The Diabolik Trilogy 08/02/25

Italy’s anarchic master thief gets a Covid-era trilogy of films that hew fairly closely to stories from the original Giussani comic books: Diabolik,  Diabolik: Ginko Attacks!,  Diabolik: Who Am I?  It’s all very serious, literal and evenly paced, but can boast terrific art direction and a couple of intriguing characterizations. We’re impressed by the faithful adaptations — the producing-writing-directing Manetti brothers go out of their way not to look like modern attention-deficit overkill action fare. And they can’t be accused of copying Mario Bava. On Blu-ray from KL Studio Classics.
08/02/25