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840 articles available in total starting from 31/05/2002. Last article published on 27/12/2018.

Silvio Forever: "Autobiography" of an over-the-top man

"Making a wicked film about Berlusconi would’ve been too easy. Instead, we wanted to show the arc of a over-the-top figure, who speaks to the gut of the country like no one else, through...  

22/03/2011 | Films | Italy

Vanzinas’ Sotto il vestito niente fights the "intoxication" of recent comedies

It’s not a remake, or a sequel. It has the same title as their 1985 film, but the filmmakers would rather it be considered a reboot, a rewrite. Sotto il vestito niente - L'ultima sfilata (“Nothing...  

21/03/2011 | Films | Italy

The consequences of greed: Servillo and Il Gioiellino

After his brilliant 2007 debut with the multiple award-winning The Girl by the Lake, Andrea Molaioli is back with Il gioiellino (“The Little Gem”, out on March on 170 screens through BIM), a...  

01/03/2011 | Films | Italy

Desire meets decline in Salt of Life

While The Salt of Life comes out February 11 in Italy on 150 screens through 01 Distribution and will screen the following day in the Berlinale Special section, Fandango Portobello has already...  

08/02/2011 | Films | Italy

A rematch of the sexes in Femmine contro maschi

More than a war of the sexes, it could be called a match, given one of the character’s football obsession. Hence, Maschi contro femmine (Males vs. Females, released October 27, 2010), is followed...  

28/01/2011 | Films | Italy

“Suburban crocodiles” back on screens

In Germany yesterday, Constantin launched the third and final instalment in the adventures of the "Vorstadtkrokodile" ("suburban crocodiles"), those budding detectives from the Ruhr who were...  

21/01/2011 | Films | Germany/Austria

Firth moves in The King’s Speech

You can't be blamed for perhaps never having been moved when listening to one of the members of the royal family speak. But Colin Firth in the role of Giorgio VI delivering his call to action...  

19/01/2011 | Films | UK

Qualunquemente: When reality and fantasy are equally repellent

Once upon a time Italian cinema was ahead of the times, and could read the clues of the present to predict the immediate future. Things have changed, and the “blame” lies (not only) in cinema but,...  

18/01/2011 | Films | Italy

Immaturi: Six characters in search of meaning

It’s a recurring nightmare that haunts millions of students: repeating graduation exams [called “maturity exams” in Italian]. For many, it’s the ideal plot for a horror film (or at least a...  

12/01/2011 | Films | Italy

Un giorno della vita reminiscent of Truffaut and Tornatore

A low budget and high ambitions mark the debut film of 50-year-old Giuseppe Papasso, who in making Un giorno della vita (“A Day in the Life”) was inspired by François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows to...  

11/01/2011 | Films | Italy

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