formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Movie lovers, this one’s for you. Dubai’s very own Cinema Akil is back and it’s bringing back its Italian Film Week. Taking place from 31 May until 6 June, the fourth edition of Cinema Akil’s Italian Film Week will see … Continued
The groundbreaking Italian neorealist films of the 1940s were centred around ordinary people. No movie stars required. Yet it was a movie star that came to embody their earthy grit: the force of nature Anna Magnani. Source: How Anna Magnani … Continued
Italian collecting company Artisti 7607, which represents thousands of local acting and dubbing talents, has announced it is suing Netflix in a Rome court “to obtain adequate and proportionate compensation due by law to its mandated artists.” Source: Netflix Sued … Continued
Her feature debut, which out-performed ‘Barbie’ at the Italian box office, earned 19 nominations at Italy’s answer to the Oscars, beating out Matteo Garrone’s Academy Award nominee ‘Io Capitano’ with 15. Source: Italian hit There’s Still Tomorrow tops Italy’s Donatello … Continued
Italy’s Cinecittà Studios, which have been undergoing a radical overhaul since 2021, recently released their fiscal 2023 results, which saw the Rome-based facilities turn a profit for the second year in a row after bleeding red ink for years. Source: … Continued
The crime-genre specialist behind the likes of ‘Gomorra’ and ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ discusses the challenges of chronicling the “Monster of Florence” and the series of grizzly, unsolved murders that terrorized Italy for nearly 20 years: “I started from … Continued