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New Screening for Vermiglio in New York!

Date: Saturday, April 5
Time: 2:30 PM (119 minutes)
Location: New Plaza Cinema @Macaulay Honors College

The lush and breathtaking beauty of the Alps, filmed with painterly grace under natural light from frigid winter to redemptive spring, provides the physical and emotional backdrop for ‘Vermiglio,’ Maura Delpero’s visionary film, which won the Silver Lion at the 2024 Venice Film Festival. This singular portrait of a sprawling family, set in the small, mountainous village of Vermiglio during the waning days of WWII, follows a series of dramatic, consequential events after the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier (Giuseppe De Domenico), who hides out in town after deserting the army. While there, the soldier develops a romance with the family’s eldest daughter, Lucia (Martina Scrinzi). ‘Vermiglio’ shows the lives of a provincial family in a remote village suspended in time by the customs of a fading era. Conjuring stories from her own family’s past, Delpero creates a deeply personal and human tale that recalls the great neorealist movement in Italian cinema, but through Lucia’s perspective ‘Vermiglio’ feels distinct and novel. Italy’s Official Selection for the 2025 Academy Awards.

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There’s Still Tomorrow Director Paola Cortellesi on Domestic Violence, Global Success, and Drawing From Italian Neorealism

There’s Still Tomorrow Director Paola Cortellesi on Domestic Violence, Global Success, and Drawing From Italian Neorealism

After decades of celebrated performances in Italian cinema and television, Paola Cortellesi made her directorial debut with There’s Still Tomorrow, a 1940s-set post-war drama that she also co-wrote and leads. Following the matriarch of a working-class family navigating a toxic marriage and a daughter whom she doesn’t want to follow in the same footsteps, as well as romantic fantasies of a better life, the black-and-white crowdpleaser was a massive box-office sensation in Italy, where it is among the country’s 10 highest-grossing films of all-time.

Ahead of the film’s U.S. opening beginning this Friday from Greenwich Entertainment, I spoke with Cortellesi about capturing the specific tone of the film, being inspired by classic Neorealist dramas and comedies, the central mother-daughter story, and why the film has resonated specifically in her county and abroad.

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‘The Leopard’ Production and Costume Designers on Balancing ‘Reality’ and ‘Decadence’ to Update the Sicilian Saga’s Look for Netflix

‘The Leopard’ Production and Costume Designers on Balancing ‘Reality’ and ‘Decadence’ to Update the Sicilian Saga’s Look for Netflix

“Everything must change for everything to remain the same,” Tancredi, Prince Fabrizio Salina’s beloved nephew, says in a now-famous line from Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel “The Leopard.” The same philosophy applies to the look and feel of the Sicily-set classic’s Netflix miniseries adaptation, which released globally Wednesday and marks the streamer’s most ambitious Italian original to date.

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Mubi Buys Paolo Sorrentino’s New Movie ‘La Grazia,’ Starring Toni Servillo, for Worldwide Rights Outside of Italy (EXCLUSIVE)

Mubi Buys Paolo Sorrentino’s New Movie ‘La Grazia,’ Starring Toni Servillo, for Worldwide Rights Outside of Italy (EXCLUSIVE)

“The Substance” distributor Mubi is pursuing its buying spree with another anticipated film from an internationally celebrated auteur, Paolo Sorrentino (“Parthenope,” “The Great Beauty”).

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