Category: Arts & Culture

Sorrentino’s Notti Magiche

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. 

Bellucci, A Different Kind of Diva

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.