TORONTO – Coming off the heels of the three largest annual film festivals (Cannes, Venice and Toronto), the Rome Film Festival has had to fluff its feathers a little differently to get noticed, since its inaugural event in 2006. Historically, the main challenge for Rome’s event was in attracting top filmmakers and celebrities, and in creating a large enough media storm to remain relevant – so late in the year. By October, rival programmers have scooped the “most buzzed about” World Premiers and heavy hitters, leaving Rome’s cinephiles and journalists with little left to write home about.
TORONTO – Dopo una settimana disperata, che ha incluso la morte della leggenda di Italia ’90 Toto Schillaci e il licenziamento senza cerimonie di Daniele De Rossi dell’AS Roma, un ricordo cinematografico attraverso la nostalgica allegria e il dramma di formazione di Sorrentino “La mano di Dio”, sembra appropriato…
TORONTO – After a despairing week which included the death of the Italia ‘90 legend Toto Schillaci, and the unceremonious sacking of AS Roma’s Daniele De Rossi, a cinematic reminisce via Sorrentino’s nostalgic frolic and coming-of-age drama “The Hand of God”, seems appropriate. In Sorrentino’s semi-autobiographical film however, an elusive and diminutive Argentine is the hero, not Toto. The two did cross paths of course, three year’s after the film’s infamous summer setting, the season Napoli won their first Scudetto – courtesy of Maradona’s magic.
TORONTO – Dopo aver aperto l’81° Festival del Cinema di Venezia con una standing ovation, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice riporta un po’ degli anni ’80 al cinema. Ma persino il sequel di Tim Burton della commedia dark del 1988 presenta qualcosa di inaspettato, e si presenta sotto forma della “Diva” più unica d’Italia, “sfigurata” com’è nel ruolo…
TORONTO – After having opened the 81st Venice Film Festival to a standing ovation, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is bringing a little bit of the 80s back to cinema. But even Tim Burton’s sequel to the 1988 dark comedy brings something unexpected, and it’s in the form of Italy’s most unique “Diva” – mangled as she is in the role.
