Raro Video (a J!-ENT Listing of All Raro Video Blu-ray and DVD Reviews)

Raro Video U.S is a publishing project devoted to producing high-quality DVD, BLU-RAY and VOD releases for American audiences. Stefano and Gianluca Curti started RaroVideo Italy in 1999. Hailed by cinephiles for expertly restoring rare films by influential filmmakers from a wide range of genres, Read More …

Luchino Visconti’s CONVERSATION PIECE Comes To Blu-ray For The First Time Ever On April 10 From RaroVideo

(Hollywood, CA and Rome, Italy) Hailed by cinephiles for expertly restoring rare films by influential filmmakers and publishing them with compelling extras, Italian Film Boutique RaroVideo announces the CONVERSATION PIECE BLU-RAY release on April 10, 2012. In one of his last works, with an all-star Read More …

Liberi armati pericolosi (Young, Violent, Dangerous) (a J!-ENT DVD Review)

Amoral, violent and a crime action thriller with a high body count! “Romolo Guerrier’s “Liberi armati pericolosi” (Young, Violent, Dangerous) is ’70s Italian crime cinema that incorporate pointless crimes, car chases, sleazy prostitutes, blood thirsty characters and machine guns! Images courtesy of ©RAROVIDEO 2012. All Read More …

Gruppo Di Famiglia In Un Interno (Conversation Piece) (a J!-ENT DVD Review)

Considered as Luchino Visconti’s “last will & testament”, “Gruppo Di Famiglia In Un Interno” (also known as “Conversation Piece”) is another magnificent Visconti film and a personal film that I appreciated in so many levels.  “Gruppo Di Famiglia In Un Interno” has always been one Read More …

La Visita (The Visitor) (a J!-ENT DVD Review)

Among the Italian filmmakers of the ’50s-’60s that were forgotten and have now been rediscovered by today’s cineaste, Antonio Pietrangeli’s “La Visita” is true commedia all’italiana. Featuring a wonderful performance by Sandra Milo and Francois Perier, “La Visita” is an enjoyable comedy that takes on Read More …