Review: ‘Kidnapped’ Sees Empire-Toppling History Through a Child’s Eyes

Director Marco Bellocchio feasts on Papal skullduggery, but the meal could use more spice.
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Review: ‘Kidnapped’ Sees Empire-Toppling History Through a Child’s Eyes

Director Marco Bellocchio feasts on Papal skullduggery, but the meal could use more spice.
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Film at Lincoln Center’s ‘Open Roads: New Italian Cinema’ Celebrates the Romantic Allure of Mediterranean Filmmaking — Watch
The festival, co-presented by Cinecittà, takes place from May 30 to June 6.
‘Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara’ Review: Church vs. State
This film, based on a true story about the kidnapping of a Jewish child in 19th-century Italy, underscores the devastating consequences of family separation.
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‘Kidnapped’ Trailer: Marco Bellocchio Explores a Dark Chapter in Catholic Church History

Exclusive: The latest film from the Italian master director, about the Church’s abduction of a Jewish boy, opens this month from Cohen Media Group.
Marco Bellocchio’s Operatic Epic Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara Gets U.S. Trailer

Paolo Sorrentino on Making His First ‘Feminine Epic’ With Cannes Film ‘Parthenope’ and Directing Gary Oldman: He’s ‘One of the Top Five Actors in the World’ (EXCLUSIVE)

New Italian Label PiperFilm Launches With Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Parthenope’ and Post-Theatrical Window Deal With Netflix and Warner Bros.

Roberto Minervini’s Cannes-Bound ‘The Damned’ Debunks Heroism of War, Says Director – Watch Teaser (EXCLUSIVE)

Italian-born Texas-based director Roberto Minervini is known for a distinguished career making documentaries including his so-called Texas trilogy comprising “The Passage,” “Low Tide” and “Stop the Pounding Heart.”
‘The Damned’ Review: In His Latest Look at America’s Margins, Roberto Minervini Travels Back to the Civil War

The Italian-born director has lived in the United States for more than two decades, bringing the insights of an outsider to overlooked communities in his first period piece.