast is provided by Two Minute Noodles and more can be found here. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.