In cinemas directly from #CANNES75: Armageddon Time di James Gray

A fresco of 1980s America in a delicate family history - Armageddon Time - Marina's review (Photos are courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival) The story of a nation seen through the eyes of a single character. The 1980 it is a crucial year to say the least in the history of the United States of America. On the eve of Ronald Reagan's election as President, young Paul (played by Michael Banks Repeta) he attends a public school together with his friend Johnny (Jaylin Webb). The boy dreams of

Le nomination del Premio Franz Grabner 2023

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On behalf of the Franz Grabner Prize Council, The Diagonal is pleased to announce the nominations for the Prize Franz Grabner 2023.   BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM: Living Together di Thomas Fürhapter (AT 2021). The Last Dialogue di Fabian Eder (AT 2021) The Way You Shine di Evelyne Faye (AT 2022).   BEST TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY: Visionen Bauen di Diego Breit Lira (AT 2022) Away with it - Die Kunst der Entsorgung di Karin Berghammer (AT 2022) Wohnen um jeden Preis di Kim Kadlec (AT 2022).   The Franz Grabner Prize 2023 sarà assegnato alla Diagonale'23 nelle categorie documentario cinematografico e documentario televisivo ed è

#BERLINALE73 – 16/26 February 2023 SPECIAL #12 (DAY 9)

(from Berlin Luigi Noera and Marina Pavido - The photos are published courtesy of BERLINALE) The Last Night of Love by director and actor Andrea Di Stefano - La recensione di Marina Pavido Presentato in anteprima mondiale alla 73° edizione della Berlinale, within the Berlinale Special Gala section, The Last Night of Love is the third feature film by actor Andrea Di Stefano. In The Last Night of Love, therefore, we see the good Pierfrancesco Favino in the role of Franco Amore, just, an esteemed police officer who after thirty-five years of honorable service is

#BERLINALE73 – 16/26 February 2023 SPECIAL #10 (DAY 7)

(from Berlin Luigi Noera and Marina Pavido - The photos are published courtesy of BERLINALE) Infinity Pool di Brandon Cronenberg,- La recensione di Marina Pavido Presentato in anteprima in occasione della Berlinale 2023, within the Berlinale Special section, Infinity Pool is Brandon Cronenberg's third feature film, son of the famous David Cronenberg. The story staged, therefore, it is that of James Foster (impersonato da Alexander Skarsgård), a writer in the midst of a creative crisis who is on holiday with his wife Em (Cleopatra Coleman) in a sort of "earthly paradise" with

#BERLINALE73 – 16/26 February 2023 SPECIAL #9 (DAY 7)

(from Berlin Luigi Noera and Marina Pavido - The photos are published courtesy of BERLINALE) Affair by Christian Petzold - La recensione di Marina Pavido Presentato in anteprima mondiale, in competition, at the 73rd edition of the Berlinale, Afire is the latest feature film by the famous German director Christian Petzold, as well as the second chapter of the trilogy dedicated to love and the search for inner peace begun in 2020 with Undine. The story staged, therefore, It's Leon's (an excellent Thomas Schubert) and Felix (Langston Uibel), two old friends who decide to spend

#BERLINALE73 – 16/26 February 2023 SPECIAL #6 (DAY 4)

Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert by Margarethe von Trotta- The review of Marina fearful (Berlin Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Marina fearful- Photos are published courtesy of the Berlinale) The portrait of the works of the famous Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann by the director Margarethe von Trotta, even if incomplete, makes her known to the general public. Fragile, sensitive, but also extremely intelligent, independent and witty, Ingeborg Bachmann (played here by the acclaimed Vicky Krieps) has had, throughout his life, a turbulent relationship with the Swiss writer Max Frisch

#BERLINALE73 – 16/26 February 2023 SPECIAL #4 (DAY 2)

(from Berlin Luigi Noera and Marina Pavido - The photos are published courtesy of BERLINALE) Superpower doc directed by actor Sean Penn together with director Aaron Kaufman - La recensione di Marina Pavido Presentato in anteprima mondiale – all’interno della sezione Berlinale Special Gala – alla 73° edizione del Festival di Berlino, Superpower is the latest documentary directed by actor Sean Penn together with director Aaron Kaufman and focusing on the dramatic conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The genesis of Superpower, therefore, it is decidedly special, as the two directors had already started filming

#BERLINALE73 – 16/26 February 2023 SPECIAL #2 (DAY 1)

The review of Marina fearful: Rebecca Miller's She came to me disappoints critics and audiences (Berlin Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Marina fearful- Photos are published courtesy of the Berlinale) She came to me by Rebecca Miller, the opening film of the 73rd Berlin Film Festival – within the Berlinale Special section – is the story of two families who take turns on the big screen. Steven (played by Peter Dinklage) he is a composer in full creative crisis, married to psychologist Patricia (Anne Hathaway) – an extremely charming woman,

Il Great Diagonal Acting Award 2023 will go to Margarethe Tiesel

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As part of the inauguration of the festival, the 21 March, the Diagonale'23 will award the Großer Diagonale Schauspielpreis for the sixteenth time for services rendered to Austrian film culture. La Diagonale is pleased to announce that this year's award goes to the legendary actress Margarethe Tiesel. The theater actress, cinema and television will personally receive the award – a work of art by Xenia Hausner - in Graz. "She gives herself. Not just her desire for intimacy, like the lonely Viennese sex tourist Teresa in Paradise: Love di Ulrich Seidl. It has become like this, as he deserved, a

The In Referenz section of the Diagonale'23 was presented

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With the In Referenz section, the Diagonal intertwines, conveys and expands the focal points of its current program. In cooperation with Filmarchiv Austria, the Austrian Film Festival dedicates in 2023 a cinematic homage in four sections to the Graz actress Marisa Mell, which will be complemented by an extensive exhibition at the Graz Museum. Marisa Mell, the "Austrian Sophia Loren", was one of the most famous women in European cinema of the 60s and 70s – a citizen of Graz and the world, a revelation! The In Referenz program also includes studies

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