Fernando DiLeo wrote and directed some of the best works in the poliziotteschi (Italian crime) genre. Films like Milano Calibro 9, La Mala Ordina, Mr. Scarface and Il Boss gave viewers a very clear look at mafia life in 1970s Italy. To me DiLeo did for poliziotteschi what Leone did […]
Jack Palance
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Above a jazz club in New Orleans a poker game run by Blackie (Jack Palance) is being held. One of the players, a foreigner named Kochak (Lewis Charles) who has become ill forces his way out of the apartment. A couple of the other guys, his cousin Poldi (Guy Thomajan) […]
Every now and then we at Furious Cinema turn to one of our favorite classic genres, the western. We’ve previously posted a list of 50 Furious Westerns, and to build on that, we’re launching a series of in-depth looks at some classics of the genre. No rules. First up is […]