Scarlet Diva (2002)

An Asia Argento vanity project, this film is messy, self-indulgent, ugly, pointless and crude. But it's also weirdly compelling and occasionally quite lovely; besides, it contains a scorching performance from Ms. Argento the more than offsets the film's canoodling. Happily, she does show traces of her father's cinematic flair at times -- I'd say she needs more discipline, but then Dario's best films are usually his most unhinged so what do I know.

Grade: B-