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Italy Submits WWII Drama ‘Vermiglio’ for Oscars International Race
The Oscars international feature film race got another strong competitor on Tuesday when Italy announced it would submit “Vermiglio” as its entry for the 97th Academy Awards. Written and directed by Maura Delpero, the film won the Silver Lion in Venice earlier this month. Delpero’s drama is set in 1944 in the titular alpine village.
Sideshow & Janus Films Take North American Rights To Venice Grand Jury Prize Winner ‘Vermiglio’
Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all North American rights to Vermiglio, written, directed and produced by Maura Delpero. The drama recently had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival where it won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize. Yesterday, it screened in the Special Presentations section of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Irene Maiorino Is Inspired by Classic Italian Cinema
Since 2018, My Brilliant Friend has been airing to critical acclaim and relatively quiet fanfare on HBO (it’s an “if you know, you know” kind of show). The Italian co-production is an adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan nove…
Daniel Craig Could Land His First Oscar Nomination for Luca Guadagnino’s Sexually Charged Drama ‘Queer’
James Bond. Benoit Blanc. Joe Bang. These iconic characters have become synonymous with Daniel Craig’s career. Now, Craig adds William Lee, a drug-addicted gay American expat, to that list in Luca Guadagnino’s sexually charged and fantastical love story, “Queer.” The film made its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, where …
In New Documentary, Andrea Bocelli Shares Brilliant Voice And Hidden Talents – Horseback Riding And Echolocation – Toronto Film Festival
Andrea Bocelli possesses not only an extraordinary operatic voice, but another unique gift – the capacity to sense sound bouncing off of surfaces. Except, he doesn’t think it’s such an unusual ability at all. “It’s basically the concept that bats use for their orientation.
Bernardo Bertolucci’s Unfinished Film ‘The Echo Chamber’ Being Shopped at Toronto Film Festival
Italian screenwriters Ilaria Bernardini and Ludovica Rampoldi have completed the screenplay for The Echo Chamber, the unfinished project by Bernardo Bertolucci he worked on before his death. Italian producer Indigo Films acquired the dramatic feature in 2018 and now has the project in active development and being shopped for co-production partners at the Toronto …
‘Vermiglio’ Director Maura Delpero on Winning Venice’s Silver Lion for the ‘Most Personal Film You Could Ever Imagine’: ‘It’s Really Magic’
For “Vermiglio” director Maura Delpero, winning Venice Film Festival’s Silver Lion grand jury prize is a dream born from a dream. The drama is set at the end of World War II in an Alpine village, where the arrival of a soldier causes disruption in the dynamics between three sisters.
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Luca Guadagnino Gets Crafty
The film director and designer did double duty in Venice, Italy, debuting a film at the Venice Film Festival along with his curation of Homo Faber, the craftsmanship exhibition.
Daniel Craig Gets Explicit (and Romantic) in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’
At the Venice Film Festival, the star said he embraced the scenes with sexual encounters: ‘If I wasn’t in the movie and saw this movie, I’d want to be in it.’
‘Queer’ Review: Daniel Craig Boozes and Cruises in Luca Guadagnino’s Transportive Lust Story
Close your eyes at any point during “Queer” and you might still smell the sweat and booze and stale tobacco wafting off-screen. If not quite as seductive as the Northern Italian summer of “Call Me by Your Name,” the world director Luca Guadagnino evokes here is no less transporting, sweeping us into the tequila dives and roach motels of mid-century Mexico City for a prolonged bout of same-sex…