Tag: Paolo Sorrentino
Love Is in the Air: Mubi Courts Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia” Starring Muse Toni Servillo
Last December we learned that Paolo Sorrentino was quickly moving back into the director's chair for his eleventh feature film, and now Variety reports...
Parthenope | Review
The Boring & Beautiful: Sorrentino’s Tone Deaf Portrait of a Lady
It’s unfortunate no one’s as likely to be infatuated with the eponymous Parthenope (pronounced...
Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope – 2024 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8
If he has the option between the Croisette or the Lido, Paolo Sorrentino is going to... France. His Cannes journey began with 2004’s The...
2024 Cannes Film Festival: Payal Kapadia, Lanthimos, Baker, Gomes & Agathe Riedinger’s Debut Vie for Palme d’Or
With today's announcement of nineteen competition titles aiming in contention of the Palme d'Or (note that we might add another pair or trio next...
2024 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – 25 Possible Palme d’Or Competition Films
Usually in the twenty to twenty-two film range, the competition for the Palme d'Or has been a tad more inclusive in recent years in...
The Hand Of God | Review
Idle Hands: Sorrentino’s Sprawling Saga a Wayward Bildungsroman
There’s almost as much to admire as there is to dismiss in The Hand of God, Paolo...
2021 Telluride Film Festival: World Preems for C’mon C’mon, King Richard, Cyrano, Belfast & One Mystery Film
The titles for the 48th edition of the Telluride Film Festival have been unveiled and Peter Hedges' low-budget zoom drama The Same Storm, Reinaldo Marcus...
2021 Venice Film Festival: Blonde is MIA, Franco’s Sundown, Vasyanovych’s Reflection, Frammartino’s The Hole, Larrain’s Spencer in COMP
While Netflix is present Andrew Dominik's Blonde and Claire Denis' Fire is nowhere to be found, the official selection for the 2021 edition of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #48. Paolo Sorrentino’s The Hand of God
The Hand of God
Produced by Paolo Sorrentino, Lorenzo Mieli
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Written by Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: Toni Servillo, Lino Musella, Lubomir Misak
Cinematographer: Daria D'Antonio
Release...
The Conversation – Cannes Predictions III: Italy’s Sorrentino, Garrone & Rohrwacher Lead Europa Europa
It’s less than a week before the official program is unveiled for Cannes 2018 and this year’s festival already promises to be one of...
Bunga bunga: Paolo Sorrentino’s Loro Teaser with Salacious Toni Servillo (aka Silvio Berlusconi)
With Cannes just around the corner (and notably should be a great edition for Italian film), we have our first look at Loro with a...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #22. Paolo Sorrentino’s Loro
Loro
Paolo Sorrentino has quickly become one of the most notable Italian auteurs over the past decade. Competing six times at Cannes (he won the...
Video: Palme d’Or Jury – 2017 Cannes Film Festival
The final day of the Cannes Film Festival is one of trepidation and tremendous release - and I'd argue, that this applies to the...
Youth | Review
Oh, Youth and Beauty!: Sorrentino’s Shows Softer Side in Switzerland
Following the success of the snide yet undeniably eloquent 2013 title The Great Beauty, which...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 8: No Love Lost on Sorrentino’s “Youth”
The last of the three competing Italian films for the Palme d'Or, unlike 2008 where Garrone's Gomorrah edged out Sorrentino's Il Divo, here, solely...
Disparate “Youth”: Fox Searchlight Fawn over Fonda in Palme d’Or Cannes Contender
The Fox Searchlight folks have always been a label who look towards Youth and they could technically be the first out of the gates among U.S. distributors...
2015 Cannes Film Fest: Main Comp 1st Timers Include Kurzel, Lanthimos, Donzelli, Villeneuve, Brize, Joachim Trier & Laszlo Nemes
Returnee former Palme d'Or winners and their latest in Nanni Moretti (Mia Madre), Gus Van Sant (Sea Of Trees) are joined by several Main Comp...
The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell… 2015 Cannes Film Fest Predictions
With the world’s most prestigious film festival just around the corner, cineastes have been lasciviously salivating about what’s going to show up at Cannes,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #36. Paolo Sorrentino’s In the Future
In the Future
Director: Paolo Sorrentino // Writer: Paolo Sorrentino
While Italian auteur went home empty-handed from Cannes 2013 with The Great Beauty, he went on...
Criterion Collection: The Great Beauty | Blu-ray Review
In Paolo Sorrentino’s lavishly received Italian crime potboiler Il Divo, the stage is set with a world building montage that places us in a...
Most Anticipated Films for 2015: An Overview
Last month, we unveiled our all-encompassing, most anticipated films for the current year in film. Now we peer into a future that is a...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #138. Rio, I Love You
Rio, I Love You
Director: Stephan Elliott, Fernando Meirelles, José Padilha, Paolo Sorrentino, Vicente Amorim, Guillermo Arriaga, Im Sang-soo, Nadine Labaki, Carlos Saldanha, Andrucha Waddington
Writer(s):...
Best of 2013: Nicholas Bell’s Top 10 Films (Picks 5 to 1)
Continued from yesterday's 10-6 countdown, here are my picks 5 thru 1:
10. Fruitvale Station – Ryan Coogler
9. Her – Spike Jonze
8. Gravity – Alfonso...
The Great Beauty | Review
La Dolce Vita: Sorrentino Visits Rome & Fellini in Opus-like Stroke
In Paolo Sorrentino's lavishly received Italian crime potboiler Il Divo, the stage is set...
TIFF’s Phat 2013 Line-up Includes Latest From: Chomet, Egoyan, Holofcener, Glazer, Gordon Green & Reichardt
With dramatic fare such as August: Osage County, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Dallas Buyers Club, 2013's Toronto Int. Film Festival once again...
2013 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 7: Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza
One week into the fest and the double bill appears to be a strong one - we find Steven Soderbergh's last feature film (I'm...
Cannes 2013 Derby: Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza Tops Eric’s Palme d’Or Predictions
Before I even begin considering the offerings in the field of eighteen Main Competition items, it's the composition of the jury members (team of...
Escalante, Bruni-Tedeschi, Warmerdam & New Zhangke Crack 2013 Cannes Main Comp Line-Up
The Official Selection for the 66th Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled and noticeable absentees in the list of 19 Main Comp films and...
2013 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza
#7. Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza
Gist: The story of an aging journalist, Jap Gambardella (Toni Servillo, the man behind the Andreotti mask in Il...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #66. Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza
La Grande Bellezza
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Writer(s): Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello
Producer(s): Francesca Cima and Nicola Giuliano
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Toni Servillo, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Verdone, Isabella...
This Must Be the Place | Review
But I Guess I’m Already There: Why is Sorrentino’s Strange, Offbeat English Language Debut…?
The promising combination of Italian master Paolo Sorrentino’s English language debut...
