frankwolff &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:frankwolff @settima@zirk.us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:28:55 +0200 The Lickerish Quartet (Radley Metzger, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-cs54 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Lickerish Quartet (Radley Metzger, 1970)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Lickerish Quartet (1970).png)/div div class="caption" A 70s couple in a grainy black-and-white still. The frame looks damaged, suggesting a stag reel. The seemingly nude blonde pours a drink for her dark-haired man. She holds the cork between her teeth, seducingly. DP: Hans Jura./div div class="txt" – I've never seen a film like this before. – Oh, it's different, alright. /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #RadleyMetzger #SilvanaVenturelli #FrankWolff #ErikaRemberg #PaoloTurco #StelvioCipriani #HansJura #drama #mystery #BookAdaptation #Italy #USA #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Lickerish Quartet (Radley Metzger, 1970)

Dec

5

The Lickerish Quartet (1970)

A 70s couple in a grainy black-and-white still. The frame looks damaged, suggesting a stag reel. The seemingly nude blonde pours a drink for her dark-haired man. She holds the cork between her teeth, seducingly. DP: Hans Jura.

– I've never seen a film like this before.

– Oh, it's different, alright.

#FilmDinner #RadleyMetzger #SilvanaVenturelli #FrankWolff #ErikaRemberg #PaoloTurco #StelvioCipriani #HansJura #drama #mystery #BookAdaptation #Italy #USA #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-cs54 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:09:45 +0100 Il demonio [The Demon] (Brunello Rondi, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-f2fh <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Il demonio [The Demon] (Brunello Rondi, 1963)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="occasion" exorcism/div div class="img" Il demonio (1963)/div div class="caption" While several men hold her down, Purif (Daliah Lavi) sticks out her tongue to the crucifix held up to her. DP: Carlo Bellero./div div class="txt" A favourite] [exorcism film "Blood of Christ. Demon. A curse upon this man. A curse that he will never forget me. Blood of my body. Until the grave. A curse that he will never forget me." ### – Purificazione When a rejected young woman puts a curse on her heart's desire, the locals see nothing less than witchcraft. It is decided that Purif must be possessed, and exorcised. &nbsp; the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for October is horror-themed as opposed to date-based, and is all about favourites. Expect non-horror and films I believe to be relevant instead. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #exorcisms #BrunelloRondi #DaliahLavi #FrankWolff #AnnaMaríaAveta #TizianaCasetti #DarioDolci #FrancaMazzoni #PieroPiccioni #CarloBellero #drama #romance #horror #witches #witchcraft #possession #Italy #France #1960s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Il demonio [The Demon] (Brunello Rondi, 1963)

Oct

6

exorcism

Il demonio (1963)

While several men hold her down, Purif (Daliah Lavi) sticks out her tongue to the crucifix held up to her. DP: Carlo Bellero.

[A favourite] exorcism film*

“Blood of Christ. Demon. A curse upon this man. A curse that he will never forget me. Blood of my body. Until the grave. A curse that he will never forget me.”

– Purificazione

When a rejected young woman puts a curse on her heart's desire, the locals see nothing less than witchcraft. It is decided that Purif must be possessed, and exorcised.

 

* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for October is horror-themed as opposed to date-based, and is all about favourites. Expect non-horror and films I believe to be relevant instead.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #exorcisms #BrunelloRondi #DaliahLavi #FrankWolff #AnnaMaríaAveta #TizianaCasetti #DarioDolci #FrancaMazzoni #PieroPiccioni #CarloBellero #drama #romance #horror #witches #witchcraft #possession #Italy #France #1960s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-f2fh Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0200 America America (Elia Kazan, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wy9f <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" America America (Elia Kazan, 1963)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 2/div div class="occasion" New Amsterdam/div div class="img" America America (1963)/div div class="caption" Stavros (Stathis Giallelis) and other passengers on the ship. Their faces are reflected in a glass pane, showing dozens waiting at what appears to be Ellis Island. DP: Haskell Wexler./div div class="txt" A film about New York to commemorate the incorporation of New Amsterdam. The official Bales' rule states the year 1624, but that is the year of settlement, and even that is one year off. To cut a long story short, New Amsterdam was incorporated as a city on February 2, 1653. "My name is Elia Kazan. I am a Greek by blood, a Turk by birth and an American because my uncle made a journey." ### – Elia Kazan, voice-over America America tells the story of director Kazan's grandfather through the life of the Greek Stavros Topouzoglou (Stathis Giallelis), who was adamant to start anew, in New York./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #NewAmsterdam #EliaKazan #StathisGiallelis #FrankWolff #HarryDavis #ElenaKaram #EstelleHemsley #ManosHatzidakis #HaskellWexler #drama #NewYork #USA #1960s/div /section ]]>

America America (Elia Kazan, 1963)

Feb

2

New Amsterdam

America America (1963)

Stavros (Stathis Giallelis) and other passengers on the ship. Their faces are reflected in a glass pane, showing dozens waiting at what appears to be Ellis Island. DP: Haskell Wexler.

A film about New York to commemorate the incorporation of New Amsterdam. The official Bales' rule states the year 1624, but that is the year of settlement, and even that is one year off. To cut a long story short, New Amsterdam was incorporated as a city on February 2, 1653.

“My name is Elia Kazan. I am a Greek by blood, a Turk by birth and an American because my uncle made a journey.”

– Elia Kazan, voice-over

America America tells the story of director Kazan's grandfather through the life of the Greek Stavros Topouzoglou (Stathis Giallelis), who was adamant to start anew, in New York.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NewAmsterdam #EliaKazan #StathisGiallelis #FrankWolff #HarryDavis #ElenaKaram #EstelleHemsley #ManosHatzidakis #HaskellWexler #drama #NewYork #USA #1960s

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