All Italy articles – Page 17
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NewsNetflix adds features by Cristina Comencini and Alessandro Genovesi to Italian slate
Comencini’s feature credits include Venice competition titles ’Don’t Tell’ (2005) and ’When The Night’ (2011).
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News‘Acsexybility’, ‘Stroking An Animal’ head to North America for The Open Reel (exclusive)
Italian sales outfit The Open Reel has struck key deals on its slate.
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Reviews‘El Paraiso’: Venice Review
A Colombian immigrant and her adult son find their bond under threat in this intense Italian drama.
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Reviews‘An Endless Sunday’: Venice Review
Long hot summer Sundays in Rome form the basis of this Italian debut, produced by Wim Wenders
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Reviews‘Lubo’: Venice Review
Frank Rogowski stars in a meandering drama about Switzerland’s persecution of Yenish children
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Reviews‘Io Capitano’: Venice Review
Matteo Garrone’s Competition entry follows two Sengalese teenagers hoping to achieve their dreams in Europe
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NewsVenice’s Alberto Barbera defends selecting Roman Polanski’s ‘The Palace’, as he admits film “not completely resolved”
“There has been a lack of respect towards Polanski,” said Barbera of the overwhelmingly negative reviews of his film.
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Reviews‘About Last Year’: Venice Review
Unusual documentary captures three cisgender friends as they find acceptance and release in Turin’s ballroom scene
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Reviews‘Enea’: Venice Review
A young man struggles in Rome’s upper classes in Pietro Castellitto’s Competition entry
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NewsVenice posts admissions increase for 2023 festival so far; issues strikes statement
“The positive response of audiences represents an act of respect for artists on strike.”
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Reviews‘The Palace’: Venice Review
Roman Polanski’s attempted comedy set in a Swiss luxury hotel proves to be anything but five star
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NewsItaly and Hong Kong strike film cooperation agreement
Agreement signed at Venice Film Festival.
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Reviews‘Adagio’: Venice Review
Pierfrancesco Favino and Toni Servillo play two ageing mob-men in the final part of Stefano Sollima’s Rome-set crime trilogy
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Reviews‘Finally Dawn’: Venice Review
Saverio Costanzo’s Cinecitta-set delight harks to the heyday of ‘Hollywood on the Tiber’ and co-stars Lily James and Willem Dafoe
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NewsWhy Italian films are making their presence felt at this year's Venice
Production in Italy has boomed in recent years, and so too have budgets and international investment.
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Reviews‘Comandante’: Venice Review
Venice opens with this pointed dramatisation of a World War II story in which a Fascist submarine commander rescued the people he torpedoed
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NewsGary Oldman joins cast of Paolo Sorrentino’s untitled latest film
As-yet-untitled feature is currently being shot in Italy
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NewsFrench, Italian cinema guilds unite in support of US strikes, set Venice symposium
French film organisations ARP, directors’ guild SRF spearhead initiative.
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NewsAuschwitz drama ‘Enemy Of My Enemy’ from ‘1917’ producer Jayne-Ann Tenggren takes shape
US-Poland co-production tells story of unsung hero Witold Pilecki.
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NewsItalian box office finally sparks back to life as admissions soar in first half of 2023
Strong release slate, younger audiences, event screenings, more summer releases and government initiatives have boosted Italian exhibitors.