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 International Film Festival - Saturday 2 is Sunday 3 September DAILY # 2

At weekends the Lido is crowded by the US represented by George Cloney and France by Guédiguian and Anna Fontaine, Italy by Paolo Virzì, but especially from the brave Samuel Maoz author of an irreverent FOXTROT. Lido di Venezia Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Marina fearful - Photo courtesy of Biennale. A weekend with many anticipated titles from Europe and the US. But first things first. Iniziamo dall’icona GEORGE CLOONEY con il suo SUBURBICON scritto a sei mani insieme a fratelli Coen. In addition to subject the cast

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 Venice International Film Festival - Extra #1

LA VOCE DI FANTOZZI di Mario Sesti concorre nella selezione VENEZIA CLASSICI DOC Un racconto emozionante che coinvolge l'italiano medio soprattutto per la voce narrante gutturale che tutti vorremmo imitare ma solo una è quella originale: from the voice of Paolo Villaggio. To him we owe the Fantozzian term that entered the everyday lexicon. Here is the presentation of Mario Sesti : VIDEO SINOSSI I suoi personaggi (from the Megadirector to Mrs. Pina), its places (the Lazio Region where its office is set), i suoi compagni di strada (from Antonio Ricci to Renzo

Special 74th International Film Festival - DAILY #1 Wednesday 30 August , Thursday 31 It's Friday 1 September

After the disappointment of the opening of A. Payne Show amazes us with two masterpieces: il fantasioso THE SHAPE OF WATER di Guillermo Del Toro e il più realistico DOC HUMAN FLOW da Mal di Pancia di Ai Weiwei dal Lido di Venezia Luigi Noera e la gentile collaborazione di Marina Pavido – Foto per gentile concessione della Biennale. Upon arriving we were struck by the portrayal of Sally Hawkins and Michael Shannon in the last Del Toro's versatile artist film which is close friends with two of the most promising and popular Mexican filmmakers, Which

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

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