The Great Silence (1968)

Spaghetti westerns were a genre that would be programmed on SBS Saturday Cult Movie Night and I remember seeing the end of The Great Silence (1968; Il Grande Silenzio) when I was younger. Recently, the film is referenced as an influence on Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, name dropped as one of the filmmaker’s favourite […]

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Milano Calibro 9 (1972)

A highly regarded example of the Poliziotteschi genre (or Eurocrime movies), Milano Calibro 9 (1972; aka Caliber 9) is directed by Fernando Di Leo and focuses on a thief released from prison after a few years. His name is Ugo Piazza and he’s played by Gastone Moschin (better known as Don Fanucci in The Godfather […]

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