Alice Rohrwacher on Tomb Raiders, AI and Casting Josh O’Connor in ‘La Chimera’
Alice Rohrwacher’s latest feature, which premiered in Cannes competition and screens in Karlovy Vary this year, sees the Italian director fresh off her first-ever Oscar nomination for the short film Le...
View ArticleInside the Glorious — and Troubled — History of Italy’s Taormina Film Festival
If location truly was everything, the Taormina Film Festival would be the biggest in the world. Here on “Isola bella” (Sicilian for “beautiful island”) you have it all: The sun, the sea and sunsets...
View Article“Hollywood Strikes Could Be An Opportunity,” Say Italian Film Industry Execs...
The Italian film and television industry could step into the gap left by the dual Hollywood strikes, leading industry executives said at a panel, organized in collaboration with the Audiovisivo...
View ArticleSpanish Actor Gabriel Guevara Arrested at Venice Film Festival on Sexual...
Spanish actor Gabriel Guevara, the star of Prime Video’s hit teen film franchise My Fault, has been arrested at the Venice Film Festival. Guevara had an active international warrant out on him for an...
View ArticleBanners Protesting Roman Polanski, Woody Allen Films Appear in Venice
“Island of rapists,” “No Golden Lion for predators,” “Sexist cinema/ feminist response” read the banners, posted on the Lido near the Venice Film Festival on Sunday, an anonymous protest against the...
View ArticleIn the Midst of War, This Israeli-Palestinian Couple Is Turning Their...
Gal Rosenbluth and Nayef Hammoud share the couch in their Tel Aviv apartment, sitting in front of a computer for our video call. Off camera, curled up at their feet, is their dog. He’s an Israeli dog,...
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