Philip Gwynne Jones

Venice in Film : Anima Persa

The great Dino Risi was a director more associated with commedia all’italiana than with the horror film And yet, in

Well this one is super-easy… Apricots are up there with the Best of Fruit. Or, at least, they should be.

Or, if you prefer, Gnocchi with Tuna. I used to buy all my fresh fish at the Rialto Market but,

So we made the Top 10! I don’t think anyone expected this but – yes – “The Venetian Legacy” had

I know it’s fondly remembered but – whisper it – Anonimo Veneziano really isn’t a very good film. The plot,

It’s Saturday night, and I’ve got ten scallops from the fishmonger on Giudecca waiting to be cooked. But what am

1965 was a pretty good year in Italian cinema. Leone made For a Few Dollars More. Fellini made Juliet of

So that was 2020, and, safe to say, it wasn’t the year that anyone expected. It was a year in

This is another Venetian giallo, this time from 1978, which went under the (frankly rubbish) title of The Bloodstained Shadow

It’s Monday morning, and Caroline arrives back from the market at Santa Marta with some mixed mushrooms – shiitake, pioppini,