‘Queer’: Drew Starkey Joins Daniel Craig In Luca Guadagnino’s Latest, Filming Begins In Rome This Month

‘Queer’: Drew Starkey Joins Daniel Craig In Luca Guadagnino’s Latest, Filming Begins In Rome This Month

Variety reports that  Luca Guadagnino  will start shooting “Queer ,” his next feature, in Rome this month now that he’s wrapped post-production on “ Challengers ,” in theaters this September. This marks the most rapid creative pace for Guadagnino in his whole career: three films in as many years.

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A teenage girl takes on the Italian mob in tense coming-of-ager

A teenage girl takes on the Italian mob in tense coming-of-ager

The idea of a teenage girl discovering her father is in the mob gave us one of the great moments in television history, when Meadow in The Sopranos asked her dad Tony: “Are you in the mafia?” Now the Italian film-maker Jonas Carpignano has made this the central plank in this gripping and unnerving drama, effectively the third in his neo-neorealist “Calabrian” movies, after Mediterranea in 2015.

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‘La Storia’ Trailer Displays Dazzling Visuals for Fascist-Era Saga That Is RAI’s Top 2023 Event Series

‘La Storia’ Trailer Displays Dazzling Visuals for Fascist-Era Saga That Is RAI’s Top 2023 Event Series

Beta at MipTV has unveiled a visually dazzling first trailer for period drama “ La Storia ” that will be Italian pubcaster RAI’s biggest event show this year. The sweeping eight-episode saga is based on a globally bestselling novel by the late great Elsa Morante – whom “My Brilliant Friend” author Elena Ferrante often cites as her primary literary reference – set during the final years of World War…

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Cannes Makes New Record As Alice Rohrwacher, Jessica Hausner & Catherine Breillat Are Among 6 Female Directors In Competition

Cannes Makes New Record As Alice Rohrwacher, Jessica Hausner & Catherine Breillat Are Among 6 Female Directors In Competition

Kicking off on May 16, the Cannes Film Festival is around the corner, and the lineup was announced this morning alongside the names of six female filmmakers that will be participating this year that have films in competition. It’s a small number, but a new record for the festival. Those names include Alice Rohrwacher, Jessica Hausner , Kaouther Ben Hania , Catherine Breillat , Justine Triet …

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