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‘Amanda’ Review: A Vindication of Idiosyncrasy
Across Amanda , Carolina Cavalli’s writing and cinematic style dovetail with lead actor Benedetta Porcaroli’s calibrated strangeness to express a sensibility that feels genuinely new. It’s also the rare film about mental instability (among other things) that doesn’t pathologize and reduce its characters to a diagnosis.
Abel Ferrara Talks Forthcoming Docs On Patti Smith And Ukraine War & Why He Loves Making Films In Europe – Taormina Studio
Abel Ferrara is currently working on two very different documentaries – one on legendary singer-songwriter-poet Patti Smith and another on the war in Ukraine – and the director touched down at Deadline’s studio in Taormina to reveal a bit more about each project.
Italian Superstar Pierfrancesco Favino on Smashing “Mafia Stereotypes”
A shortlist of the directors he’s worked with — Gabriele Salvatores, Giuseppe Tornatore, Marco Bellocchio, Gianni Amelio, Gabriele Muccino, Ferzan Ozpetek, Mario Martone — reads like a who’s who of Italian cinema.
‘Umberto Eco’ Review: Remembering a Literary Explorer
A new documentary delves into the infectious curiosity and passions of the Italian scholar and author of “The Name of the Rose.”
Paolo Sorrentino’s New Movie Heads Back to Naples, Plays With Local Mythology of Siren Parthenope
Roughly two years after his return to Naples for “The Hand of God,” Paolo Sorrentino is heading back to his hometown for a movie that plays on local mythology. The still untitled film is about a woman named Partenope “who bears the name of her city but is neither siren nor myth,” the Oscar-winning auteur…
Taormina Film Festival Kicks Off With Super-Tenors Placido Domingo, Vittorio Grigolo; Amber Heard Makes Her First Film Fest Appearance Since Johnny Depp Trial
The newly rebooted Taormina Film Festival kicked off on Friday night in the Sicilian city’s landmark Teatro Antico amphitheatre in an unusual but magnificent style with benefit event “Pavarotti Forever”. Placido Domingo, who was part of the famed The Three Tenors trio with Pavarotti and José Carreras…
Amazon Drops French Theatrical Release for Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers’
Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers will bypass a theatrical run in France and go straight to Prime Video. Amazon in a June 19 statement said the tennis-themed movie — which stars Zendaya, The Crown’s Josh O’Connor and West Side Story breakout Mike Faist — will launch exclusively in France on Prime Video…
Zendaya Dominates in Trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Sex-Fueled ‘Challengers’ (Video)
The “Euphoria” star plays a former tennis prodigy caught in a love triangle (or is it a threesome?) with Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist
Italian Director Andrea Di Stefano, at Tribeca With ‘Last Night of Amore,’ Developing Feature Film on Holocaust Whistleblower Jan Karski
Italian actor-turned-director Andrea Di Stefano, whose sleek cop thriller “Last Night of Amore” just had its U.S. premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, is in advanced stages of development on “Karski” a feature about Jan Karski, the World War II Polish resistance fighter who risked his life to blow the whistle on the Holocaust.
