The Soul of a City: How Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves Became the Conscience of a GenerationBy Dario LoceOctober 30, 2025 Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves (1948) is a film of devastating simplicity and profound humanity. It is widely regarded as…
A Bulletin from the Rubble: The Urgent Realism of Rome, Open CityBy Dario LoceOctober 30, 2025 Shot on the war-torn streets of Rome just months after the Nazi occupation ended, Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City (1945)…
Cinema of the Streets: How Italian Neorealism Found Truth in the Rubble of WarBy Dario LoceOctober 30, 2025 In the immediate aftermath of World War II, as Italy lay in social and economic ruin, a new kind of…
