“Life is Beautiful” (La vita è bella) is an unlikely look at the horrors of the Holocaust, seen through the…
Author: Mark Ziobro
Mark Ziobro
Mark is a New York based film critic and founder and Managing Editor of The Movie Buff. He has contributed film reviews to websites such as Movie-Blogger and Filmotomy, as well as local, independent print news medium. He is a lifelong lover of cinema, his favorite genres being drama, horror, and independent. Follow Mark @The_Movie_Buff on Twitter for all site news.
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