La Doppia Ora

English Title: The Double Hour

Giuseppe Capotondi, Italy, 2009, imdb

Review: 3.5 Uchuvas

Comment:

The script's idea is so so so good!! I really don't know what happened!! Everything was very intriguing, confusing, suspenseful and suddenly you have everything there ... even the end!!! What a waste!!! It's worth watching anyway! Acting is great! Music is very nice! an scrip... really good if they would have gotten a few more months to work on ;)
(btw, first time director)

Un Prophete

English Title: A Prophet

Jacques Audiard, France-Italy, 2009, imdb

Review: 5.0 Uchuvas
Comment: ........ jeez...................

Malena

English Title: Malena

Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy, 2000, imdb

Review: 4.0 Uchuvas
Comment: Another great Tornatore's film. I loved they way he pictures Italy's towns and specially the way kids are educated (or were... not sure). The story is sad but also full of funny moments that make a good balance. The cinematography is really good. I need to keep an eye on his new film La porta del vento that hasn't been realized yet; I'm starting to become his fan.

La Stanza del figlio

English Title: The Son's room

Nanni Moretti, Italy+France, 2001, imdb

Review: 3.5 Uchuvas
Comment: It's not my cup of tea but it's a worth watching film ONLY if you are in a mood to watch sad films.  In my case, it didn't touch me that much, I really don't know why as the acting is really good.  The story is super sad but what it's nice about it is how the strong emotions are well shown by the great acting.

Gomorra

English Title: Gomorrah

Matteo Garrone, Italy, 2008, imdb

Review: 3.5 Uchuvas
Comment: I was waiting for so long to see this film that I was a bit disappointed when I saw it as I had a lot of expectations, so maybe I'm a bit tough with the review... I even fall sleep a couple of times!!! and that never happens to me in a theater!!! no even while watching The Love in the times of Cholera! But anyway.... It has won some good awards and nominated several times, so have a look and judge your self. 

Mio Fratello e Figlio Unico

English Title: My Brother is an Only Child

Daniele Luchetti, Italy, 2007, imdb

Review: 4.0 Uchuvas
Comment: I like a lot this film as it's a nice mixture between family affairs and political subject. The acting is really really good.

Una Pura Formalita

English Title: A Pure Formality

Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy-France, 1994, imdb

Review: 4.0 Uchuvas
Comment: I feel that this movie is a dark film... literally dark. The set is very wet, dark, unorganized, confused.  All this "darkness" only makes sense IF and only IF you manage to have a SUPER BIG imagination to understand what was the film about! TBH I only liked the film after I was given an hypothesis about what was the film about... so if you watch this film PLEASE let me know your hypothesis. Gerard Depardieu is really good here so is Polanski.

Le Fate Ignoranti

English Title: His secret life

Ferzan Ozpetek, Italy, 2001, imdb

Review: 2.5 Uchuvas
Comment: I'm going to be tough with this film for one reason: I felt that the director wanted to make an Almodovar film and that, to start with, is really disappointed. There were a lot of empty spaces in the story where the characters end up in situations or doing things that didn't have much explanation.The story is good though.

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

English Title: Cinema Paradiso

Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy, 1998, imdb

Review: 4.0 Uchuvas
Comment: I had to see this movie again so I can review it. I did like it a lot. It's a pity when the child character dissapears from the movie. I kind of think that more than half of the movie's success is the kid's acting (Salvatore Cascio), he is too good! I was trying to find what other movies he's done but apparently nothing worth mentioning at the moment.

La Sconosciuta

English Title: The Unknown Woman

Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy, 2006, imdb

Review: 5.0 Uchuvas
Comment: A great drama and mystery movie. Super well done!! I love that in order to understand the movie, they give you information little by little; that helps so much to keep the movie in suspense... Really well done!