Hugo Fregonese Comes to MoMA

Some thoughts on the series of films that will run Sept. 1 to Sept. 14

The14-film Hugo Fregonese retrospective at Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna this year was a smash hit. All festival-goers love the idea that they are hip to a new discovery. For this fresh view of Fregonese as an important director, we can thank Museum of Modern Art curator Dave Kehr, who programmed the Bologna series with Ehsan Khoshbakht, the director o…