Le notti di Cabiria 1957

Janet Maslin, New York Times: A deep, wrenching and eloquent filmgoing experience. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Through [Masina's] unforgettable performance, Cabiria will endure as long as anyone cares to watch transcendence projected on a screen. Read more

Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle: What makes the character so poignant is that her final fortification is not her street wisdom -- that's all surface -- but her innocence. Her ultimate protection is our sympathy for her. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: The gift of Cabiria's essence, freed from the determinism of stories, is to return us to our own. Read more

David Denby, New York Magazine/Vulture: The most perfectly beautiful and touching of Fellini's movies. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Even in the mutilated version of the film, Masina shone and sparkled in her shabby role. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: As artificial as Cabiria's behavior sometimes seems, it always seems her own, and this little woman carries herself proudly through the gutters of Rome. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: One of the finest collaborations between husband and wife ever committed to film. Read more

Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: Masina is immensely touching, through an extraordinary range of emotions. Read more

Time Out: In 1957, Fellini was still as indebted to neo-realism as to surrealism, and this melancholy tale of a prostitute working the outskirts of Rome is notable for its straightforward depiction of destitution. Read more