Gli esordi dell’icona Folk del sessantotto per antonomasia sono il filo conduttore di questo biopic ben riuscito grazie alla performance degli attori tutti anche canora In primis Timothée Chalamet che si è calato nel personaggio e nelle qualità canore e musicali dell’idolo di tante generazioni, with impeccable preparation. But also Edward Norton in the role of Pete Seeger, la stupenda Elle Fanning nel ruolo di una amorevole Sylvie e Monica Barbaro nel ruolo di Joan Baez, equally good with her singing performances. In #ACompleteUnknown, an unprecedented figure of a talent with le comes to light
reviews
#L'Abbaglio by Roberto Andò – the review by Vittorio de Agrò (RS)
#L'Abbaglio or the expedition of the thousand in the illusion of creating a united Italy , fair and equal was a mistake? Ma forse lo è stato anche il film a cui si ispira Sinossi: 5 May 1860. Giuseppe Garibaldi prepares to carry out the feat of the Thousand and entrusts Colonel Vincenzo Giordano Orsini with the task of recruiting volunteers. They're all good, even the very young and the naive. Among the latter there are Domenico, a limping Sicilian specialized in fireworks, and Rosario, a man from Palermo who emigrated to the North who boasts of a title
The cinephile tribute to #Lynch by Alexandre O. Philippe
#Lynch / Oz is a DOC presented at the Rome Film Festival in 2022 in the FREESTYLE section directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, creative director of Cinema Vertige (Denver), winner at Venezia Classics 2024 con Chain Reactions Giudizio: 5/5 Synopsis: After the highly acclaimed essay films The People vs. George Lucas and 78/52 (about the shower scene in Psycho), Alexander O. Philippe investigates the links between The Wizard of Oz (1943) by Victor Fleming and the disturbing and fairy-tale universe of David Lynch, finding the influence of the first not only where it is most evident
#EMILIAPEREZ by Jacques AUDIARD – the review by Vittorio De Agrò (RS)
Bittersweet vision , smooth and also fun and exciting, tenendo la barra dritta senza eccedere sbanca i #GoldenGlobe e non solo Sinossi: Emilia Perez, film directed by Jacques Audiard, is set in present-day Mexico, where the lawyer Rita lives and practices. One day the lawyer receives a completely unexpected offer: help a feared local boss, linked to the Mexican cartel, to retire from his shady business and disappear forever. The man would like to undergo sex reassignment surgery and thus become the woman he has always wanted to be. In this
#Conclave by Edward Berger – review by Eleonora Ono
From the novel of the same name by Robert Harris, Italian premiere at the Rome Film Festival, adesso al cinema Sinossi: One night, a much loved pope dies suddenly; the Dean Cardinal Lawrence must organize and preside over the conclave that will elect the new pontiff, and the one hundred and eighteen most powerful cardinals of the Catholic Church close themselves in the Vatican for the votes. The purple red of the cardinal's clothes cuts through the sumptuous and rigorous architecture and the white, neri, gray of the Vatican marbles: Lawrence has to juggle power plays, intrigues, alliances, mysteries and must himself
#Theater #GliEsclusi : the children of famous parents pay the price for their membership – the review by Vittorio De Agrò (RS)
#GliEsclusi is a theater show by Roberta Calandra, adaptation and direction by Valentina Ghetti, on stage until December 1st 2024 al Teatro dei Documenti di Roma Interpreti e Personaggi: Alessio De Persio Eduard Einstein Camilla Ferranti Lucia Joyce Caterina Gramaglia Rosemary Kennedy Dario Marcello Giorgio Agnelli Leonardo Zarra Albino Mussolini Luca Di Giovanni Aldo Togliatti Recensione: We have few certainties in our lives, two should be foundational: have health and be able to count on the unconditional love of our parents. We delude ourselves, we hope that money can guarantee us some semblance of happiness. Certainties and illusions often mix, making us fall. But
#Mimì – The Prince of Darkness by Brando De Sica (2023) – Valentina's review
FROM 15 NOVEMBRE IN STREAMING SU #MYmoviesONE Presentato a Locarno e Menzione speciale per la miglior fotografia alla 56a edizione del Sitges – Festival internacional de cinema fantàstic de Catalunya Brando De Sica racconta la “sua” Napoli, la sua città di “vampiri” Mimì – Il principe delle tenebre,which will be presented to 33 BLACK FF, a preview of Brando De Sica's first work transports the viewer into a magical realism that also feeds on expressionist references but where the horror impulse flows into exaggerated bloody violence. Mimì is a Neapolitan-faced pizza chef
#EternalVisionary: the unpublished portrait of Luigi Pirandello directed by Michele Placido
After the presentation at the #RomeFilmFest19 appreciated by the public and critics, film in some ways autobiographical by postponement between the legendary character and the director, approda nelle sale Sinossi: 1934. By train to Stockholm, where he will receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, Luigi Pirandello relives the charm of the characters who populated his life and inspired his art. In fact, Eterno Visionario recounts a phase of Pirandello's life to reveal his most intimate existence, trapped between his lover and muse Marta Abba and his wife Antonietta. All this to give back
Straight from #Cannes77 #The Substance by Coralline Fargeat
Un'interpretazione femminista e cruenta dell'horror corporeo In conferenza stampa Thierry Frémaux ci aveva avvertito che il primo film di in concorso potrebbe scuotere il Grand Théâtre Lumière. Blood and horror are the order of the day in the film The Substance. The promise of The Substance is a revolutionary product based on cell division, which creates a younger alter ego, more beautiful, more perfect. Elizabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) discovers this new product in a movie trailer. The rest of the plot remains a mystery, but the tone has been set: hold fast! Se The Substance
Directly from the #Cannes77 Festival ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia
What it means to live in India today? What is the condition of women? Payal Kapadia answers these questions with her second feature film: All We Imagine As Light vincitore al Festival di Cannes È la storia di tre infermiere che lavorano in un piccolo ospedale nella moderna Mumbai: the brave and taciturn Prabha (Kani Kusruti), the young and dreamy Anu (Divya Prabha) and The Elderly and Never Tamed Parvaty (Chaya Kadam). The three women came to the big city from their villages, when they were younger. Let's observe the three women at work