Tag Archives: Gustavo Serena

Diva films about diva films

Posted on 21 December 2015 by

After spending some quality time with the films of Borelli, Menichelli, and Makowska, now I want to cast my net a little wider. Diva films were a major force of the Italian film industry in the teens—but how did people perceive … Continue reading →

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Film advertising: Italian question marks

Posted on 20 November 2015 by

Looking through the Italian 1910s periodical Film, I regularly noticed adverts for coming attractions/productions that prominently use question marks. Tactic to heighten suspense, lack of concrete planning on the part of that theatre/production company, stylistic quirk of this journal—whatever the reason, … Continue reading →

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Cinema Ritrovato from afar: Bertini’s Assunta Spina (IT 1915)

Posted on 4 July 2015 by

Are you at Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna right now? The festival features the new restoration of one of my true loves, Rapsodia Satanica; the Keaton project; several other diva films; Gaumont at 120; the Technicolor section; and so much more … Sadly, I am … Continue reading →

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Diana, l’affascinatrice | Diana the Seductress (IT 1915)

Posted on 11 April 2015 by

This month I’m blogging on the theme ‘Adventure 1915’ – adventurous films at their 100th birthday. To Francesca Bertini for the first entry! It’s a treasured spy cliché – the agent who falls in love with their mark. In Diana l’affascinatrice, … Continue reading →

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