In Italian cinemas from 12 October, The other half of the story is the second feature film - realized after Lunchbox and before Our souls at night, presented out of competition at the 74th Venice International Film Festival in Venice - the young Indian director Ritesh Batra. Perfectly in line with the rest of his filmography, Batra also in this occasion he wanted to stage a fairy tale of normal everyday life: Tony Webster is a quiet retiree, divorced, lover of vintage cameras and about to become a grandfather. One day, But, His life seems to undergo a shake, in the moment
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Special 74th International Film Festival - reviews #8
Presented in competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Angels wear white it is the second feature of the young Chinese director Vivian Qu. Mia and Wen are two girls of sixteen and twelve years, each of which has been forced to grow up before their time. Mia is an orphan, He does not know the exact date of birth and works as a cleaner and receptionist at a hotel by the sea. His life will change when, by one of the surveillance monitors, assisterà all’aggressione di due bambine da parte del
Special 74th International Film Festival - reviews #7
Presented in competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, mother! It is the last, disturbing feature of the famous American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky. A writer in crisis, and his young wife live in a large villa isolated from the rest of the world. Balances seem to break when a stranger suddenly swoops in their home, claiming to be a man admired and have been lost. Nothing unusual so far, were it not for the fact that, the following morning, also the stranger's wife will break into house, seguita a ruota dai due
Special 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice – reviews #6
Presented in competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Ex Libris - New York Public LIbrary is the last work of the famous documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. Il tema preso in esame, this time, è la cultura e l’impatto che essa ha sulla società. La sua importanza apparentemente potrebbe essere data quasi per scontata, ma, in reality, è pericolosamente sottovalutata. E così Wiseman, insieme alla sua troupe, fa il suo ingresso nelle principali biblioteche disseminate per i quartieri di New York, mostrandoci, from time to time, conferenze, debates, ma anche concerti o, simply, momenti di relax o
Special 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice – reviews #5
Presented in competition in the Horizons section at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Marvin is the last work of the Luxembourg director, but French by adoption, Anne Fontaine. La storia raccontata è quella del giovane Marvin Bijoux, il quale abita con la sua famiglia in un paesino di provincia e, maltrattato dai compagni di classe che già sospettano la sua omosessualità, riesce ad accettarsi e a ritrovare sé stesso soltanto dopo aver iniziato un corso di teatro, spinto da un’illuminata insegnante. Una volta finite le scuole, il ragazzo continuerà a dedicarsi al teatro
Special 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice – reviews #4
Presented in competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Human Flow è l’ultimo documentario diretto dal controverso artista cinese Ai Weiwei, who, for the occasion, ha affrontato un lungo viaggio al fianco dei numerosi migranti di tutto il mondo. Al giorno d’oggi, more than 65 milioni di persone in tutto il mondo sono state obbligate ad abbandonare le loro case ed il loro paese a causa di guerre, carestie o cambiamenti climatici. Per quanto riguarda l’informazione circa le reali cause scatenanti o le condizioni di vita dei migranti, There are,
Special 74th International Film Festival - reviews #3
Presented in competition in the Horizons section at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Under the tree è l’ultimo lungometraggio del giovane cineasta islandese Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurosson. That from which kicks off the whole affair is indeed a difficult situation, ma, in reality, much more common than you might think: Atli, father of a child a few years, He is thrown out by his wife after cheating on her. The man, so, He will be forced to move for a few days by parents, ancora sconvolti per la perdita del figlio maggiore ed in continua disputa
Special 74th International Film Festival - reviews #2
Presented in competition at the 74th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, First Reformed is the latest feature film directed by acclaimed director Paul Schrader. Father Toller is a former military chaplain, and pastor of a small church in the province, tormented by guilt over the death of his son, after he forced to enlist, ma, at the same time, with the difficult task of helping a young married couple expecting their first child to regain confidence towards life. Alcuni dei leit motiv di tutta la filmografia del regista
Special 74th International Venice Film Festival – reviews #1
Film di apertura di questa 74° edizione della Mostra del Cinema di Venezia è Downsizing, latest work of the acclaimed filmmaker Alexander Payne, in competition for the Golden Lion. In order to solve the problem of overpopulation, some Norwegian scientists found a way to lessen people of several centimeters. In this way there will be many benefits, both from an economic point of view that environmental. Obviously, every citizen will be free to choose whether to have or not shrinking. Paul and his wife Audrey, eg, sono tra le persone interessate a questo nuovo
In Italian cinemas from 24 August, Despicable Me 3
Despicable Me 3 It is the last (at the moment) chapter of the successful animation saga began in 2010 with Despicable Me, which was followed Despicable Me 2 (2013) e lo spin-off Minions (2015). Even during this last chapter, the direction was entrusted to the French Pierre Coffin - his, Moreover, the task of doubling the cute minions - while his right arm was replaced by Chris Renaud Kyle Balda. After more than four years since the last chapter, find, as always, the former very bad Crane, happily married