Magnani

Anna Magnani is magnificent as the young widow protecting her lover, who is in hiding from the Germans.

Rome, Open City: No 22 Cath Clarke 2010

Jean Renoir admiringly called Magnani the complete animal.

churumuri 2009

Jean Renoir admiringly called Magnani the complete animal.

churumuri 2009

These movies were hard acts to follow and Gazzara, who spoke Italian before he learned English, returned to his roots to star opposite Anna Magnani in The Passionate Thief 1960.

Ben Gazzara obituary 2012

Smith casts her acute eye over material both personal and cultural, with wonderfully engaging essays - some published here for the first time - on diverse topics including literature, movies, going to the Oscars, British comedy, family, feminism, Obama, Katharine Hepburn, and Anna Magnani.

Changing My Mind by Zadie Smith: Book summary 2010

Fabrizi was known as a comic actor and Magnani had cut her teeth in cabaret; together they give the film tremendous warmth and heart.

Rome, Open City: No 22 Cath Clarke 2010

Here is Anna Magnani, who came to the door to be photographed in the most tattered old nightgown he had ever seen.

Cator Sparks: Bella Donna! Italian Photo Exhibit Gives Insight Into Post War Italian Film Industry Cator Sparks 2011

Here is Anna Magnani, who came to the door to be photographed in the most tattered old nightgown he had ever seen.

Cator Sparks: Bella Donna! Italian Photo Exhibit Gives Insight Into Post War Italian Film Industry Cator Sparks 2011

Here is Anna Magnani, who came to the door to be photographed in the most tattered old nightgown he had ever seen.

Cator Sparks: Bella Donna! Italian Photo Exhibit Gives Insight Into Post War Italian Film Industry Cator Sparks 2011

Here is Anna Magnani, who came to the door to be photographed in the most tattered old nightgown he had ever seen.

Cator Sparks: Bella Donna! Italian Photo Exhibit Gives Insight Into Post War Italian Film Industry Cator Sparks 2011