World Noir Volume 5 08/15/26

So you think life is tough where you are? … these three Italian crime tales teach a lesson beyond noir, that hope and hunger drive men to crime. Or does criminality just becomes part of life on its own?  Alberto Lattuada, Flavio Calzavara and Pietro Germi offer thrillers al’italiana … expect unsavory surroundings and immoral behavior, with occasional surges of sentimentality, paisan: The Bandit, Against the Law, and Four Ways Out The crooks and sinners include Anna Magnani, Gina Lollobrigida and Marcello Mastroianni; Radiance’s expert interviews might as well be lectures in postwar Italian history. On Region B Blu-ray from Radiance Films.
08/15/26