The Return, a more Human Odyssey
TORONTO – While almost a third of the world’s population celebrated Christmas last week, a seemingly equal amount of cinephiles,…….
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Capturing the Magic of Calabria, Basileia
TORONTO – Well before those patrilineal Romans introduced themselves to the neighbourhood, ancient Italic tribes – in what is now…….
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Michele Morrone returns to Netflix
TORONTO – He may not be the most acclaimed or even busiest actor in Italy, but Michele Morrone is arguably…….
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A Woodpecker goes to Hollywood
TORONTO – Nicknamed “Picchio” as a little boy by his father, Actor Pierfrancesco Favino was so enamoured with the moniker…….
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Global Audiences Need More from Italy
TORONTO – Italian Director Paolo Sorrentino, whose latest movie Parthenope is breaking box office records in Italy, has announced that…….
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Anna Magnani in a class of her own
TORONTO – “Anna Magnani was always a reflection of her people, where she came from. And so we’re missing a…….
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Schneider and Bertolucci, an [Endless] Last Tango
TORONTO – When Aristotle was stating his law of non-contradiction in the work Gamma of Metaphysics, it wasn’t likely that…….
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Parthenope, Coming of Age in Napoli
TORONTO – Italian and Neapolitan Author Luciano De Crescenzo once said that his concept of Naples is “not so much…….
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Kevin Spacey stages a comeback with Italian Thriller
TORONTO – Film audiences have seen Kevin Spacey play duplicitous and sometimes vile villains, from a serial killer and a…….
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Bunny-man, Italy’s First Indie Superhero Movie
TORONTO – Coincidentally, days after my teenage sons and I were discussing hypothetical crossovers in the comic book world –…….
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Tax Credits for Cinema: like a Ferrari absent Test Circuits
TORONTO – The biggest networking event in the film industry, the American Film Market (AFM), was hosted in Las Vegas…….
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Conclave Director ousts Italian Characters
TORONTO – Conclave, the film adaptation of Robert Harris’ 2016 fictional novel about internal conflict and political maneuvering within the…….
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“Waltzing with Brando” in Torino
TORONTO – For years the Torino and Rome Film Festivals have jockeyed with each other for the title of “second…….
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A Meditative Documentary about Carlo Scarpa
TORONTO – Stefano Croci and Silvia Siberini’s “challenging” and intriguing documentary The Pavilion on the Water recently screened at the…….
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