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Italian Drama ‘Nonostante,’ Munich Olympics Massacre Drama ‘September 5’ Set as Venice Horizons and Horizons Extra Openers
Italian drama “Nonostante” by actor-director Valerio Mastandrea, and 1972 Munich Summer Olympics drama “September 5″ – helmed by Tim Fehlbaum and starring Peter Sarsgaard – have been set as openers of the Venice Film Festival’s cutting edge Horizons and Horizons Extra sections respectively.
‘They Call Me Jeeg’ Writing Team Talks New Project ‘Piranhas in Rome’ and Why It Isn’t Another ‘Under Paris’
Continuing its push into the genre space, Italy’s Indiana Production has announced it is set to produce action chiller “Piranhas in Rome – The Great Horror Beauty,” from a screenplay by ace Rome-based writing duo Nicola Guaglianone and Menotti, who penned hit superhero movie “They Call Me Jeeg.” While its director is still being decided, the “Piranhas […]
Alberto Barbera on the Return of Erotic Cinema in Venice, U.S. Indie Movies and Netflix Being MIA
Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera says he’s been “toiling for the past nine months like a factory worker on an assembly line at a Chaplinesque pace” to assemble the star-studded lineup he just unveiled that on paper also looks like one of his best.
Venice Lineup Interview: Festival Chief Alberto Barbera Says ‘Joker 2’ Is “One Of The Most Daring Films In Recent American Cinema” & Daniel Craig Gives “The Performance Of His Career” In ‘Queer’
The Venice Film Festival, a perennial awards platform, revealed another powerhouse lineup this morning, including Todd Phillips’ Joaquin Phoenix/Lady Gaga starrer Joker: Folie à Deux, Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut The Room Next Door with Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, Luca Guadagnino’s Daniel Craig starrer Queer, based on the William S. Burroughs novel, Pablo Larrain’s Maria Callas…
Venice Boss Alberto Barbera on 2024 Lineup, Stand-Out Performances and Potential Controversies
Alberto Barbera makes it look easy. The long-running Venice festival director, who recently extended his contract through 2026, unveiled his Venice 2024 lineup on Tuesday. It included the by-now-familiar Biennale mix of award-season contenders such as Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut The Room Next Door starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, Pablo Larrain’s Maria Callas…
Taormina Celebrates its 70th Anniversary With the Nastri d’Argento Awards, a Host of Italian Comedy Stars and Some Sparks
In the Antico Teatro in the Sicilian town of Taormina, the 70th edition of the Taormina Film Festival got off to a lively start, with the Nastri d’Argento Awards ceremony, amid a mix of comedy and controversy. The comedy was on hand with the loudest applause of the evening going to Carlo Verdone and Christian
‘Gomorrah,’ ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Director Stefano Sollima and Team Launch AlterEgo Shingle
Italian crime/action genre specialist Stefano Sollima – who is known for milestone TV series “ Gomorrah ” and Hollywood movies such as “ Sicario: Day of the Soldado ” and “Without Remorse” – is officially launching a film and TV production shingle named AlterEgo in tandem with…
Trudie Styler-Directed Doc ‘An Ode to Naples’ Gets U.S. Premiere at MoMA Hosted by John Turturro
Actor-director Trudie Styler’s doc “Posso entrare? An Ode to Naples” is set to have its U.S. premiere at New York City’s MoMA on July 17, followed by an onstage chat moderated by John Turturro. Styler’s high-profile doc delves into the belly of the unique southern Italian port city, located in the shadow of active volcano…
Italian Thriller ‘Vanished Into the Night,’ Starring Annabelle Wallis and Riccardo Scamarcio, Tops Global Netflix Chart
“Vanished Into the Night,” a thriller starring Annabelle Wallis and Riccardo Scamarcio as a divorced couple in southern Italy whose children get kidnapped for ransom, has rapidly risen to the top of the global Netflix chart in a rare milestone for an Italian film.
This Italian spinoff of Prime Video’s Citadel deserves your attention for two reasons
zDiana was produced by Cattleya, the Italian film and TV production company behind not just one of the greatest mafia dramas of all time but one of the greatest TV dramas, period, of all time ( Gomorrah ).