# carlos saura (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover carlos saura. Page: Feed: --- ## [Cinema Obscura: "Vento del Sud" aka "South Wind"](http://itsamadmadblog2.blogspot.com/2026/04/cinema-obscura-vento-del-sud-aka-south.html) _2026-04-02 · Joe Baker · itsamadmadblog_ Corruption of the innocent. That's the central theme of director Enzo Provenzale's "South Wind" when a young man (a very good Renato Salvatori), bound by his obligation to the mafia, decides to shirk his duties and go on the run. Caught up in her own desire to leave an oppressive family, Grazia (Claudia Cardinale) joins him and the two set off into the humid Italian landscape. As an early vehicle… ## [Discoveries of 2025](http://itsamadmadblog2.blogspot.com/2026/01/discoveries-of-2025.html) _2026-01-26 · Joe Baker · itsamadmadblog_ 12. Lost in New York (1989), directed by Jean Rollin Jean Rollin’s films are often brilliant bursts of gallic, gothic horror. Then there’s his pornographic phase. “Lost in New York” falls into his late career period where he’s sort of abandoned logic even further, embraced more digital filmmaking, and built on ideas of the past. Bodies in motion….. silent trespass across graveyards and castle… ## [Discoveries of 2025](https://itsamadmadblog2.blogspot.com/2026/01/discoveries-of-2025.html) _2026-01-26 · Joe Baker · itsamadmadblog_ 12. Lost in New York (1989), directed by Jean Rollin Jean Rollin’s films are often brilliant bursts of gallic, gothic horror. Then there’s his pornographic phase. “Lost in New York” falls into his late career period where he’s sort of abandoned logic even further, embraced more digital filmmaking, and built on ideas of the past. Bodies in motion….. silent trespass across graveyards and castle… ## [70's Bonanza: "Death of a Corrupt Man"](http://itsamadmadblog2.blogspot.com/2025/07/70s-bonanza-death-of-corrupt-man.html) _2025-07-24 · Joe Baker · itsamadmadblog_ "He votes against long hair, porn, and abortions. But not arms dealing." French politicians of the 1970's in Georges Lautner's wonderful "Death of a Corrupt Man" haven't changed their stripes from global democracy of today, apparently. One of the best of the 70's French paranoid thrillers that stars two of my favorite actors, Alain Delon and Ornella Muti and just drips with corruption behind every… ## [The Last Few Films I've Seen, early summer edition](http://itsamadmadblog2.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-last-few-films-ive-seen-early.html) _2025-06-20 · Joe Baker · itsamadmadblog_ 1. The Net (2003) - Getting past that early aughts digital video essay vibe (done much more propulsively by Adam Curtis) is just one of the overwrought obstacles in Lutz Dammbeck's spiral into the birth of computers, CIA-LSD experimentation, and the vengeful bombing borne from Ted Kaczynski's paranoid beliefs. But, forgiving "The Net's" time and visual limitations, I still became frustrated with… ## [70's Bonanza: "I Guappi" aka "Blood Brothers"](http://itsamadmadblog2.blogspot.com/2025/04/70s-bonanza-i-guappi-aka-blood-brothers.html) _2025-04-14 · Joe Baker · itsamadmadblog_ Pasquale Squiteri's "I Guappi" reveals the inauspicious entanglement of the Mafia with everyday life in nineteenth century Italy during a pivotal scene. Newcomer in town Nicola (Franco Nero), after quarreling with local Don Guatano (Fabio Testi), soon earns his trust and becomes inducted into the Cosa Nostra with a familiar ceremony that includes the pricking of fingers and solemn words. What… ## [The Current Cinema 25.1](http://itsamadmadblog2.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-current-cinema-251.html) _2025-03-25 · Joe Baker · itsamadmadblog_ Parthenope Paolo Sorrentino's latest film, "Parthenope", features so many of his affectations that mar some of his previous work. It's messy at times. Its emotions are scattershot. And it's framed and stylized like an aue du cologne commercial. All of these things are exactly why I love it so. It's messy and busting at the seams with snippets of life. Its emotions are tonally divergent (sometimes… ## [The Best Non 2024 Films I Saw in 2024](http://itsamadmadblog2.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-best-non-2024-films-i-saw-in-2024.html) _2025-01-02 · Joe Baker · itsamadmadblog_ 12. First Love (1978), directed by Dino Risi - I've seen a few Dino Risi films this year (mostly for the captivatingly beautiful Ornella Muti) and all I can say is that Italian sex fare has no business looking this good. Through a succession of accomplished cinematographers, including Tonino Delli Colli on this film), Risi's films take queasy romantics about the possession of a young Muti… ## [The Current Cinema 24.5](http://itsamadmadblog2.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-current-cinema-245.html) _2024-12-16 · Joe Baker · itsamadmadblog_ The Remarkable Life of Ibelin I never played World of Warcraft, but as someone who grew up alongside the burgeoning Internet, the idea of a faceless community turning into a curated online family is something I certainly experienced. Hours of my teenage life were spent making friends through various chat rooms and online message boards where the words (and subtle meanings expressed behind them)… ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/AIB9y8sfR5Gj) _2024-12-16 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [The Current Cinema 24.4](http://itsamadmadblog2.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-current-cinema-244.html) _2024-11-20 · Joe Baker · itsamadmadblog_ Anora For all its anxiety inducing set pieces, the most masterful thing about Sean Baker's electric "Anora" is that all the controlled chaos only makes the quiet, reflective moments that much more powerful. As the title character, Mikey Madison gives a ferociously alive portrayal of a woman caught up in a spiral of very messed-up hide and seek when her newlywed Russian husband goes missing, and…