P.M. Cicchetti
P.M. Cicchetti is a film writer and scholar, based in Edinburgh. His writing has appeared in several outlets, including Reverse Shot and Keyframe. In Italy, he is a regular contributor to Cineforum, Filmidee, and Sentieri selvaggi.
By P.M. Cicchetti
| March 2, 2017
It is important for me to work without a locked script, and without giving strong directions.
By P.M. Cicchetti
| April 9, 2012
We Have a Pope has nothing to do with the Pope, much as director Nanni Moretti’s 2006 film Il Caimano, widely regarded as a j’accuse against Italy's controversial Prime Minister, was not really about Berlusconi
By P.M. Cicchetti
| March 22, 2012
Despite the far-reaching moral implications of this premise, Abel Ferrara’s take on the apocalypse is neither catastrophic nor metaphysical in tone.
Alexander Sokurov’s Faust, William Friedkin’s Killer Joe, Jafar Panahi’s This Is Not a Film
Nicolas Provost’s The Invader, Steve McQueen’s Shame, Abel Ferrara’s 4:44 Last Day on Earth
Amir Naderi’s Cut, Michael Glawogger’s Whores’ Glory, David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method