Lavorare non è vergogna, non lavorare è vergogna: LA CLASSE OPERAIA VA IN PARADISO
Lavorare non è vergogna, non lavorare è vergogna: LA CLASSE OPERAIA VA IN PARADISO
IAN: a true story that melts hearts for this Oscars’ season
Abel Goldfarb’s Ian is an outstanding animated short movie winner of the Oscar qualifying prize at the LA Shorts International Film Fest. Ian tells the story, the true story of a nine-year disabled boy, Ian precisely, born with cerebral palsy and who wants to make friends outside his school (where his mum told in Cannes…
Dates and poster revealed for the 59th Monte-Carlo Television Festival
The 59th Monte-Carlo Television Festival will take place from Friday, June 14th to Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 at the Grimaldi Forum. Organized under the Honorary Presidency of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, the Monte-Carlo Television Festival is a major event in the international television professionals’ calendar. Originally created by Prince Rainier III of Monaco,…
First look at Garrett Hedlund in Dirt Music
Shoot began in September in Australia for Oz-Uk drama Dirt Music. Adapted from Tim Winton‘s novel by Jack Thorne, the movie is directed by Gregor Jordan (Ian Thorpe: The Swimmer, Buffalo Soldier). Dirt Music tells the story of the illegal romance between the fragile Georgie (Kelly Macdonald, Goodbye Christopher Robin, Anna Karenina, Harry Potter and the…
Aaron Tveit ready to warm hearts and souls on this New Year’s Eve at Feinstein’s/54 Below
New Year’s Eve in New York is becoming more and more dreamy, like Josh Duhamel looking for Sarah Jessica Parker ( or Katherine Heigl slapping Bon Jovi backstage, that’s up to yours point of view) in the New Year’s Eve movie. Especially if you’re willing to forget about the cold Time Square and its traditional…
Once upon a time: TELL ME A STORY
Tell Me a Story is the new icky shows by Kevin Williamson (Stalker). The new series by CBS All Access retells the classic fairytales by Grimm brothers: Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel plus Three Little Pigs but twisted in a dark brain-set. Season one starts with The Three no-Little Pigs, a jewelry-store- robber…
64th Evening Standard Awards: nominees reveled
The nominees for the 64th Evening Standard Awards have been reveled, with several categories expanding to five nominees to reflect the wealth of talent on the London theatre scene. Laura Linney (My Name is Lucy Barton), Carey Mulligan (Girls and Boys), Cecilia Noble (Nine Night), Sophie Okonedo (Antony and Cleopatra) and Lia Williams (The Prime…
LFF: “Out of Blue”or a crime story about connections
Based on Martin Amis novel Night Train, this poignant mix of crime movie and drama is the new creation by surprising director Carol Morley whose passion for eerie stories and female characters already emerged with her previous The Falling. Mike Hoolihan (Patricia Clarkson) is investigating on the mysterious death of an astrophysicist (Mamie Gummer). Her research will soon try to get…
LFF: “Suspiria” by Luca Guadagnino. A variation on a theme by Dario Argento.
An important premise: it’s pointless to compare the original Suspiria by Dario Argento with this version just released by Call Me By Your Name acclaimed director Luca Guadagnino as this one is more a variation on a theme created by Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi. The original plot, which sees the young Suzy Bannion (Dakota Johnson) join the Markos…
LFF: “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” or six ways to die in the West
After the successful remake of True Grit, Joel and Ethan Coen take another walk down the violent Memory Lane of Old Wild West with a curious experiment which puts together various stories they wrote down along the last twenty-five years. It was initially conceived as a mini-series but later found its final shape as a movie which has been awarded…
“The Inheritance”: is this newly released play one of the most important of the century already?
Quoting E.M. Forster Howards End, on which themes The Inheritance is based, “One may as well begin with…” With what? It is difficult to say where to begin with a play which, after rave reviews during its sold out run at The Young Vic Theatre, is now returned after a few months hiatus, for another successful and…
The eyes of Glenn Close make “The Wife” an unforgettable experience.
Early morning. The telephone rings in the house of acclaimed writer Joseph Castleman (Jonathan Pryce). It’s the Swedish Academy, announcing that Joseph will be awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature. News are overwhelming and soon the Castlemans are surrounded by the joy and congratulations of all their friends, praising the writer and his family:…
L’autunno di LaF si arrichisce ancora rendendo unica l’offerta culturale del canale 135 di Sky
Gli appassionati italiani delle serie targate BBC e ITV; ma non solo, ne hanno fatto il loro miglior amico da alcuni anni. Stiamo parlando di LaF, il canale 135 di Sky dedicato agli amanti dei libri e della cultura che, anno dopo anno, in controtendenza con i canali televisivi pubblici, accresce il suo palinsesto con…
World premiere of Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old announced for 62nd BFI London Film Festival
2018 is the year to mark the centenary of the First World War, and the internationally renowned director Peter Jackson (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings) just mixed his personal allure with the period and his Academy Award-winning directorial genius to bring the First World War to life in a way never seen before.…
62nd BFI LFF: Lenny Abrahamson announced as Jury President, and another first: the public will be invited to the award presentation at a special screening of the winning film.
The 62nd BFI London Film Festival just announced the ten contenders for the Official Competition: Birds of Passage (Pájaros de verano) by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra Destroyer by Karyn Kusama Happy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro felice) by Alice Rohrwacher Happy New Year, Colin Burstead. by Ben Wheatley In Fabric by Peter Strickland Joy by Sudabeh…
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