Nov 27, 2011 | Examiner.com
'Bitter Rice' will be shown at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago on Tuesday, November 29th at 6:00 P.M. Giuseppe De Santis' Bitter Rice is a smoldering rural melodrama combining the near-documentary style of postwar Italian Neo-Realism, operatic psychological emotionalism, and an American streak of noir-ish crime thriller intrigue.
Big deal on SW 6th: screening a classic comedy to benefit the Portland International Film Festival
"Big Deal on Madonna Street" is a terrifically funny and sharp 1958 comedy from Italy about a gang of inept thieves attempting a big heist .
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