Month: April 2020

Originally posted on Chicago FEEDBACK Film Festival:
The 1980’s saw the emergence of a new sub-genre of film known as the “teen” movie. While there were certainly films about teenagers before that decade, such as the teen beach movies starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello in the 50s, those films were more about the beach…

Originally posted on Chicago FEEDBACK Film Festival:
Synopsis A gentle Jewish-Italian waiter, Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni), meets Dora (Nicoletta Braschi), a pretty schoolteacher, and wins her over with his charm and humor. Eventually they marry and have a son, Giosue (Giorgio Cantarini). Their happiness is abruptly halted, however, when Guido and Giosue are separated from…