Along with giallo and spaghetti western, poliziotteschi films comprise a prolific genre of popular and commercial filmmaking highly appreciated by audiences, less so by critics (with the usual, ...

Content warning: This article contains references to violence and sexual assault. Post-fascism, Italy became the coolest place in the world. Fashion was king, style was everywhere, and their motion ...

Un piccolo-grande libro «Genova violenta nei poliziotteschi anni Settanta» messo a punto da Carlo Romano, saggista e curatore della Fondazione De Ferrari, che raccoglie e custodisce fondi culturali, ...

Before Hollywood’s cop dramas had synth scores and slow-motion explosions, Italy’s poliziotteschi films were blazing down cobblestone streets with smoking barrels, moral decay, and Alfa Romeos ...

Let it never be said that most Italian popular cinema played things too subtly. In the late ’60s through around the mid ’80s, the Italian film industry had a boom. The world loved their western cycle, ...