Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
Fellini discusses his views of making motion pictures and his unorthodox procedures. He seeks inspiration in various out of the way places. During this film viewers go with him to…
Variety Lights
In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli,…
Intervista
Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of film making with a mockumentary about his life in film, as a Japanese film crew follows him around.
Il Bidone
Aging small-time con man Augusto, who swindles peasants, works with two younger men: Roberto, who wants to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Bruno, nicknamed Picasso, who has a wife…
Fellini Satyricon
A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first century Rome.
Boccaccio ’70
An anthology of four adult tales: a young couple tries to hide their marriage and the wife’s supposed pregnancy from their place of employment; a billboard photo of a scantily…
The White Sheik
In Italy, small-town newlyweds Wanda and Ivan Cavalli embark on their honeymoon in the big city of Rome. Ivan dutifully wants to keep appointments with family and church, but Wanda…
I Vitelloni
Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group’s leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a…
Nights of Cabiria
Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical…
Juliet of the Spirits
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits…
Orchestra Rehearsal
Orchestra Rehearsal (Italian: Prova d’orchestra) is a 1978 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini. It follows an Italian orchestra as the members go on strike against the conductor. The film…
The Voice of the Moon
A parable on the whisperings of the soul that only madmen and vagabonds are capable of hearing. The odd couple, Ivo Salvini, a fake inspector of wells, and Gonnella, a…
Rome, Open City
ROME, OPEN CITY is a landmark in film history. Filmed in secrecy during the Nazi occupation of Italy, the film shows a realistic portrayal of the underground resistance in Italy…
And the Ship Sails On
In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the…
Fellini’s Casanova
Casanova is a libertine, amassing seductions and sexual feats. However, he’s really interested in somebody, which so is he really a fascinating person? Is he really alive?
Amarcord
Within a Italian seaside town, youthful Titta gets into difficulty with his buddies and watches different regional eccentrics as they participate in frequently ridiculous behaviour. Frequently clashing together with his…
Roma
A nearly plotless, flamboyant, impressionistic picture of Rome through the eyes of a few of the most famous citizens.
8½
Guido Anselmi, a movie director, finds himself lovingly nude in the summit of his profession. Urged by his physicians to break, Anselmi heads to get a lavish hotel, but a…
La Dolce Vita
Journalist and man-about-town Marcello fights to discover his place on the planet, torn between the charm of Rome’s elite social arena along with the stifling domesticity provided by his girlfriend,…