A scene from A hero at Ashgar Farhadi. With his film Farhadi pays homage to «the Italian cinema of the golden age, one above all Vittorio De Sica and his bike thieves», The Iranian director confesses,« I also love films by Fellini, Pasolini, Ettore Scola, Visconti and brothers Taviani. I believe that your cinema is […]
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2021, the year of Italian successes
A glorious year is leaving us. For theItaly, the 2021 has been synonymous with victory (between cinema, music and sport) but also of ransom. Just think of the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize of doctors and nurses for their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our healthcare personnel it was the first in the Western […]
Bradley Cooper at the 2022 Oscars: will it be the right time?
The nominations will be announced on February 9, but the American press is ready to bet that the next will be the Bradley Cooper Oscars. The actor, who in the past nine years has been nominated for the award eight times without ever winning it – he was nominated for Best Actor for The positive […]
Oscar 2022, in the shortlist there is also Paolo Sorrentino with It was the hand of God
Paolo Sorrentino did it. And, after the Golden Globe nomination, wins a place on the shortlist at the Academy Awards among the 15 titles competing in the Best Foreign Film category. For the five and the official nomination it is still early (the announcement takes place on February 8) but the step forward seems crucial […]
30 years of Beauty and the Beast, 10 curiosities about the Disney classic
The Beauty and the Beast celebrates 30 years of magic, In the 30º Disney animated classic based on the fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. When the film was released worldwide (November 22, 1991) it was an unprecedented success, driven by the spectacular music by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman – to whom the […]
It was the hand of God returns to Naples and prepares for the Oscar
Paolo Sorrentino presented his film It was the hand of God (in theaters from November 24 and on Netflix from December 15) in Naples. It couldn’t be otherwise. After his debut with The extra man the Oscar winner has returned to shoot his most personal film in his hometown. And yes, because behind the young […]
Top 10: the most talented… and chic directors of the year
The data is unquestionable, the turnaround evident. This had already been understood at the beginning of the year, when in the magical night of the Oscar to get their hands on the statuette assigned to the best director – but, be careful, also to the one for the best film – it was Chloe Zhao, […]
Filippo Scotti, “It was Paolo’s hand”
This article is published in number 45 of Vanity Fair on newsstands until November 9, 2021 Yesterday he was one of the many hopeful young actors with a few short films and a couple of series behind him. Today, 22 years not yet turned, he is the protagonist of the autobiographical masterpiece by Paolo Sorrentino […]
It was the hand of God will represent Italy at the Oscars
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The news was in the air from the first at the Venice Film Festival and, now, it is finally confirmed: Sara It was the hand of God by Paolo Sorrentino to represent Italy at the 2022 Oscars. The film, which will be available on Netflix from December 15 after a visit to selected cinemas on […]