WIFF Alley

Posted on July 20, 2025 by Mary C

WIFF = Windsor International Film Festival

sign that says create made to look like a reel of film on old style film projector

below: Silhouettes in the window – Willy, Edgar, Dorothy, Toto, and Edna

on a brick wall, onld windows have been bricked over and in each of the 4 windows is a black silhouette that looks like a famous film character, Edgar Allan Poe, Dorothy and Toto from the Wizard of Oz, Willy Wonka, and the little spymaster woman Edna in the "The Incredibles' movies

below: In autumn 2019, Daniel Bombardier a.k.a Denial or Enjoy Denial, painted this movie themed mural

below: Jessica Rabbit from ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ is portrayed on the far left side of the mural. She stands under a “Danger 10,000 volts” sign. Popcorn anyone?

below: Action! Charlie Chaplin and

Charlie Chaplin with black hat and mustache the blue emotion emoji character from Inside Out, in a mural by Denial

below: More moments in cinema including Rosebud from Orson Welles’ ‘Citizen Kane’

Princess Leia from Star Wars, Marilyn Munroe, Rosebud, The End, censored, fist from Superman, Jack Nicholson's head on door, all in movie themed mural by Denial

below: “Life is Cinema” by Derkz

large mural in an alley by Derkz, shades of grey, very realistic, people with movie cameras, one modern, one slightly older, hand held cameras,

below: Complete the sentence….

Rainbow coloured paint covers metal staircase in alley, with text is one place that says Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my

three d sign or sculpture at the start of an alley, windsor theme images on the sculpture,

below: Rose City mural

Rose City mural, red and white roses on purple background, with an open with a palm full of rose petals

below: Mr. Toon hangs around in WIFF Alley too

Mr. Toon, 3D artwork, on wall under sign that says WIFF alley

below: Cheerful and cheering, Chris Haven characters on a pole in the alley.

two graffiti stickers on metal pole, both by Chris Haven, small pyramidal shaped character with stick arms, triangle shaped mouth, both cheering with arms up

Toto and friends

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Mary C

alley in old city part of Naples, stone pavement, motorbike, old murals on the wall, Toto Alley, Vico Toto, portraits of Antonio de Curtis, an actor from the 1950s and 1960s,

In the Quartieri Spagnoli (Spanish Quarter) of Naples there is an alley, Vico Totò, with many portraits that pay tribute to Totò, the stage name of an Italian actor Antonio “Totò” De Curtis (1898-1967). There are several paintings of him in some of his acting roles; He appeared in 97 films in a career that spanned three decades. There are also some other actors represented here.

below: Only the top part remains – including his black bowler hat.

black and white mural, portrait of actor Toto in sunglasses at end of his nose, wearing black bowler, lower part of mural has been worn away

below: A couple stands in front of Davide Zeka’s painting ofTotò in the role of a priest.

a couple stands in front of a street art painting of an actor dressed as a Roman Catholic priest in a black and hat and white clerical collar

below: “Stu core analfabeta” This illiterate heart….

below: Michele Wuk’s ‘Totò con la papalina’ where the words say “L’educazione non passa mai di moda” (Totò with the skullcap: “Education never goes out of style”),

mural in Naples, man's portrait, of Toto the actor, beside a clothes line with laundry, also text in Italian that says L’educazione non passa mai di moda

mural tributes to Italian actor Antonio de Curtis, or Toto, in an alley in the old part of Naples,

below: Human Hero aka Luca Carnevale, Nino Taranto, another actor, as the Flash, “Flash of Genius” says the text

portrait of a man with a mustache, he's wearing red top of the Flash outfit, on orange background

below: Toto as Superman on Porta Carrese Monte Calvapio (also Human Hero)

portrait of balding man in superman top and red cape, street sign for Porta Crrese Monte Calvapio, and a one way sign,

below: Lino Ozon’s ‘Lola’ which shows Totò dressed in drag to play Lolita in the 1962 film ‘Totofraffa’. In this movie he appears in many disguises.

two street art pieces, a black and white painting of a man in drag, a black line drawing of man in a black bowler hat but the face is lost, and stickers have been put there instead

below: Drawings of Toto along with Nini (Nino Taranto) and Peppi (Peppino de Felippo) by Giuseppe Avolio Peppart.

caricature drawings, paper paste up on an alley wall, of three older Italian actors, with stage names, Toto, Nini, and Peppi

below: Three more portraits, smaller this time, again of Toto and fellow actors. ‘Peppi” again, and then Giacomo Furia at the bottom.

below: Mr. Pencil’s ‘A matt’!!, depicting Totò as King with a bowler instead of a crown.

below: Totò even went to the Moon .. back in 1958! Brasiliano’s “Totò sulla Luna”

Naples alley, motorcycle, street art, laundry hanging from balconies, red umbrella,

below: Fishes Invasion sneaks in.

mural on alley wall, clown, also a paste up of fishes invasion in green

Wynwood’s movie gangstas

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Mary C

original gangsta mural

The gangsta wall in Wynwood is along the side of the Toe Jam Backlot, a private studio/event space that is available to rent. The mural on the north wall has nothing to do with ‘gangsters’ but it still looks wonderful – an amazing amount of detail. My apologies for not knowing the artist’s name.

mural on a wall

The wall on the west side of the building is where the gangsta wall is. It’s a wall that features the images of “bad guy” actors in famous movies, starting with Jack Nicholson in “The Shining”.

entrance to building, Toe Jam Backot, on the corner, whole building is covered in street art murals

Marlon Brando in The Godfather and Al Pacino from “Scarface”

Marlon Brando as the Godfather, in a mural with other actors

… Al Pacino in “Scarface” (again), Robert DeNiro in “Cape Fear”, and John Travolta in “Pulp Fiction” …

mural with images of famous actors in movie roles, Al Pacino in Scarfacce, a man in a tophat, a man with a machine gun

….Arnie in “Terminator”, Malcolm McDowell in “Clockwork Orange”, a masked Anthony Hopkins in “Silence of the Lambs”, and Heath Ledger as “The Joker” …

Clockwork Orange, masked Anthony Hopkins and Heath Ledger as the Joker, faces in a mural on a wall, black background, Wynwood