Marco Leonardi Archives

Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

Rating: ★★★½

Mar 3, 2002Magical Realism/Magic Cooking

Charming and delightful Mexican venture into Magical Realism concerning a daughter frustrated in finding her true love who throws herself into cooking that brings out her suppressed emotions

Director: Alfonso Arau

Actors: Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne, Marco Leonardi

Category: Fantasy

3 March 200212 April 2026 by Roog

The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)

Rating: ★★½

Sep 18, 2000Giallo Psycho-Thriller

One of the less effective films in the oeuvre of Dario Argento. Another giallo thriller, this has the same flourishes of style in sporadic moments but the plot is even more confusing than usual

Director: Dario Argento

Actors: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi

Category: Horror

18 September 200026 February 2026 by Roog

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter (2000)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 27, 2003Western Outlaws/Vampire Saloon

The second and best of the From Dusk Till Dawn sequels. This takes the story back and retells it in a Western setting where it offers some clever twists on the original

Director: P.J. Pesce

Actors: Marco Leonardi, Michael Parks, Rebecca Gayheart, Temura Morrison, …

Category: Horror

27 April 200323 October 2025 by Roog