Filed under: Columns, 400 Screens, 400 Blows

In the spirit of the season and goodwill and whatnot, I thought I’d forgo griping about the sorry state of things this week and instead send out some love to the downtrodden, the small films of 2007 that were somehow overlooked, underrated or outright ignored in some way. Let’s start with the Russian film The Italian, released in January, which caused critics to dredge up the word “Dickensian” for the first time in a while. But…