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Arts - 15 Giugno 2016

My Mother: Nanni Moretti on Familiar Emotions

Mia Madre is the touching story of a middle-aged woman juggling with her job as a film director while raising a teenage daughter and caring for her sick mother. Starring Margherita Buy, John Turturro and Moretti himself, the film beautifully captures some familiar feelings.

Arts - 11 Giugno 2016

Nanni Moretti: A Generational Director

In anticipation of the release of his latest film in American movie theatres, we asked director and actor Nanni Moretti to tell us about this new chapter of his four decade career of film making in which he has constructed a collective autobiography, one that says: “If starting from me I’ve been able to tell the story of others, I feel good about it.

Arts - 18 Maggio 2016

When Anna Magnani Captivated America and New York Won her over

She travelled by ocean liner to New York in May 1953 to present “Bellissima” and from that became an international Diva. What ensued was her friendship with Tennesse Williams, an Oscar, meeting Marilyn Monroe at the Italian Cultural Institute, and her fights with Marlon Brando. Today, New York pays homage to her.

Arts - 18 Aprile 2016

Paolo Genovese: An Italian storyteller in Tribeca

The only Italian film competing at the Tribeca Film Festival, Paolo Genovese’s “Perfect Strangers,” was a box office success and was awarded best film at the David di Donatello awards (the Italian Oscars). We interviewed director Paolo Genovese in New York, a city he loves.

English - 17 Giugno 2014

No more lies about the mafia. A review of Pif’s movie

The life of boy from a middle-class family in Palermo is intertwined with Cosa Nostra from the moment of his conception. The film is ingeniously written, directed with flair and invention, and perfectly balanced between comedy and pathos

Paolo Sorrentino and Andrea Lodovichetti on set. Photo: Ferran Paredes

English - 16 Marzo 2014

Don’t Be Cheap with Your Dreams. Memories of Work and Friendship with Paolo Sorrentino

A young director falls in love with a movie by the author of The Great Beauty. A few months later, almost by accident, he find himself working with him and learning from him important lessons of cinema and humanity. (Leggi in Italiano)

English - 8 Marzo 2014

The Great Beauty, A beautiful and ferocious movie that deserves the Oscar

An almost cruel representation of a series of characters one more egotistical, spoiled, arrogant, and vulgar than the other. The film is an intense sensorial experience that involves touch, sight and hearing. The view of two American professors on Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty which just won the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film (Versione italiana qui)

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