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‘My Brilliant Friend’ Trailer: Elena & Lila Endure The Turmoil Of Italy In Fourth & Final Season Of HBO Series
HBO has released the official trailer for the fourth and final season of the critically acclaimed original drama series My Brilliant Friend. It premieres Monday, September at 9 p.m. on HBO and streaming on Max. New episodes will debut every Monday. Watch the trailer above.
Why a Black-and-White Feminist Film Was Bigger Than ‘Barbie’ in Italy
Last summer the hot-pink feminism of “Barbie” took more than $1 billion at box offices worldwide. In Italy, however, “Barbie” was beaten by another film, a feminist dramedy with a clear nod to Italian neorealism set in postwar Rome.
“C’è ancora domani,” or “There’s Still Tomorrow,” was a hit at the box office and with Italian critics, who almost unanimously hailed it as a revelation. In May, at the David di Donatello Awards, which are akin to the Italian Oscars, it won six prizes from 19 nominations.
Fremantle’s ‘Queer’ Producer the Apartment Sets Carolina Cavalli’s Next Project Under New CEO Annamaria Morelli (EXCLUSIVE)
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.
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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…