The much-awaited prequel of Netflix’s superhit Spanish series Money Heist is finally here and the fans are loving it. Berlin follows the story of the titular character before the events of Money Heist as he recruits a gang of master thieves to pull off one of the biggest jewel heists ever in Paris. Created by Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, Berlin stars Pedro Alonso in the lead role with Begoña Vargas, Julio Peña, Itziar Ituño, and Michelle Jenner starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the Netflix series here are some similar shows you might want to check out next.
Money Heist (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Money Heist is the original series that started this madness. The Netflix heist thriller series became a global hit for the streamer because of its intense and clever storyline with genuine and relatable characters. Money Heist tells the story of a motley...
Money Heist (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Money Heist is the original series that started this madness. The Netflix heist thriller series became a global hit for the streamer because of its intense and clever storyline with genuine and relatable characters. Money Heist tells the story of a motley...
- 1/6/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Everybody Loves Diamonds is a heist comedy series directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli. The Prime Video series is based on the 2003 “Antwerp Diamond Heist”, also known as “the world’s largest theft of diamonds” by media around the world. Everybody Loves Diamonds revolves around a team of petty thieves led by Leonardo Notarbartolo (Kim Rossi Stuart), as they bypass even the topmost level of security to steal millions of dollars worth of precious stones. So, if you loved Everybody Loves Diamonds here are the best similar heist shows you should watch next.
The Gold (Paramount+ & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Paramount+
Synopsis: They were looking for £1 million. They found £26 million. Inspired by the biggest gold heist in Britain’s history, The Gold tells the story of the 1983 Brink’s Mat robbery that kicked off decades of investigation, corruption, arrests, and murder as the police tried to identify the criminals and recover the gold.
The Gold (Paramount+ & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Paramount+
Synopsis: They were looking for £1 million. They found £26 million. Inspired by the biggest gold heist in Britain’s history, The Gold tells the story of the 1983 Brink’s Mat robbery that kicked off decades of investigation, corruption, arrests, and murder as the police tried to identify the criminals and recover the gold.
- 10/24/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
When Is The Netflix Limited Series The Leopard Coming? Well, Netflix continues to expand its presence in Europe, and one of its latest works is the Italian production, The Leopard.
This new limited series, currently in production, is based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s renowned novel, The Leopard.
The director Tom Shankland aims to bring a modern twist to this timeless tale, delving into the lives of the Prince of Salina and his family, showing both the Italy of the past and the Italy of today.
Shankland will direct episodes 1, 2, 3, and 6, while directors Giuseppe Capotondi and Laura Luchetti will helm episodes 4 and 5, respectively.
Richard Warlow, the series’ writer, creator, and executive producer, collaborates with Benji Walters. The cinematography is handled by Nicolaj Bruel, while costume designs are masterminded by Carlo Poggioli and Edoardo Russo. The announcement of this six-episode series coincided with Netflix’s revelation of a new office...
This new limited series, currently in production, is based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s renowned novel, The Leopard.
The director Tom Shankland aims to bring a modern twist to this timeless tale, delving into the lives of the Prince of Salina and his family, showing both the Italy of the past and the Italy of today.
Shankland will direct episodes 1, 2, 3, and 6, while directors Giuseppe Capotondi and Laura Luchetti will helm episodes 4 and 5, respectively.
Richard Warlow, the series’ writer, creator, and executive producer, collaborates with Benji Walters. The cinematography is handled by Nicolaj Bruel, while costume designs are masterminded by Carlo Poggioli and Edoardo Russo. The announcement of this six-episode series coincided with Netflix’s revelation of a new office...
- 7/5/2023
- by Om Prakash Kaushal
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
Netflix’s Italian drama The Leopard, based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s classic novel, has gone into production and unveiled its cast.
Deva Cassel — daughter of Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci — is among the leads, playing Angelica Sedara. Kim Rossi Stuart will play Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina), while Benedetta Porcaroli is Concetta and Saul Nanni is Tancredi Falconeri. Paolo Calabresi, Francesco Colella, Astrid Meloni and Greta Esposito are also on board.
First looks images have been released and can be seen above.
Filming will last more than four months, and will take place between Palermo, Syracuse, Catania and Rome.
The six-episode series comes from Italian firm Indiana Production and Moonage Pictures in the UK. It’s produced by Fabrizio Donvito, Daniel Campos Pavoncelli, Marco Cohen and Benedetto Habib for Indiana and Will Gould, Frith Tiplady and Matthew Read for Moonage.
The show inspired by Tomasi di...
Deva Cassel — daughter of Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci — is among the leads, playing Angelica Sedara. Kim Rossi Stuart will play Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina), while Benedetta Porcaroli is Concetta and Saul Nanni is Tancredi Falconeri. Paolo Calabresi, Francesco Colella, Astrid Meloni and Greta Esposito are also on board.
First looks images have been released and can be seen above.
Filming will last more than four months, and will take place between Palermo, Syracuse, Catania and Rome.
The six-episode series comes from Italian firm Indiana Production and Moonage Pictures in the UK. It’s produced by Fabrizio Donvito, Daniel Campos Pavoncelli, Marco Cohen and Benedetto Habib for Indiana and Will Gould, Frith Tiplady and Matthew Read for Moonage.
The show inspired by Tomasi di...
- 4/27/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon unveiled its slate at its Prime Video Presents Italy event.
Indigo Films’ Bad Guy, a modern mafia take on The Count Of Monte Cristo, was among the new Italian original productions unveiled by Amazon Studios at its Prime Video Presents Italy event on Wednesday (May 27).
The series starts shooting in July and will be directed by Giuseppe Stasi and Giancarlo Fontana (Put Grandma In The Freezer). Writers are Davide Serino and Ludovica Rampoldi. Previous Indigo productions include Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty and Netflix series Ultras.
Also unveiled was Prisma, a young adult drama from Ludovico Bessegato (Skam...
Indigo Films’ Bad Guy, a modern mafia take on The Count Of Monte Cristo, was among the new Italian original productions unveiled by Amazon Studios at its Prime Video Presents Italy event on Wednesday (May 27).
The series starts shooting in July and will be directed by Giuseppe Stasi and Giancarlo Fontana (Put Grandma In The Freezer). Writers are Davide Serino and Ludovica Rampoldi. Previous Indigo productions include Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty and Netflix series Ultras.
Also unveiled was Prisma, a young adult drama from Ludovico Bessegato (Skam...
- 5/28/2021
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Amazon unveiled its slate at its Prime Video Presents Italy event.
Indigo Films’ Bad Guy, a modern mafia take on The Count Of Monte Cristo, was among the new batch of Italian original productions unveiled by Amazon Studios at its Prime Video Presents Italy event on Wednesday (May 27).
The series starts shooting in July and will be directed by Giuseppe Stasi and Giancarlo Fontana (Welcome Back Mr. President). Writers are Davide Serino and Ludovica Rampoldi. Previous Indigo productions include Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty and Netflix series Ultras.
Also unveiled was Prisma, a young adult drama from Ludovico Bessegato...
Indigo Films’ Bad Guy, a modern mafia take on The Count Of Monte Cristo, was among the new batch of Italian original productions unveiled by Amazon Studios at its Prime Video Presents Italy event on Wednesday (May 27).
The series starts shooting in July and will be directed by Giuseppe Stasi and Giancarlo Fontana (Welcome Back Mr. President). Writers are Davide Serino and Ludovica Rampoldi. Previous Indigo productions include Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty and Netflix series Ultras.
Also unveiled was Prisma, a young adult drama from Ludovico Bessegato...
- 5/28/2021
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Amazon Prime Video today revealed upcoming projects from its Italian office, including a pair of new original series that have received the greenlight: The Bad Guy and Prisma.
An event held in Rome, which press attended remotely, saw virtual appearances from top Amazon executives including Amazon Studio’s chief Jennifer Salke and Head of European Originals Georgia Brown. Moderating proceedings, Amazon’s Head of Italian Originals Nicole Morganti unveiled several new projects:
Dark crime comedy The Bad Guy revolves around the story of Nino Scotellaro, a Sicilian public prosecutor who devoted his entire life to fighting against the mafia and is suddenly accused of being one of the very men he has always fought against. After being condemned, and with nothing left to lose, Nino decides to pull off a Machiavellian revenge plan.
Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe G. Stasi will direct, the project was created by Ludovica Rampoldi, Davide Serino and Stasi and Fontana,...
An event held in Rome, which press attended remotely, saw virtual appearances from top Amazon executives including Amazon Studio’s chief Jennifer Salke and Head of European Originals Georgia Brown. Moderating proceedings, Amazon’s Head of Italian Originals Nicole Morganti unveiled several new projects:
Dark crime comedy The Bad Guy revolves around the story of Nino Scotellaro, a Sicilian public prosecutor who devoted his entire life to fighting against the mafia and is suddenly accused of being one of the very men he has always fought against. After being condemned, and with nothing left to lose, Nino decides to pull off a Machiavellian revenge plan.
Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe G. Stasi will direct, the project was created by Ludovica Rampoldi, Davide Serino and Stasi and Fontana,...
- 5/27/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video is stepping up scripted production in Italy with green lights for two new original series: dark Mafia comedy “The Bad Guy,” and young adult coming-of-age drama “Prisma,” which is about twin brothers who go against gender norms in different ways.
The new Italian Amazon Original skeins were announced at a Prime Video Presents Italy 2021 showcase event held in Rome, but attended online by journalists.
With these new shows, Amazon is reaching a presence in Italy comparable to Netflix in terms of volume of original productions.
Prime Video also announced A-list actor Kim Rossi Stuart (pictured) as the lead in their previously announced heist series “Everybody Loves Diamonds” and Arianna Becheroni, Adriano Giannini (“The Ties”), Lucia Mascino and Dora Romano as the ensemble cast of crime drama “Bang Bang Baby,” their first Italian original. These Amazon shows are being produced by Fremantle units Wildside and The Apartment.
Rising...
The new Italian Amazon Original skeins were announced at a Prime Video Presents Italy 2021 showcase event held in Rome, but attended online by journalists.
With these new shows, Amazon is reaching a presence in Italy comparable to Netflix in terms of volume of original productions.
Prime Video also announced A-list actor Kim Rossi Stuart (pictured) as the lead in their previously announced heist series “Everybody Loves Diamonds” and Arianna Becheroni, Adriano Giannini (“The Ties”), Lucia Mascino and Dora Romano as the ensemble cast of crime drama “Bang Bang Baby,” their first Italian original. These Amazon shows are being produced by Fremantle units Wildside and The Apartment.
Rising...
- 5/27/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Italian movies are taking a sharper turn towards genre storytelling, though classic auteur titles remain a strong component of the country’s cinematic output. Below is a compendium of standout cinema Italiano projects in various stages.
“Non Mi Uccidere” (“Don’t Kill Me”) Young director Andrea De Sica, who helmed the bulk of teen series “Baby” for Netflix, is set to shoot a horror film geared towards the same youth demographic as the show. It’s based on a bestselling Gothic novel about a 19-year-old named Mirta who, with her older lover, Robin, dies of a drug overdose. She then reanimates alone to find out that in order to continue living, and cherishing the memory of Robin’s love, she must eat living humans. Shooting is expected to start soon. Cast is being contractualized. Pic is the director’s sophomore feature after “Children of the Night,” a coming-of-age story set...
“Non Mi Uccidere” (“Don’t Kill Me”) Young director Andrea De Sica, who helmed the bulk of teen series “Baby” for Netflix, is set to shoot a horror film geared towards the same youth demographic as the show. It’s based on a bestselling Gothic novel about a 19-year-old named Mirta who, with her older lover, Robin, dies of a drug overdose. She then reanimates alone to find out that in order to continue living, and cherishing the memory of Robin’s love, she must eat living humans. Shooting is expected to start soon. Cast is being contractualized. Pic is the director’s sophomore feature after “Children of the Night,” a coming-of-age story set...
- 6/24/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The Italian film and TV industry was on a roll when the pandemic hit the country particularly hard. It’s now starting to bounce back as movie theaters reopen and productions prepare to shoot, while the Venice Film Festival, set to physically take place in September, may become a symbol of the global entertainment industry recovery effort.
Besides the festival, Venice in September is expected to host Tom Cruise on the Grand Canal as Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible 7” is scheduled to restart filming — one of roughly 40 shoots, which includes 17 feature films, 19 TV series and some shorts — that ground to a halt in March when Italy went into lockdown.
Since March, the Italian government has been quite supportive of the entertainment industry, providing a roughly $145 million aid package for exhibitors, distributors and producers. And Netflix and Italy’s film commissions have launched a fund to provide short-term emergency support to...
Besides the festival, Venice in September is expected to host Tom Cruise on the Grand Canal as Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible 7” is scheduled to restart filming — one of roughly 40 shoots, which includes 17 feature films, 19 TV series and some shorts — that ground to a halt in March when Italy went into lockdown.
Since March, the Italian government has been quite supportive of the entertainment industry, providing a roughly $145 million aid package for exhibitors, distributors and producers. And Netflix and Italy’s film commissions have launched a fund to provide short-term emergency support to...
- 6/24/2020
- by Shalini Dore
- Variety Film + TV
In an unusual move, German and Swiss indie Dcm Film International has snapped up German-language remake rights to Italian dramedy “Andrà Tutto Bene” (“Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”) directed by Francesco Bruni, even before the film’s theatrical release in Italy.
While one could be forgiven for thinking the title pertains to the coronavirus pandemic, this pic is instead about a down-and-out film director who discovers he has a form of leukemia for which he needs a stem cell transplant from a matching donor. The deal for German remake rights was inked during lockdown by Italy’s Vision Distribution and Dcm. Bruni’s latest work had screened in still unfinished form at Berlin’s European Film Market in February. Dcm is currently looking at various German directors and talents to attach to the project.
Since the film’s planned March release in Italy was postponed due the pandemic, Vision Distribution...
While one could be forgiven for thinking the title pertains to the coronavirus pandemic, this pic is instead about a down-and-out film director who discovers he has a form of leukemia for which he needs a stem cell transplant from a matching donor. The deal for German remake rights was inked during lockdown by Italy’s Vision Distribution and Dcm. Bruni’s latest work had screened in still unfinished form at Berlin’s European Film Market in February. Dcm is currently looking at various German directors and talents to attach to the project.
Since the film’s planned March release in Italy was postponed due the pandemic, Vision Distribution...
- 6/12/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The film received its market premiere at Berlin’s Efm.
Elle Driver has closed sales on Gabriele Muccino’s hit drama The Best Years, which received its market premiere at Berlin’s Efm.
The film follows three childhood friends and the woman they all fall for at one point in their lives, over the course of 40 years of recent Italian history.
In Europe, it has sold to France (Arp Selection), Germany (Prokino Filmverleih), Spain (Vertigo Films), Benelux (Cineart), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Greece (Tanweer), Portugal (Outsider Films), Sweden and Iceland (Njuta Film) and Denmark (Another World).
In the rest of the world,...
Elle Driver has closed sales on Gabriele Muccino’s hit drama The Best Years, which received its market premiere at Berlin’s Efm.
The film follows three childhood friends and the woman they all fall for at one point in their lives, over the course of 40 years of recent Italian history.
In Europe, it has sold to France (Arp Selection), Germany (Prokino Filmverleih), Spain (Vertigo Films), Benelux (Cineart), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Greece (Tanweer), Portugal (Outsider Films), Sweden and Iceland (Njuta Film) and Denmark (Another World).
In the rest of the world,...
- 2/25/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Starring Kim Rossi Stuart in a lead role, the new film by the director-screenwriter of Easy! and Friends by Chance is produced by Palomar in league with Vision Distribution. After five weeks of filming in Rome and one spent in Livorno, the new movie by Francesco Bruni Andrà tutto bene is now in the editing room. Following on from Easy! , Noi 4 and Friends by Chance, this director-screenwriter, winner of multiple David di Donatello awards and faithful collaborator of Paolo Virzì has chosen Kim Rossi Stuart as the protagonist of his fourth work. The latter will play a man who finds himself having to delve into his own past, and that of his father, following an unexpected event. Written by Bruni himself, the story revolves around Bruno Salvati, a film director of...
Pierfrancesco Favino, who heads to Cannes in the starring role of Marco Bellocchio’s Palme d’Or contender The Traitor, co-stars.
Elle Driver has boarded world sales on Italian director Gabriele Muccino’s drama The Best Years, exploring the cycle of life through the forty-year relationship of four close friends, against the backdrop of contemporary Italian history.
The Paris-based sales company will kick-off pre-sales on the film in Cannes ahead of shooting, which commences in June.
Pierfrancesco Favino, who heads to Cannes in the starring role of Marco Bellocchio’s Palme d’Or contender The Traitor, co-stars opposite Claudio Santamaria,...
Elle Driver has boarded world sales on Italian director Gabriele Muccino’s drama The Best Years, exploring the cycle of life through the forty-year relationship of four close friends, against the backdrop of contemporary Italian history.
The Paris-based sales company will kick-off pre-sales on the film in Cannes ahead of shooting, which commences in June.
Pierfrancesco Favino, who heads to Cannes in the starring role of Marco Bellocchio’s Palme d’Or contender The Traitor, co-stars opposite Claudio Santamaria,...
- 5/7/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Italy’s state broadcaster Rai is leading the way in the country’s international TV boom.
Though pay-tv Sky Italia and Netflix are churning out some edgier Italian shows for the international marketplace, the bold Italian pubcaster is now riding high after making a splash at the Venice Film Festival with the world premiere of HBO/Rai’s powerful female friendship saga “My Brilliant Friend,” based on the first of Elena Ferrante’s globally best-selling novels.
Next up are its buzzed-about “The Name of the Rose” series, starring John Turturro, and the third season of Frank Spotnitz’s hit “Medici” saga, currently shooting in Italy.
“My Brilliant Friend,” which Rai fiction chief Eleonora Andreatta started developing before the book’s big success, marks a milestone for Italy’s TV industry because unlike Sky’s crimer “Gomorrah” and Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Young Pope,” it’s classic highbrow TV of the...
Though pay-tv Sky Italia and Netflix are churning out some edgier Italian shows for the international marketplace, the bold Italian pubcaster is now riding high after making a splash at the Venice Film Festival with the world premiere of HBO/Rai’s powerful female friendship saga “My Brilliant Friend,” based on the first of Elena Ferrante’s globally best-selling novels.
Next up are its buzzed-about “The Name of the Rose” series, starring John Turturro, and the third season of Frank Spotnitz’s hit “Medici” saga, currently shooting in Italy.
“My Brilliant Friend,” which Rai fiction chief Eleonora Andreatta started developing before the book’s big success, marks a milestone for Italy’s TV industry because unlike Sky’s crimer “Gomorrah” and Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Young Pope,” it’s classic highbrow TV of the...
- 10/17/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Celebrated Italian writer-director Vittorio Taviani, winner of the Palme d’Or and Berlin Golden Bear, has died aged 88. He passed after a long illness, his daughter has confirmed to Italian media.
The director formed one half an acclaimed filmmaking duo with his brother Paolo: the two were known as the Taviani Brothers. The siblings became household names in Italy in the 1960s and worked on more than 20 movies together including 1977 Palme d’Or winner Padre Padrone and docudrama Caesar Must Die, which won the Golden Bear for best film at Berlin in 2012.
The former charted the story of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father. Caesar Must Die is the story of inmates at a high-security prison in Rome who prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
The director formed one half an acclaimed filmmaking duo with his brother Paolo: the two were known as the Taviani Brothers. The siblings became household names in Italy in the 1960s and worked on more than 20 movies together including 1977 Palme d’Or winner Padre Padrone and docudrama Caesar Must Die, which won the Golden Bear for best film at Berlin in 2012.
The former charted the story of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father. Caesar Must Die is the story of inmates at a high-security prison in Rome who prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
- 4/15/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
With the jury winners announced this past weekend (see at the bottom), the 73rd Venice International Film Festival has now come to an end. As always, it was a strong kick-off to the fall festivals, with some premieres of dramas that we’ll see over the next few months, as well as a great many that won’t arrive until next year (or perhaps later, pending distribution). We’ve wrapped up the festival by selecting our 9 favorite films, followed by our complete coverage. Check out everything below and let us know what you’re most looking forward to.
Austerlitz (Sergei Loznitsa)
Having experimented with feature-length fiction films, shorts, and archival-footage documentaries in the course of his career, Sergei Loznitsa’s output since his 2014 Ukrainian crisis documentary Maidan has both garnered him greater acclaim than before and zeroed in on cinema as a collectively generated form. – Tommaso T. (full review)
Hacksaw Ridge...
Austerlitz (Sergei Loznitsa)
Having experimented with feature-length fiction films, shorts, and archival-footage documentaries in the course of his career, Sergei Loznitsa’s output since his 2014 Ukrainian crisis documentary Maidan has both garnered him greater acclaim than before and zeroed in on cinema as a collectively generated form. – Tommaso T. (full review)
Hacksaw Ridge...
- 9/12/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The selection for the 2016 Venice Film Festival has been announced, with new films by Terrence Malick, Pablo Larraín, Lav Diaz, Wang Bing, Amat Escalante, Tom Ford, and more.COMPETITIONVoyage of TimeThe Bad Batch (Ana Lily Amirpour)Une vie i (Stéphane Brizé)La La Land (Damien Chazelle)The Light Between Oceans (Derek Cianfrance)El ciudadano ilustre (Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat)Spira Mirabilis (Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti)The Woman Who Left (Lav Diaz)La región salvaje (Amat Escalante)Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford)Piuma (Roan Johnson)Paradise (Andrei Konchalovsky)Brimstone (Martin Koolhoven)Jackie (Pablo Larraín)Voyage of Time (Terrence Malick)El Cristo Ciego (Christopher Murray)Frantz (François Ozon)Questi Giorni (Giuseppe Piccioni)Arrival (Denis Villeneuve)Les beaux jours D'Aranjuez (Wim Wenders)Out Of COMPETITIONSafariOur War (Bruno Chiaravolloti, Claudio Jampaglia, Benedetta Argentieri)I Called Him Morgan (Kasper Collin)One More Time with Feeling (Andrew Dominik)The Bleeder (Philippe Falardeau)The Magnificent Seven (Antoine Fuqua...
- 7/28/2016
- MUBI
On the heels of the Toronto International Film Festival announcement, this year’s slate for the Venice International Film Festival has arrived — and it’s a fantastic-looking line-up. Outside some of the Tiff titles (La La Land, Arrival, Frantz, The Age of Shadows, Nocturnal Animals, etc.), they’ll have the world premiere of one of our most-anticipated films of the year: Terrence Malick‘s documentary Voyage of Time (the 90-minute Cate Blanchett-narrated version).
Also among the premieres are Ana Lily Amirpour’s follow-up to A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The Bad Batch, Mel Gibson‘s return to the director’s chair, Hacksaw Ridge, Derek Cianfrance‘s The Light Between Oceans, Pablo Larrain‘s Natalie Portman-led Jackie, as well as new films from Andrew Dominik, Lav Diaz, Ulrich Seidl, Emir Kusturica, and more. Check out the line-up below and return for our coverage.
Opening Night Film
La La Land,...
Also among the premieres are Ana Lily Amirpour’s follow-up to A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The Bad Batch, Mel Gibson‘s return to the director’s chair, Hacksaw Ridge, Derek Cianfrance‘s The Light Between Oceans, Pablo Larrain‘s Natalie Portman-led Jackie, as well as new films from Andrew Dominik, Lav Diaz, Ulrich Seidl, Emir Kusturica, and more. Check out the line-up below and return for our coverage.
Opening Night Film
La La Land,...
- 7/28/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, Pablo Larrain’s Jackie, Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge and Michael Fassbender romance The Light Between Oceans among line-up.Scroll Down For Line-up
The 73rd Venice Film Festival (Aug 31 - Sept 10) has unveiled the 55 features – mixing star vehicles and international auteurs – that will make up this year’s official selection.
A total of 20 films will play in competition, 18 will play out of competition and 19 will play in Horizons.
Venice is on a roll having played host to the Best Picture Oscar winner two years in a row while three years ago Gravity went on to score seven Oscars.
Ahead of the world’s oldest festival, the buzz is palpable once again.
Competition titles include Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, Pablo Larrain’s Jacqueline Kennedy biopic Jackie (seemingly a last minute confirmation) and Michael Fassbender romance The Light Between Oceans.
Auteur directors among the line-up include Terrence Malick, Lav Diaz, [link...
The 73rd Venice Film Festival (Aug 31 - Sept 10) has unveiled the 55 features – mixing star vehicles and international auteurs – that will make up this year’s official selection.
A total of 20 films will play in competition, 18 will play out of competition and 19 will play in Horizons.
Venice is on a roll having played host to the Best Picture Oscar winner two years in a row while three years ago Gravity went on to score seven Oscars.
Ahead of the world’s oldest festival, the buzz is palpable once again.
Competition titles include Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, Pablo Larrain’s Jacqueline Kennedy biopic Jackie (seemingly a last minute confirmation) and Michael Fassbender romance The Light Between Oceans.
Auteur directors among the line-up include Terrence Malick, Lav Diaz, [link...
- 7/28/2016
- ScreenDaily
Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, Pablo Larrain’s Jackie, Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge and Michael Fassbender romance The Light Between Oceans among line-up.Scroll Down For Line-up
The 73rd Venice Film Festival (Aug 31 - Sept 10) has unveiled the 55 features – mixing star vehicles and international auteurs – that will make up this year’s official selection.
A total of 20 films will play in competition, 18 will play out of competition and 19 will play in Horizons.
Venice is on a roll having played host to the Best Picture Oscar winner two years in a row while three years ago Gravity went on to score seven Oscars.
Ahead of the world’s oldest festival, the buzz is palpable once again.
Competition titles include Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, Pablo Larrain’s Jacqueline Kennedy biopic Jackie (seemingly a last minute confirmation) and Michael Fassbender romance The Light Between Oceans.
Auteur directors among the line-up include Terrence Malick, Lav Diaz, [link...
The 73rd Venice Film Festival (Aug 31 - Sept 10) has unveiled the 55 features – mixing star vehicles and international auteurs – that will make up this year’s official selection.
A total of 20 films will play in competition, 18 will play out of competition and 19 will play in Horizons.
Venice is on a roll having played host to the Best Picture Oscar winner two years in a row while three years ago Gravity went on to score seven Oscars.
Ahead of the world’s oldest festival, the buzz is palpable once again.
Competition titles include Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, Pablo Larrain’s Jacqueline Kennedy biopic Jackie (seemingly a last minute confirmation) and Michael Fassbender romance The Light Between Oceans.
Auteur directors among the line-up include Terrence Malick, Lav Diaz, [link...
- 7/28/2016
- ScreenDaily
The strand will be bookended by Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and Xander Robin’s Are We Not Cats [pictured].Scroll down for line-up
The Venice International Film Festival’s (Aug 31 - Sept 10) 2016 Critics’ Week line-up has been revealed.
The independent section of the festival – dedicated to features from debut directors – includes seven titles from five continents.
Opening the strand with be UK director Alice Lowe’s Prevenge (out of competition), which stars Lowe as a pregnant woman on a killing spree and will have its world premiere at the festival.
Lowe was co-writer and co-star of Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers. The film is a Western Edge Pictures/Gennaker production and was shot in Wales last year.
Closing will be Xander Robin’s Are We Not Cats, which was one of three genre titles to screen as a work-in-progress at the Cannes Marche this year as part of an inaugural partnership between genre market Frontières and the Cannes Film Festival...
The Venice International Film Festival’s (Aug 31 - Sept 10) 2016 Critics’ Week line-up has been revealed.
The independent section of the festival – dedicated to features from debut directors – includes seven titles from five continents.
Opening the strand with be UK director Alice Lowe’s Prevenge (out of competition), which stars Lowe as a pregnant woman on a killing spree and will have its world premiere at the festival.
Lowe was co-writer and co-star of Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers. The film is a Western Edge Pictures/Gennaker production and was shot in Wales last year.
Closing will be Xander Robin’s Are We Not Cats, which was one of three genre titles to screen as a work-in-progress at the Cannes Marche this year as part of an inaugural partnership between genre market Frontières and the Cannes Film Festival...
- 7/25/2016
- ScreenDaily
Ahead of its official lineup being released last week (and amid rumors of what said lineup will consist of), the Venice Film Festival has announced the filmmakers and actors who will be on jury duty beginning late next month. Laurie Anderson, Gemma Arterton, Giancarlo De Cataldo, Nina Hoss, Chiara Mastroianni, Joshua Oppenheimer, Lorenzo Vigas and Zhao Wei will be heading the Competition jury alongside Sam Mendes, who’s serving as president this year.
Read More: Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Arrival’ and Tom Ford’s ‘Nocturnal Animals’ Are ‘Virtually Assured’ to Premiere at the Venice Film Festival
Heading the Orizzonti section, meanwhile, is French director Robert Guédiguian. He’ll be joined by J. Hoberman, Nelly Karim, Valentina Lodovini, Moon So-ri, José Maria (Chema) Prado and Chaitanya Tamhane. Kim Rossi Stuart is leading the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film — Lion of the Future jury with Rosa Bosch, Brady Corbet,...
Read More: Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Arrival’ and Tom Ford’s ‘Nocturnal Animals’ Are ‘Virtually Assured’ to Premiere at the Venice Film Festival
Heading the Orizzonti section, meanwhile, is French director Robert Guédiguian. He’ll be joined by J. Hoberman, Nelly Karim, Valentina Lodovini, Moon So-ri, José Maria (Chema) Prado and Chaitanya Tamhane. Kim Rossi Stuart is leading the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film — Lion of the Future jury with Rosa Bosch, Brady Corbet,...
- 7/24/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Venice appoints additional jury presidents; Sam Mendes already on board as competition jury president.
Director Robert Guédiguian (Marius and Jeannette) has been set as president of Venice’s Orizzoniti Jury and actor-director Kim Rossi Stuart (Romanzo Criminale) will serve as president of the jury for the Luigi De Laurentiis Venice Award for a Debut Film - Lion of the Future.
French director Guédiguian, known for his focus on Marseille and working class life, presented La Ville Est Tranquille at the festival in 2000.
Kim Rossi Stuart’s films has often featured at Venice, including Le Chiavi Di Casa (2004) by Gianni Amelio and Vallanzasca (2010) by Michele Placido.
The Orizzonti section awards the Orizzonti Award for Best Film; Orizzonti Award for Best Director; Special Orizzonti Jury Prize; Orizzonti Award for Best Actor or Actress; Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay; Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film.
The international Jury of the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film awards...
Director Robert Guédiguian (Marius and Jeannette) has been set as president of Venice’s Orizzoniti Jury and actor-director Kim Rossi Stuart (Romanzo Criminale) will serve as president of the jury for the Luigi De Laurentiis Venice Award for a Debut Film - Lion of the Future.
French director Guédiguian, known for his focus on Marseille and working class life, presented La Ville Est Tranquille at the festival in 2000.
Kim Rossi Stuart’s films has often featured at Venice, including Le Chiavi Di Casa (2004) by Gianni Amelio and Vallanzasca (2010) by Michele Placido.
The Orizzonti section awards the Orizzonti Award for Best Film; Orizzonti Award for Best Director; Special Orizzonti Jury Prize; Orizzonti Award for Best Actor or Actress; Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay; Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film.
The international Jury of the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film awards...
- 7/8/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
'Son of Saul': Géza Röhrig in the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards' Best Foreign Language Film winner. Charlotte Rampling, Michael Fassbender: Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 2015 The Los Angeles Film Critics Association's 2015 winners were announced on Sunday, Dec. 6. Lafca is one of the two most influential critics groups – i.e., those whose decisions get at least some mainstream media mileage – in the United States. The other one is the much older New York Film Critics Circle, followed by the National Society of Film Critics. Five-decade movie veteran Charlotte Rampling,[1] who'll turn 70 next Feb. 5, was one of the day's big winners. Besides being selected Best Actress by the Los Angeles Film Critics for her performance in 45 Years, Rampling was also the 2015 Boston Society of Film Critics' pick. Earlier this year, Andrew Haigh's marital drama costarring Tom Courtenay (Doctor Zhivago, The Dresser) earned her the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival.
- 12/7/2015
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Title: Maraviglioso Boccaccio Director: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Starring: Lello Arena, Paola Cortellesi, Carolina Crescentini, Flavio Parenti, Vittoria Puccini, Michele Riondino, Kim Rossi Stuart, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak, Jasmine Trinca and Josafat Vagni. The Taviani Brothers, have decided to tribute one of Italy’s greatest Renaissance humanist, Giovanni Boccaccio. The “Decameron” which has had many screen adaptations – the most memorable was by Pier Paolo Pasolini - lives again through the subtle direction of the Tuscan sibling filmmakers, who chose Giotto and Masaccio to inspire their cinematography, scenography and costume design. The book by Boccaccio is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales, told by a group of seven young [ Read More ]
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- 2/25/2015
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Those Happy Years (Anni Felici) director Daniele Luchetti: "I love improvisations on the set." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Daniele Luchetti's autobiographical reckoning Those Happy Years (Anni Felici) about a boyhood in the Italy of the 1970s, starring Kim Rossi Stuart, Micaela Ramazzotti, Martina Gedeck, Pia Engleberth, Samuel Garofalo and Niccolò Calvagna, opened this year's Open Roads: New Italian Cinema at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The afternoon of the luncheon at Barbetta, hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, I spoke with Luchetti about artistic upbringing then and now, the three faces of autobiographical filmmaking, how all movies need an evil, and his two upcoming projects on Pope Francis and a comedy on Berlusconi, who could be played by Tilda Swinton.
In Those Happy Years, Kim Rossi Stuart plays Guido, an artist who feels undervalued and misunderstood. He makes plaster pieces with naked women, lectures at...
Daniele Luchetti's autobiographical reckoning Those Happy Years (Anni Felici) about a boyhood in the Italy of the 1970s, starring Kim Rossi Stuart, Micaela Ramazzotti, Martina Gedeck, Pia Engleberth, Samuel Garofalo and Niccolò Calvagna, opened this year's Open Roads: New Italian Cinema at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The afternoon of the luncheon at Barbetta, hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, I spoke with Luchetti about artistic upbringing then and now, the three faces of autobiographical filmmaking, how all movies need an evil, and his two upcoming projects on Pope Francis and a comedy on Berlusconi, who could be played by Tilda Swinton.
In Those Happy Years, Kim Rossi Stuart plays Guido, an artist who feels undervalued and misunderstood. He makes plaster pieces with naked women, lectures at...
- 6/9/2014
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Projects to receive a share of $7.5m also include new films from Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah), Alex van Warmerdam (Borgman), the Taviani Brothers (Caesar Must Die), Tudor Giurgiu (Of Snails and Men) and Susanne Bier collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen.Scroll down for full list of titles including funding amount and co-producers
Paolo Sorrentino’s upcoming project, In the Future (Il Futuro), is to receive €460,000 ($640,000) from the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund. The film marks the Italian director’s follow-up to Oscar-winner The Great Beauty and is set set to start shooting in May, starring Michael Caine.
The intimate drama about “friendship between two old people” is from Sorrentino’s regular producers, Nicola Giuliano and Francesca Cima through Indigo Films with French co-producer Bis Films. Co-financing comes from Italian distributor Mediaset/Medusam, which looks set to release in Italy later this year.
It is one of 19 films, which includes a documentary and an animated feature, that will receive...
Paolo Sorrentino’s upcoming project, In the Future (Il Futuro), is to receive €460,000 ($640,000) from the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund. The film marks the Italian director’s follow-up to Oscar-winner The Great Beauty and is set set to start shooting in May, starring Michael Caine.
The intimate drama about “friendship between two old people” is from Sorrentino’s regular producers, Nicola Giuliano and Francesca Cima through Indigo Films with French co-producer Bis Films. Co-financing comes from Italian distributor Mediaset/Medusam, which looks set to release in Italy later this year.
It is one of 19 films, which includes a documentary and an animated feature, that will receive...
- 3/18/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Title: Anni Felici (Those Happy Years) Director: Daniele Luchetti Starring: Kim Rossi Stuart, Micaela Ramazzotti, Martina Gedeck, Samuel Garofalo, Niccolò Calvagna. Director Daniele Luchetti brings an autobiographical urgency to the story, by a narrator who watched his parents’ marriage unravel when he was a child. Guido Marchetti (Kim Rossi Stuart) is an ambitious avant-garde artist in 1974 (the year of the Italian divorce referendum). He sculpts female nudes in his Roman studio by pouring plaster over models’ naked bodies. His two sons, Dario (Samuel Garofalo) and little Paolo (Niccolò Calvagna), watch their father work as though it were the most normal profession in the world. Typical of the times, the boys call [ Read More ]
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- 10/1/2013
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Those Happy Years
Written by Daniele Luchetti, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli and Caterina Venturini
Directed by Daniele Luchetti
Italy/France, 2013
In 2007, Daniele Luchetti garnered international attention with My Brother Is an Only Child, a nostalgic look at a pair of brothers in 1960s and 1970s Italy who find themselves on opposite sides of the political spectrum but loving the same woman. With Those Happy Years, Luchetti returns to the past once more, this time looking at family dynamics with the backdrop of art rather than politics.
The film tells the story of artist and art teacher Guido (Kim Rossi Stuart), who is struggling both to gain the notoriety as an artist that he seeks and to provide for his wife Serena (Micaela Ramazzotti) and children Dario (Samuel Garofalo) and Paolo (Niccolo Calvagna). Serena, on the other hand, cares little for art and instead just wants Guido to turn his attention to her.
Written by Daniele Luchetti, Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli and Caterina Venturini
Directed by Daniele Luchetti
Italy/France, 2013
In 2007, Daniele Luchetti garnered international attention with My Brother Is an Only Child, a nostalgic look at a pair of brothers in 1960s and 1970s Italy who find themselves on opposite sides of the political spectrum but loving the same woman. With Those Happy Years, Luchetti returns to the past once more, this time looking at family dynamics with the backdrop of art rather than politics.
The film tells the story of artist and art teacher Guido (Kim Rossi Stuart), who is struggling both to gain the notoriety as an artist that he seeks and to provide for his wife Serena (Micaela Ramazzotti) and children Dario (Samuel Garofalo) and Paolo (Niccolo Calvagna). Serena, on the other hand, cares little for art and instead just wants Guido to turn his attention to her.
- 9/20/2013
- by Laura Holtebrinck
- SoundOnSight
DVD Release Date: Feb. 26, 2013
Price: DVD $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Kim Rossi-Stuart (l.) and Inés Sastre enjoy each other's company in Beyond the Clouds.
Legendary filmmakers Michelangelo Antonioni (I Vinti) and Wim Wenders (Pina) teamed up to create the 1995 drama-romance film Beyond the Clouds.
Co-written by Antonioni, Wenders and Tonino Guerra and directed by Antonioni, Beyond the Clouds, told from the dreamlike perspective of a wandering film director (portrayed by Secretariat‘s John Malkovich), weaves together four stories of love and lust, inspired by Antonioni’s book about the enigmatic power of modern relationships.
Taking place in Ferrara, Portofino, Aix en Provence and Paris, each story–which always has a woman at its center–turns inwards in its examination of love. Or, as the late Antonioni put it, the stories turn “towards the true image of that absolute and mysterious reality that nobody will ever see.” Er, okay….
Featuring music from Van Morrison,...
Price: DVD $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Kim Rossi-Stuart (l.) and Inés Sastre enjoy each other's company in Beyond the Clouds.
Legendary filmmakers Michelangelo Antonioni (I Vinti) and Wim Wenders (Pina) teamed up to create the 1995 drama-romance film Beyond the Clouds.
Co-written by Antonioni, Wenders and Tonino Guerra and directed by Antonioni, Beyond the Clouds, told from the dreamlike perspective of a wandering film director (portrayed by Secretariat‘s John Malkovich), weaves together four stories of love and lust, inspired by Antonioni’s book about the enigmatic power of modern relationships.
Taking place in Ferrara, Portofino, Aix en Provence and Paris, each story–which always has a woman at its center–turns inwards in its examination of love. Or, as the late Antonioni put it, the stories turn “towards the true image of that absolute and mysterious reality that nobody will ever see.” Er, okay….
Featuring music from Van Morrison,...
- 1/4/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Mythological Story of My Family (a.k.a. Storia mitologica della mia familia) to star Kim Rossi Stuart in Daniel Luchetti-directed autobiographical film The film set in 1968 Rome during summer, follows the breakup of a couple of from different backgrounds, after the woman falls for another woman. Apparently the story is told from the ten-year-old son's point of view. Ouch! Not something I'll be watching with having my own kids. Stefano Rulli and Sandro Petraglia are scripting based on Luchetti's real family life, reports Variety. ThinkFILM released the helmer's 2007 film My Brother is an Only Child, which won numerous European awards...
- 5/24/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Mythological Story of My Family (a.k.a. Storia mitologica della mia familia) to star Kim Rossi Stuart in Daniel Luchetti-directed autobiographical film The film set in 1968 Rome during summer, follows the breakup of a couple of from different backgrounds, after the woman falls for another woman. Apparently the story is told from the ten-year-old son's point of view. Ouch! Not something I'll be watching with having my own kids. Stefano Rulli and Sandro Petraglia are scripting based on Luchetti's real family life, reports Variety. ThinkFILM released the helmer's 2007 film My Brother is an Only Child, which won numerous European awards...
- 5/24/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
In conjunction with La Furia Umana, Notebook is very happy to present Ted Fendt's original English translation of Luc Moullet's "Rockefeller's Melancholy," on Michelangelo Antonioni. Moullet's original French version can be found at La Furia Umana. Our special thanks to Mr. Moullet, La Furia Umana and Ted Fendt for making this possible.
Above: "John D. Rockefeller" (1917) by John Singer Sargent.
Drifting is the fundamental subject of Antonioni’s films. They are about beings who don’t know where they are going, who constantly contradict themselves, and are guided by their momentary impulses. We don’t understand what they feel or why they act as they do.
Psychological cinema could be defined in this way: it is psychological when you don’t understand the motivation of emotions and behaviors. If you understand, it means it’s easy, immediately, at a very superficial level... The filmmaker must therefore let it be...
Above: "John D. Rockefeller" (1917) by John Singer Sargent.
Drifting is the fundamental subject of Antonioni’s films. They are about beings who don’t know where they are going, who constantly contradict themselves, and are guided by their momentary impulses. We don’t understand what they feel or why they act as they do.
Psychological cinema could be defined in this way: it is psychological when you don’t understand the motivation of emotions and behaviors. If you understand, it means it’s easy, immediately, at a very superficial level... The filmmaker must therefore let it be...
- 4/2/2012
- MUBI
Fans of world cinema should be pleased with this press release:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment today announced that September 27th will be the launch date for Fox World Cinema’s first slate of films including China’s The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman, India’s Dum Maaro Dum and Italy’s Angel of Evil – all critically acclaimed films that have played at festivals around the world.
Fox World Cinema is a newly created premiere line of diverse films from around the world which will be available on DVD, Video On Demand and Digital Download in the United States. Additional films from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s vast catalog of international favorites being rebranded under the new Fox World Cinema label include Slumdog Millionaire, La Misma Luna, Night Watch, Day Watch and My Name is Khan.
“Filmmakers around the world are creating provocative and entertaining films, many of...
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment today announced that September 27th will be the launch date for Fox World Cinema’s first slate of films including China’s The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman, India’s Dum Maaro Dum and Italy’s Angel of Evil – all critically acclaimed films that have played at festivals around the world.
Fox World Cinema is a newly created premiere line of diverse films from around the world which will be available on DVD, Video On Demand and Digital Download in the United States. Additional films from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s vast catalog of international favorites being rebranded under the new Fox World Cinema label include Slumdog Millionaire, La Misma Luna, Night Watch, Day Watch and My Name is Khan.
“Filmmakers around the world are creating provocative and entertaining films, many of...
- 8/17/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
Wearing a tank top and looking very down-to-earth, Kim Rossi Stuart tells me he’s tired. Indeed, he’s had a long day of interviews for his controversial film Angels of Evil (2010), and all of them in English - I am actually his first Italian interviewer. As it happens, the interviews have featured very similar questions, with one in particular which he had to answer every single time.
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- 5/30/2011
- by Matt Groizard
- CineVue
Michele Placido's ambitious epic crime film Romanzo Criminale covered 30 turbulent years in the lives of a group of working-class Roman kids from the 1960s to the 90s in the manner of Rosi, Coppola, Scorsese and Leone. His new film, a biography of the reckless Milanese Dillinger-type bankrobber Renato Vallanzasca (played by Kim Rossi Stuart), is much less good, and surprisingly poor on the larger social context. Vallanzasca, a hardman who never made any excuses for his conduct, exposed the incompetence and corruption of the Italian criminal justice system and has been behind bars for 15 years or more now.
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- 5/28/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Heartbeats (15)
(Xavier Dolan, 2010, Can) Xavier Dolan, Monia Chokri, Niels Schnieder, Anne Dorval. 101 mins.
He's young (22), talented, he directs, writes, produces and acts: don't you hate Xavier Dolan already? Those green with envy will find plenty to object to about the French-Canadian's second movie, not least the fact that it's rather good. It's a love triangle for our times: at its apex a charming Adonis who becomes the covert object of desire for two friends, a guy and a girl. Like its characters, it's not quite as sophisticated as it wants to be, but it's honest, accomplished and recklessly romantic.
The Hangover Part II (15)
(Todd Phillips, 2011, Us) Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms. 102 mins.
The location is different (Bangkok – or at least the movie version) but this sequel to the hit amnesiac prenuptial buddy comedy takes no risks with formula or cast (even Mr Chow is back). The adult humour, though,...
(Xavier Dolan, 2010, Can) Xavier Dolan, Monia Chokri, Niels Schnieder, Anne Dorval. 101 mins.
He's young (22), talented, he directs, writes, produces and acts: don't you hate Xavier Dolan already? Those green with envy will find plenty to object to about the French-Canadian's second movie, not least the fact that it's rather good. It's a love triangle for our times: at its apex a charming Adonis who becomes the covert object of desire for two friends, a guy and a girl. Like its characters, it's not quite as sophisticated as it wants to be, but it's honest, accomplished and recklessly romantic.
The Hangover Part II (15)
(Todd Phillips, 2011, Us) Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms. 102 mins.
The location is different (Bangkok – or at least the movie version) but this sequel to the hit amnesiac prenuptial buddy comedy takes no risks with formula or cast (even Mr Chow is back). The adult humour, though,...
- 5/27/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
A gangster yarn from Italy that falls well short of the Eurovillain charisma on display in the likes of Mesrine and Carlos, writes Peter Bradshaw
Veteran Italian actor and film-maker Michele Placido – who directed the crime thriller Romanzo Criminale – now gives us a big, brash but weirdly empty gangland drama based on the life and times of Renato Villanzasca: a bank robber, kidnapper, gangster, fugitive from justice and all-round cult figure from Milan, who dominated Italy's headlines in the 1970s. Kim Rossi Stuart, the movie's co-writer, gives a slightly uninteresting performance as Villanzasca himself, without anything like the charisma of Vincent Cassel in Mesrine, or Edgar Ramírez in Carlos. From Renato's predictably tearaway childhood, Placido takes us through Renato's violent, shapeless career in crime, getting his crew together, and climbing up the ladder to attain criminal pre-eminence. None of it's bad: but it leaves unanswered the question of why exactly...
Veteran Italian actor and film-maker Michele Placido – who directed the crime thriller Romanzo Criminale – now gives us a big, brash but weirdly empty gangland drama based on the life and times of Renato Villanzasca: a bank robber, kidnapper, gangster, fugitive from justice and all-round cult figure from Milan, who dominated Italy's headlines in the 1970s. Kim Rossi Stuart, the movie's co-writer, gives a slightly uninteresting performance as Villanzasca himself, without anything like the charisma of Vincent Cassel in Mesrine, or Edgar Ramírez in Carlos. From Renato's predictably tearaway childhood, Placido takes us through Renato's violent, shapeless career in crime, getting his crew together, and climbing up the ladder to attain criminal pre-eminence. None of it's bad: but it leaves unanswered the question of why exactly...
- 5/26/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Line Spotlights Mainstream Films From Around The Globe
Includes Selections From Cannes, Toronto And Venice Film Festivals
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is proud to announce the debut of Fox World Cinema, a newly created premiere line of diverse films from around the world which will be available on DVD, Video On Demand and Digital Download in the United States later this year. The initial slate will include Korea.s The Yellow Sea, screening at Cannes later this month as part of the Un Certain Regard program, the Chinese film The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman, which premiered at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival, India.s Dum Maaro Dum and Italy.s Vallanzasca: Angel of Evil which was shown at the Venice Film Festival, Los Angeles Italian Film Festival and the London Italian Film Festival.
.Filmmakers around the world are creating provocative and entertaining films, many of which are rarely seen outside their native countries,...
Includes Selections From Cannes, Toronto And Venice Film Festivals
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is proud to announce the debut of Fox World Cinema, a newly created premiere line of diverse films from around the world which will be available on DVD, Video On Demand and Digital Download in the United States later this year. The initial slate will include Korea.s The Yellow Sea, screening at Cannes later this month as part of the Un Certain Regard program, the Chinese film The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman, which premiered at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival, India.s Dum Maaro Dum and Italy.s Vallanzasca: Angel of Evil which was shown at the Venice Film Festival, Los Angeles Italian Film Festival and the London Italian Film Festival.
.Filmmakers around the world are creating provocative and entertaining films, many of which are rarely seen outside their native countries,...
- 5/6/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is recognizing films from overseas by launching the new label Fox World Cinema, which will release foreign movies on DVD, video-on-demand and for digital download.
Korean film The Yellow Sea
The first slate of movies will come out later this year and include Korea’s The Yellow Sea, Chinese film The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman, India’s Dum Maaro Dum and Italy’s Vallanzasca: Angel of Evil.
Screening at Cannes this month as part of the Un Certain Regard program, The Yellow Sea tells the story of a desperate man caught between rival gangs. While he looks for his missing wife in South Korea, he’s framed for murder.
Presented by director and producer Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity), The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman follows the journey of a mystical blade as it passes through the hands of three ambitious men.
Korean film The Yellow Sea
The first slate of movies will come out later this year and include Korea’s The Yellow Sea, Chinese film The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman, India’s Dum Maaro Dum and Italy’s Vallanzasca: Angel of Evil.
Screening at Cannes this month as part of the Un Certain Regard program, The Yellow Sea tells the story of a desperate man caught between rival gangs. While he looks for his missing wife in South Korea, he’s framed for murder.
Presented by director and producer Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity), The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman follows the journey of a mystical blade as it passes through the hands of three ambitious men.
- 5/6/2011
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Source: FilmShaft - Check Out These Images From Ace Gangster Epic Angels Of Evil
Just wait until you see Kim Rossi Stuart's incredible performance as Milanese crook Renato Vallanzasca in Michele Placido's forthcoming gangster epic Angels of Evil. It's a star-making turn in one of the coolest films of the year.
We caught Angels of Evil at the London Italian Film Festival in March and you can read a short review here London's Italian Film Festival 2011 but we'll be reviewing it proper for its UK release date on 27th May. In the meantime check out these stills from the movie.
If you loved the likes of recent Euro crime flicks such as Gommorah, Romanzo Criminale, Carlos, Mesrine and the Baader Meinhof Complex, this is for you! Co-starring with Kim Rossi Stuart is Valeria Solarino, Moritz Bleibtreu, Francesco Scianna and Paz Vega.
Set in Italy in the 1970s, Angels Of Evil...
Just wait until you see Kim Rossi Stuart's incredible performance as Milanese crook Renato Vallanzasca in Michele Placido's forthcoming gangster epic Angels of Evil. It's a star-making turn in one of the coolest films of the year.
We caught Angels of Evil at the London Italian Film Festival in March and you can read a short review here London's Italian Film Festival 2011 but we'll be reviewing it proper for its UK release date on 27th May. In the meantime check out these stills from the movie.
If you loved the likes of recent Euro crime flicks such as Gommorah, Romanzo Criminale, Carlos, Mesrine and the Baader Meinhof Complex, this is for you! Co-starring with Kim Rossi Stuart is Valeria Solarino, Moritz Bleibtreu, Francesco Scianna and Paz Vega.
Set in Italy in the 1970s, Angels Of Evil...
- 5/6/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Last week saw the annual London Italian Film Festival showcase a week of exciting new Italian cinema at Ciné Lumière. This year’s raft of 10 titles was picked by Irene Bignardi and two Film London’s Adrian Wootton. They chose well. Very well, indeed. The festival continues throughout March at the Italian Cultural Institute with an homage to Federico Fellini and Mario Monicelli and a series of screenings focused on film and food.
Film-goers were treated to Passion (dir: Jon Turturro), We Believed (dir. Mario Martone), And Peace On Earth (dirs: Matteo Botrugno & Daniele Coluccini), Lost Kisses (dir. Roberta Torre), Basilicata Coast To Coast (dir. Rocco Papaleo), Angels of Evil (dir. Michele Placido), Sorelle Mai (dir. Marco Bellocchio), The Passion (dir. Carlo Mazzacurati), A Quiet Life (dir. Claudio Cupellini) and Gorbaciof (dir. Stefano Incerti).
One thing is for sure, all the films shown deserve to be seen and distributed in the UK.
Film-goers were treated to Passion (dir: Jon Turturro), We Believed (dir. Mario Martone), And Peace On Earth (dirs: Matteo Botrugno & Daniele Coluccini), Lost Kisses (dir. Roberta Torre), Basilicata Coast To Coast (dir. Rocco Papaleo), Angels of Evil (dir. Michele Placido), Sorelle Mai (dir. Marco Bellocchio), The Passion (dir. Carlo Mazzacurati), A Quiet Life (dir. Claudio Cupellini) and Gorbaciof (dir. Stefano Incerti).
One thing is for sure, all the films shown deserve to be seen and distributed in the UK.
- 3/9/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
The Italian Film Festival 2011 will kick off on 1 March 2011 with a concert at London’s Cadogan Hall by Nicola Piovani, winner of the Academy Award for the score of Roberto Benigni’s Life Is Beautiful in 1998. The festival, due to become an annual event, is organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in London and Cinecittà Luce in Rome.
The festival’s programme includes ten new Italian films: a selection of eight titles made by Italian film critic Irene Bignardi and a special choice of two by Adrian Wootton of Film London. The screenings at Ciné Lumière will be followed by Q&A sessions with directors and actors.
The event will offer an opportunity for London audiences to see Italian films most of which have yet to be screened in the UK, and a rare opportunity for British film distributors to catch up with brand new, cutting edge Italian cinema. The...
The festival’s programme includes ten new Italian films: a selection of eight titles made by Italian film critic Irene Bignardi and a special choice of two by Adrian Wootton of Film London. The screenings at Ciné Lumière will be followed by Q&A sessions with directors and actors.
The event will offer an opportunity for London audiences to see Italian films most of which have yet to be screened in the UK, and a rare opportunity for British film distributors to catch up with brand new, cutting edge Italian cinema. The...
- 2/22/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
As I rightly predicted yesterday, Michele Placido's biopic on infamous Italian criminal Renato Vallanzasca will indeed be heading to the Lido. Announced at a press conference by 20th Century Fox Italy, Vallanzasca would receive an out of competition slot at the Venice Film Fest, which means Fortissimo Films could very well transfer the title for a Tiff premiere and further market sales. Formerly titled "Il Fiore del Male" and inspired by the book of the same name, scripted by Gerardo Amato, Michele Placido, Andrea Purgatori and Kim Rossi Stuart (this reunites Placido and Stuart) , the pic is now going by the name of the principle person that is involved. This is based on the life of Renato Vallanzasca (played by Rossi Stuart), known as handsome Renè a notorious criminal who terrorized Milan in the 1970s. He has spent 38 of his 58 years in jail. Here's an set pic below you...
- 7/13/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Filippo Timi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno Vincere (top); Valerio Mastandrea, Stefania Sandrelli The First Beautiful Thing (middle); Antonio Albanese, Kim Rossi Stuart Matters of the Heart (bottom) The First Beautiful Thing, Baaria, Vincere: David di Donatello 2010 Among the Best European Union Film nominees for the 2010 David di Donatello awards are Michael Haneke’s European Film Award winner The White Ribbon, Jacques Audiard’s Cesar winner A Prophet, and Fatih Akin’s German Film Award nominee Soul Kitchen. Outside of the European film world, Italian Academy voters apparently watched only American movies in the last 12 months, as all five nominees in the Best Foreign Film category are Hollywood productions. Among those are James Cameron’s Avatar, Joel and Ethan Coen’s A Serious Man, and [...]...
- 4/16/2010
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Rome -- "La Prima Cosa Bella" (The First Beautiful Thing), a noir comedy from Paolo Virzi set in the 1970s, surprisingly emerged as the most nominated film for Italy's best-known film honor, the David di Donatello awards on Thursday.
The relatively low profile film was nominated in a year-best 18 categories including the top categories of best film and best director, outpacing more heralded projects including Marco Bellocchio's Mussolini biopic "Vincere" (which premiered in Cannes last year), Giuseppe Tornatore's Sicilian epic "Baaria" (Italy's candidate for the foreign language Oscar), and "Mine Viganti" (Loose Cannons) a comedy set in southern Italy from Ferzan Ozpetek (the film debuted in Berlin). Winners will be announced May 7.
Bellocchio, Tornatore, and Ozpetek's films still did well among nominees, garnering 15, 14, and 12 nominations, respectively. All three were nominated in the best film and best director categories, where they will face off against Virzi and "La Prima Cosa Bella...
The relatively low profile film was nominated in a year-best 18 categories including the top categories of best film and best director, outpacing more heralded projects including Marco Bellocchio's Mussolini biopic "Vincere" (which premiered in Cannes last year), Giuseppe Tornatore's Sicilian epic "Baaria" (Italy's candidate for the foreign language Oscar), and "Mine Viganti" (Loose Cannons) a comedy set in southern Italy from Ferzan Ozpetek (the film debuted in Berlin). Winners will be announced May 7.
Bellocchio, Tornatore, and Ozpetek's films still did well among nominees, garnering 15, 14, and 12 nominations, respectively. All three were nominated in the best film and best director categories, where they will face off against Virzi and "La Prima Cosa Bella...
- 4/8/2010
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Maria de Medeiros (top); Belén Rueda (middle); Kim Rossi Stuart (bottom) The European Film Academy (Efa) has enlisted a group of Ambassadors of European Film to cooperate in the promotion of European cinema and the European Film Awards. From the European Film Academy’s press release, the Efa Ambassadors are: Moritz Bleibtreu, actor, Germany One of the best-known German faces in international cinema, Moritz Bleibtreu first shot to international attention as Manni in Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run (1998). He was nominated in 2001 for the Efa People’s Choice Award for The Experiment by Oliver Hirschbiegel and is now nominated for European Actor for his role as Andreas Baader in The Baader Meinhof Complex by Uli Edel. Stephen Daldry, director, UK [...]...
- 11/17/2009
- by Edwige Andersson
- Alt Film Guide
- For a good decade, they were stuck with contemporary melodramas that in some cases, came across as bad soap opera television. Since Gomorrah and Il Divo strong-armed their way into theaters, box office tallies in Italy have most likely changed for the better, and perhaps to an outsider like myself, it meant a return to form for Italian film in general. Expect to see major funding for the next vague of films to go towards film depicting political crimes and mafia crime dramas and perhaps, Michele Placido is among the first to have hit the jackpot receiving the backing 20th Century Fox Italia for his next project. Cineruopa.org confirms that production for Il Fiore del Male will begin later this year on a biopic on a notorious criminal named Renato Vallanzasca. Placido re-teams with one of Italy's best actor in Kim Rossi Stuart, who starred in Placido's Romanzo Criminale
- 7/7/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
The 21st European Film Awards have announced their presenters and guest line up, with Danish TV personality Mikael Bertelsen tapped as the emcee at the ceremony on December 6.
European stars have been lined up to present at the prestigious awards show, including British singer Marianne Faithfull, two-time European Film Award winner Julia Jentsch from Germany, Denmark's Paprika Steen, Andrzej Chyra from Poland, Mads Mikkelsen from Denmark, Kim Rossi Stuart from Italy, and Santiago Segura from Spain.
Acclaimed jazz group Dr Big Band from Denmark will be providing music for the evening, under the direction of Chris Minh Doky.
Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary will be among the revered guests. Dame Judi Dench, Dogma founders Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Lars von Trier, and Thomas Vinterberg are all expected to attend.
European stars have been lined up to present at the prestigious awards show, including British singer Marianne Faithfull, two-time European Film Award winner Julia Jentsch from Germany, Denmark's Paprika Steen, Andrzej Chyra from Poland, Mads Mikkelsen from Denmark, Kim Rossi Stuart from Italy, and Santiago Segura from Spain.
Acclaimed jazz group Dr Big Band from Denmark will be providing music for the evening, under the direction of Chris Minh Doky.
Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary will be among the revered guests. Dame Judi Dench, Dogma founders Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Lars von Trier, and Thomas Vinterberg are all expected to attend.
- 12/1/2008
- icelebz.com
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