Along with giallo and spaghetti western, poliziotteschi films comprise a prolific genre of popular and commercial filmmaking highly appreciated by audiences, less so by critics (with the usual, ...

Content warning: This article contains references to violence and sexual assault. Post-fascism, Italy became the coolest place in the world. Fashion was king, style was everywhere, and their motion ...

Let it never be said that most Italian popular cinema played things too subtly. In the late ’60s through around the mid ’80s, the Italian film industry had a boom. The world loved their western cycle, ...