Tag: Daniela Bassani

Elisa | 2025 Venice Film Festival Review

Memories of Murder: Di Costanzo Treads Criminal Motives The impetus behind Elisa, the latest from Italian director Leonardo Di Costanzo is pregnant with intrigue, examining...

Io Capitano | Review

Journey to Italy: Garrone Details Arduous Migrant Odyssey It might be a rite of passage for contemporary Italian auteurs to examine the grueling adversity faced...

Gloria! | 2024 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Music of the Heart: Vicario Pays Symphonic Homage to Erased History Composer Margherita Vicario makes her directorial debut with Gloria!, a period piece recuperating a...

Chiara | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review

Sister and Her Sisters: Nicchiarelli Salutes a Saint in Solemn, Dull Period Reenactment The friendship between Saint Francis of Assisi and his obscured female counterpart...

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2026 Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn, Quentin Dupieux & Bertrand Mandico on the Croisette

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