Italian cinema that spans from genre-defining giallo thrillers to contemporary films exploring modern Italian identity with style and substance. Sometimes, it’s good, and sometimes you will have never heard of it.
We like masters like Dario Argento who pluck colorful nightmares into existence, and that influenced horror worldwide to directors like Paolo Sorrentino, creating visually stunning meditations on beauty, decadence, and meaning.
Whether it’s the stylized violence of spaghetti westerns or quieter moments like in The Last To See Them, or even supernatural horror films that use Italian locations and Catholic imagery to create unique dread.
Contemporary horror like “Dark Glasses” shows Argento still has what it takes. “Suspiria” spewed forth color-saturated terror, and “Cinema Paradiso” is a nostalgic love letter to film itself.
We’d have more Italian films here, but we simply haven’t seen as many as we would like.
Italian cinema combines visual flair with emotional depth, creating movies that feel both distinctly Italian and universally resonant. Because the best Italian films understand that cinema, like cuisine, should engage all the senses while nourishing (or destroying) the soul.
Three ambitious individuals hatch a plan to burglarize a skilled goldsmith’s house, unaware of just how dangerous The Goldsmith is.
The Guest Room aka La Stanza, follows a woman on the verge of suicide who opens the door to a mysterious man. Who he is will shock you.
Dario Argento’s Dark Glasses marks a stylish giallo comeback, mixing survival horror with Italian flair. Premiered at Fantasia, now on Shudder.
Hans is 44 & still lives with his mother in Bloodshot Heart. A horror movie with Giallo influences directed & written by Parish Malfitano.
‘The Last to See’ A modern crime movie shown over the course of 1-day the Durati’s don’t know is their last day of lives
