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Gabriele Barcaro


443 articles available in total starting from 25/06/2007. Last article published on 03/02/2011.

Turin’s Infidel is a Muslim Homer Simpson

“Comedy is the best way to tackle dangerous themes such as religious conflicts, in order to play down and defuse absurdities,” says British director Josh Appignanesi, whose sophomore film The...  

30/11/2010 | Festivals | Italy

Clinton and Blair’s Special Relationship captured at Turin

In 1992 Tony Blair took lessons in “political communications” from Bill Clinton’s experts. A few years later he was invited to the White House, highly unusual for an opposition leader, for his...  

30/11/2010 | Festivals | Italy

Successful TorinoFilmLab keeps growing

The creators of the TorinoFilmLab (TLF) can be more than happy. For the workshop dedicated to supporting the talent of tomorrow, 2010 was a good year, to say the least. Two of the films developed...  

29/11/2010 | Training/Production | Italy

Lucini's Donna a polished romantic comedy

Who is La donna della mia vita (“The Woman of My Dreams”) of the title of the new film by Luca Lucini? From the poster, one would say Valentina Lodovini (recently seen in Benvenuti al Sud),...  

22/11/2010 | Films | Italy

Harry Potter: The end begins

Despite its title, whose esoteric meaning is clear as a bell to the readers of J.K. Rowling, the new Harry Potter film takes about 120 of its 146 minutes to reveal to audiences what the deathly...  

16/11/2010 | Films | UK/USA

From the Waist Down a prison Cyrano tale

As in a modern version of Cyrano de Bergerac, Gianfrancesco Lazotti’s From the Waist Down begins with a letter written per interposta persona: Rosalba (Nicoletta Romanoff) can’t find the right...  

15/11/2010 | Films | Italy

Turin showcases emerging and established filmmakers

“Films with an innovative and surprisingly efficient language” is how artistic director-filmmaker Gianni Amelio describes this year’s Turin Film Festival (November 26-December 4) selection. Amelio...  

11/11/2010 | Festivals | Italy

Le cose che restano, una famiglia che è lo specchio del Paese

In un festival già colpito dalle polemiche per le copie difettose (Carlos) e quelle doppiate (The Social Network), ancora discussioni e giornalisti inviperiti: stavolta la copia c’è, peccato che...  

05/11/2010 | Festival di Roma | Eventi speciali/Italia

L’estate di Martino, tra Storia e fiaba

Raccontare un’estate di sangue (quella del 1980, due stragi – l’abbattimento del DC-9 nei cieli di Ustica e la bomba alla Stazione di Bologna – in poco più di un mese) filtrandola attraverso gli...  

03/11/2010 | Festival di Roma | Alice nella città/Italia

Winx fly into 3D

Born from the imagination of Iginio Straffi, Winx are today the standard-bearers of Italian product across the world. A global hit produced by Rainbow S.p.A., they first appeared on TV (where the...  

29/10/2010 | Rome Film Festival | Alice in the City/Italy

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