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Looking for America Writer-director Emanuele Crialese (Respiro (2002), Once We Were Strangers (1997)) sets his tale of immigrants’ dreams in Sicily at the beginning of the 20th century – the (at times brutal) immigrant experience is portrayed, stretching from a dirt-poor Sicilian hamlet to Ellis Island, the ‘Golden Door’ to the United States. [photopress:ildivo.jpg,thumb,alignleft]Behind the throne Showbiz has its divas, writes Gerald Loftus – politics, at least in Italy, has ‘il divo’. AKA Giulio Andreotti, alias Mr. Italy, Little Caesar, eternal Giulio, Beelzebub, Gobetto (‘cute little hunchback’), and probably many more diminutives not fit for a G-rated film review. ‘Toni Servillo E Giulio Andreotti’ might scream the Italian trailers, [...] [photopress:Italian.jpg,thumb,alignleft] Bellisima! As part of Picturenose’s ongoing commitment to the cream of European cinema, a passion that we share with our sister site European Film Awards Reviews, Colin offers his thoughts on a modern Italian classic… The main problem with Italian cinema is that most of it stays in Italy. A nation that is happy to share [...] [photopress:Lorna_1.jpg,thumb,alignleft] As promised in our recent article on the European Parliament LUX Cinema Prize, we begin our assessment of the three films up for the gong. A review of Občan Havel (2008) will follow on Picturenose presently, and you can check out Delta (2008) on our sister site, European Film Awards Reviews… Belgian director brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc [...] |
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