From Jostling for Position in Last Lap at Cannes by Mahohla Dargis “The Great Beauty” (“La Grande Bellezza”), an outlandishly entertaining hallucination from the Italian director Paolo…
Is Massimiliano Bruno’s 2012 Viva L’Italia meant to be a death knoll or a wake up call for the Italian government? Whichever he’s intended, this movie…
Critics hated his last American film, Playing for Keeps, and nobody went to see it, but it looks like director Gabriele Muccino will soon have a chance…
Reviews from Cannes are in, and from the looks of them Paolo Sorrentino has a chance with his La Grande Bellezza: The Great Beauty, which has…
Sold out theaters and lots of applause for Valeria Golino, who brought her directorial debut, Miele to Cannes this year. The actress, who Americans know from…
“Will La Grande Bellezza win the Palme D’Or at Cannes? The possibility seems remote, this year there are some really important directors,” says Paolo Sorrentino, of…
Don’t forget; if you are a Lincoln Center Film Society, you can purchase your tickets for Open Roads: New Italian Cinema now, and at a reduced…
