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Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Sells to A24 at Venice Film Festival
No joke, when you search “Daniel Craig queer,” it’s mostly the Belvedere ad. Photo: Belvedere/YouTube Another big deal movie has sold at the 2024 Venice Film Festival . Luca Guadagnino’s Queer has found a home at A24, a likely place for it to be. Re-teaming with Challengers writer Justin Kuritzkes,..
Leone Film Group’s Ties Bolster Its Business as Italy’s Top Distributor of English-Language Films
Amid major movie market upheavals, Leone Film Group is still the main Italian distributor of top-notch English-language indie film fare, spanning all genres with titles from directors such as Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
‘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.