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How Toni Servillo Saved Italian Cinema
Happy Birthday to Italy’s finest, Toni Servillo In an interview with director Roberto Andò, Andò had called him “the messenger of Italy”, and had given him credit for the rebirth of Italian cinema....
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Happy Birthday Roberto Andò
Happy Birthday to one of Italy’s best directors! I got the chance to talk with Roberto Andò in New York City back in 2015 and it was one of my favorite interviews. In those days, I would often ask...
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I Ask Italians: What’s Your Go To Movie?
I asked Italian actors and directors, some of my famous and fabulously talented Facebook friends: “What’s your GO-TO movie? What movie do you watch over and over? A BIG thank you to Marco Bonfanti,...
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Hail King Checco: 8.7 Million Euro In The First 24 Hours Of ‘Tolo Tolo’
Who IS this guy anyway? It’s a NEW box office record for Checco Zalone, who beat his own record with his new film ‘Tolo Tolo’. Since the film opened New Year’s Day, the film has earned 8.680.232 euro...
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Happy Birthday Alice Rohrwacher
Celebrate this fabulous female filmmaker’s birthday with some of her fabulous films! At just 37, Alice Rohrwacher has premiered 3 films at Cannes, winning the Grand Prize of the Jury for Le Meraviglie...
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December 4–23 at the MoMA: The Rohrwacher Sisters
The Wonders Film series With Alba and Alice Rohrwacher Alice and Alba Rohrwacher This AMAZING film series at the Museum of Modern Art gives New York practically a whole month of our favorite sisters,...
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My Conversation With Director Marco Bellocchio and Pierfrancesco Favino
Pierfrancesco Favino stars as mafioso Tommaso Buscetta in the Marco Bellocchio masterpiece, ‘Il Traditore’ (The Traitor), coming soon to the USA. I am always excited to meet Italian directors and...
View ArticleCongratulations Sally Fischer, Champion of Italian film in the USA
Let me tell you about Sally Fischer. First of all, everyone who has anything to do with Italian cinema knows her, and for good reason. It’s not just that the PR agency that she founded, Sally Fischer...
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MoMA Honors The Rohrwacher Sisters With A Retrospective: The Wonders
From December 4, 2019 until December 23, 2019 the Museum of Modern Art in NYC will honor the two most famous and talented sisters in Italian cinema, Alice and Alba Rohrwacher. GET TICKETS According...
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Happy Birthday Tilda Swinton
The “accidental” Italian movies star! Tilda Swinton has been Luca Guadagnino’s friend and GO-TO since the 1999 crime thriller The Protagonists. Swinton first met Guadagnino 25 years ago, and it turns...
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Talking With Director Simone Catania About ‘Drive Me Home’
An Anthem of Friendship On The Roads Of Europe In Drive Me Home, Antonio (Vinicio Marchioni, The Place) has some big life decisions to make and goes looking for his childhood best friend Augustino...
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These Two Guys: Americans, Get To Know Them
2 Italian Heartthrobs, Coming To The USA. Salvatore Esposito Salvatore Esposito, Italian super star from the #1 TV series Gomorrah will be in season 4 of Fargo. Season 4 will also star Timothy Olyphant...
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Our Godfather
Marco Bellocchio and Pierfrancesco Favino told me, “We got it right”, and they’re right. They did. Watch it on Netflix Maxi Trial When veteran director Marco Bellocchio brought his new mafia film, Il...
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Coming Attractions: Soon On Netflix…
Exciting news from Netflix about 7 Italian films coming out in 2020. Andrea Arcangeli Andrea Arcangeli will play the title role in a film about one of the most important Italian soccer players of all...
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Happy Birthday Saverio Costanzo
Happy Birthday to director, screenwriter, and actor Saverio Costanzo. Celebrate this cool director’s birthday by watching his very cool film! His 2010 film La Solitudine Dei Numeri Primi (The Solitude...
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Happy Birthday Alessandro Borghi!
I’ve been given the chance to interview Alessandro Borghi twice and he’s one of the nicest, kindest, most respectful HOT GUYS I have ever met. Here’s why I love him, and you should too: He cares about...
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Talking With Toni Servillo (And Managing Not To Hyperventilate From...
This was a BIG one, meeting Toni Servillo. The lucky occasion happened for me thanks to the independent and parallel event at the Venice Film Festival, modeled after the Cannes ‘Directors’ Fortnight’,...
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Happy Birthday Greta Scarano
Tanti Auguri to one of my favorite young actresses. I first noticed Greta Scarano in a film I saw at the 2014 Venice Film Festival called Senza Nessuna Pietà (without mercy). It also starred...
View ArticleA Conversation With Aniello Arena
I have been fascinated with actor Aniello Arena since I first say him in Matteo Garrone’s Reality. Aniello played the starring role, Luciano, the guy who became obsessed with getting on the Italian...
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Tanti Auguri Laura Bispuri!
Help me wish a happy birthday to this outstanding Italian director! I’ve been lucky enough to talk with Laura twice, for each of her two excellent films, Vergine Giurata (Sworn Virgin) and Figlia Mia...
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