The early ’60s saw a brief boom in European anthology films that assembled short features from notable directors into a sample platter for curious audiences. Trouble is, audiences didn’t always get ...

All Italian comedy is dramatic.... often tragic, but it’s treated in a humorous way. But people die in it, there’s no happy ending. Italian comedy, the kind I make, always has this component—Mario ...

Pic differs from most sketch items by the fact that each segment was separately conceived and executed, making episodes pocket-sized feature pix on their own. There's nothing pocket-sized about the ...