An adaptation of the comic strip Bleu est une couleur chaude, Blue is the warmest colour (La Vie d’Adèle – Chapitre 1 & 2) is the fifth feature film by the Franco-Tunisian director, and the first to be selected in Cannes. It tells the story of a passionate love affair between two young women from  [ Read More ]

As I Lay Dying is the first major film and first Selection at Cannes by actor, producer and scriptwriter James Franco, who first made a name for himself in the role of Harry Osborn, Spider-Man’s nemesis in the Sam Raimi trilogy. Tell us how your film came about. My father recommended As I Lay Dying  [ Read More ]

The Italian director Paolo Sorrentino and the entire team from his film, The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza), presented in Competition, answered questions from the press. Selected highlights. Paolo Sorrentino on the origins of his film: I’ve known Rome for quite some time. I first went there to work then moved there. I’ve been able  [ Read More ]

Guillaume Canet © FDC / LOB Guillaume Canet, Clive Owen, Marion Cotillard, and the rest of the team of Blood Ties, presented Out of Competition, answered the journalists’ questions. Selected extracts. Guillaume Canet talking about how his film came about: When Tell No One came out, I received various offers to make a film in  [ Read More ]

A revenge film equally suited for art house cinephiles and die-hard genre fans. IT’S ABOUT A BEACH BUM, whose quiet life is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his  [ Read More ]

Unstaged is a five-part concert series featuring various artists, presented by YouTube, American Express and VEVO. Each performance included unique online components, such as voting for the encore performance or the ability to switch camera angles. The series began with Arcade Fire, who performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City on 5 August  [ Read More ]

Third Person is the upcoming movie by Award winner Paul Haggis, starring superstars Mila Kunis, James Franco, Liam Neeson, Adrien Brody, Olivia Wilde and Kim Basinger. It follows three inter connected love stories of three couples in three cities, looking from the beginning to the middle era step to the end of a relationship. In  [ Read More ]

Lars Ulrich has presented at the Cannes FF 2013 the upcoming docu-film about Metallica's world, “Metallica Through the Never“. We met him at the beach in Cannes for a short interview about his life in music. “Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll? Oh, you know, I've become too old for all of them. Yes for sex  [ Read More ]

Great World has to be saved! Here's the aim of Rob Stewart's work as a videomaker, here at Cannes FF 2013 to spread the absolutely amazing documentary Revolution, already presented and winner at Toronto FF and Vancouver FF, and produced by Gus Van Sant. REVOLUTION is a film about changing the world, going for it,  [ Read More ]

  Lee Tamahori (Wellington, 1950) is the famous director from New Zeeland who Started his carreer as a filmmaker with Once Were Warriors (1994), to jump into thriller with Mulholland Falls (1996), just before his success The Edge (1997) and Die Another Day (2002), the twentieth James Bond movie with Pierce Brosnan. After directing too  [ Read More ]

INteRVIew wIthFRANçoIs ozoN What was the catalyst forYOUNG & BEAUTIFUL? Directing Ernst Umhauer and Bastien Ughetto for INTHE HOUSEwas such a pleasure I wanted to work with young actors again. Myearly shorts and features explored adolescence, but from UNDERTHE SAND on, I’ve worked essentially with older actors. SoYOUNG & BEAUTIFUL started with my desire to  [ Read More ]

CANNES FF 2913 OUT OF COMPETITION The Great Gatsby Twelve years after Romeo+Juliet, based on Shakespeare’s tragedy, Baz Lurhmann set out to adapt the famous novel by Francis Scott Fitzgerald in an attempt to reveal its unspoken side. Three film versions of The Great Gatsby have been made since the novel, considered a major work  [ Read More ]

Cannes FF 2013, may 15th – 25th       IN COMPETITION Opening Film Baz LUHRMANN THE GREAT GATSBY (H.C.) 1h45 *** Valeria BRUNI-TEDESCHI UN CHÂTEAU EN ITALIE 1h44 Ethan COEN, Joel COEN INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS 1h45 Arnaud DESPALLIÈRES MICHAEL KOHLHAAS 2h05 Arnaud DESPLECHIN JIMMY P. (PSYCHOTHERAPY OF A PLAINS INDIAN) 2h Amat ESCALANTE HELI  [ Read More ]

by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi Love for green fashion gushes out of Amour Vert’s garments. The brand’s creed is that women shouldn’t have to sacrifice style for sustainability: “We put fashion first, but always employ a zero-waste design philosophy and use only organic and sustainable fabrics along with low impact dyes.” The Ethic Chic philosophy of Amour  [ Read More ]

By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi   Milan’s latest Design Week has “shed light” on an exceptional master of illumination. Thierry Dreyfus is an art director, photographer and artist since 1985, when he first started experimenting with light inside theatres and operas.   Over the past 30 years, Dreyfus has sculpted, drawn, and projected light onto prints,  [ Read More ]

  BE OPEN is a creative think tank whose mission is to promote people and ideas: a cultural and philanthropic initiative that aims to harness the brainpower of the global creative minds in the arts, education, design, business, and the media – and asks them to imagine and then build solutions for the future. BE  [ Read More ]

Belladonna is a great Italian rock band, whose mold recalls the splendor of the great foreign music of the past. Creating a real Noir Rock, from their first 2006 record, “Metaphysical Attraction“, attracted the attention of critics and public, also  nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2008, and hailed by Rolling Stone , GQ, Glamour,  [ Read More ]

by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi Art is one of the first victims when recession strikes hard, and this can undoubtably be testified by the 18th edition of the International Art Fair in Milan, taking place from April 5th until the 7th. The habitual location of the pavilions in Fieramilanocity in the past editions displayed the artwork  [ Read More ]

FROM CANNES FF 2013 website: http://www.festival-cannes.fr It is on The Great Gatsby by Australian director Baz Luhrmann, that the curtain will rise at the inauguration of the 66th Festival de Cannes, on Wednesday 15th May, in the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals, out of Competition in the Official Selection. Adapted from the  [ Read More ]

By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi “Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, Be he live, or be he dead I'll grind his bones to make my bread.” Is the historical and most popular quatrain chanted by children who are fond of the British fairytale ‘Jack and the Beanstalk. Bryan Singer’s movie is mainly inspired by  [ Read More ]

by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi The author of the ‘Twilight’ franchise, Stephanie Meyer has written the novel ‘The Host,’ adapted on screen by the film-maker from New-Zealand Andrew Niccol. The sci-fi thiller romance reveals a future in which Earth has been occupied by a parasitic alien species that overtakes the human race by controlling their bodies and  [ Read More ]

By Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi What triggers a producer to pick a script amongst heaps of screenplays? This question remains unanswered after viewing ‘The Place Beyond The Pines,’ a movie that makes no sense from start to finish and if it weren’t for Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, no-one would bother considering it. The plot is  [ Read More ]

A great goal for four established artists taking part in one of the most regarded art fairs in the world.   Four cartoonists, Alberto Corradi, Diavù (Davide Vecchiato), Massimo Giacon and Ale Giorgini, one project: from the 7th to the 10th of March the quartet will develop and perform live the forthcoming show QU4TTRO (four),  [ Read More ]

Oz the Great and Powerful the review by Chiara Spagnoli Are you prepared to discover how it all began before Dorothy was thrust by a whirlwind Somewhere Over the Rainbow? Disney’s fantastical adventure ‘Oz The Great and Powerful,’ directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved wizard character. When Oscar Diggs  [ Read More ]

Here we are with the annual Academy Awards Winners article. Are you ready? List of the 85th annual Academy Award winners announced Sunday in Los Angeles: 1. Best Picture: “Argo.” 2. Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln.” 3. Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook.” 4. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained.” 5. Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, “Les  [ Read More ]

“Gangster Squad“ Review by ChiaraSpagnoli If you’re in the mood for a guilty pleasure Ruben Fleisher’s film will be just your cup of tea! ‘Gangster Squad’ projects the viewer in 1949’s Los Angeles. The city of angels is tackling with the ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). But his entire racket will have to  [ Read More ]

Marina Suma: the icon, cinema and her jewels interview by Alessandra Izzo It was in 1981 when at the Venice Film Festival, all shouted to the miracle, about a new star of cinema born after years of dark. The star, Marina Suma, actress and icon of cinema of these years, was the protagonist of the  [ Read More ]

Beautiful Creatures review by Chiara Spagnoli After obsessive-Twilight-saga years, people have grown a certain allergic reaction to romantic dramas between mortals and supernatural creatures. And yet ‘Beautiful Creatures’ is undoubtably a delightful surprise. The film directed by Richard LaGravenese is based on the New York Times bestselling fantasy young adult novel, written by the girl-power  [ Read More ]

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Chiara Spagnoli ‘The Perks Of Being A Wallflower’ started out as a coming-of-age epistolary novel, written by the American writer Stephen Chbosky: it was published in February of 1999 by MTV and in 2012 was made into a movie starring Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, Emma Watson, and was  [ Read More ]

“I figli di Baal – La Guida Rossa”: interviewing Francesca Costantino   Meet beautiful creatures is not so common these days, but thanks to the great mother life / earth, pure-hearted people still live. Francesca Constantino, journalist, writer and blogger (www.raccontifantasy.com) is the editor of fashion magazine and editor for Italian publishers. His passion for  [ Read More ]

Broken City, the review by Chiara Spagnoli   ‘Broken City’ is a crime drama, that unveils the dark side of the moon of mayorship interacting with the police department.   Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) is an NYPD detective who is arrested for the murder of Mikey Tavarez, who raped his girlfriend Natalie Barrow (Natalie Martinez).  [ Read More ]

First show of the 2013 program of the Vicenza Theatre, ‘Macbeth’, the well known tragedy by William Shakespeare, in the modern version directed by Italian director Andrea De Rosa, with translation by Nadia Fusin,is a production by Fondazione Teatro Stabile of Torino and of Teatro Stabile of Veneto “Carlo Goldoni”. Main role given to  the  [ Read More ]

  Thinking about women-music legend, you may think to great artists like Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, Stevie Nicks, Grace Slick, Joan Baez and so on.But in the world of the music and first of all of rock from that amazing period of 60s and 70s there were other types of woman-myths. Beauty, audacious,  [ Read More ]

The Impossible movie review by Chiara Spagnoli The acclaimed Spanish horror-film director, Juan Antonio Bayona, has released an outstanding dramatic masterpiece, based on the true story of Maria Belón who lived, with her husband Enrique and three sons Lucas, Simon, and Tomas, the experience of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Maria is portrayed by Naomi  [ Read More ]

The Last Stand The review by Chiara Spagnoli   The governor is back on the silver screen! Indeed ‘The Terminator’, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had taken time off from film-making to dedicate himself to taking care of the State of California, having concluded his mandate as governor, has returned to his acting career.   The South-Korean  [ Read More ]

RIDI-CUL by Silvana Soffia In the beginning there was the Man, and we all saw that Men’s fashion was good. There used to be no confusion between what a guy should wear and what he actually wore – thumbs down for handbags, strass shirts, pedal pushers (unless you’re a real fisherman), leggings, skirts (except of  [ Read More ]

Looper by Chiara Spagnoli Have you ever asked yourself “if only I could turn back time?” The new American science-fiction film written and directed by Rian Johnson actually deals with the topic of time travel. In a futuristic gangland in the year 2044, 25-year-old Joseph Simmons (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), is a ‘looper’, i.e. a professional hit  [ Read More ]

Quartet the movie review by Chiara Spagnoli We are accustomed to seeing Mr Dustin Hoffman in front of the camera ever since he played the young Benjamin Braddock seduced by the sensuous Anne Bancroft-Mrs Robinson in ‘The Graduate’. Today at age 75, Hoffman has decided to step behind the camera for his directorial debut in  [ Read More ]

Warm Bodies by Chiara Spagnoli In the past few years we’ve been sucked up in the realm of vampire love stories: pathos, blood, pretentiousness, all elements that produced the audience’s exasperation. This time the Transylvanians get substituted by a funny new twist on a classic love story between dead and alive, between cold bodies and  [ Read More ]

                  “Hip Hop Hassid” by Francesca Pagani by Chiara Spagnoli Shneur Hasofer has chosen DeScribe as nome de plume. He’s a very unique artist as he’s probably the only known rapper to be Jewish. The Hasidic performer lives in Brooklyn, combining his music with his spiritual call,  [ Read More ]

    ROME FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEL FILM DI ROMA   Friday January 4th Lifetime Achievement Award to Quentin Tarantino and Django Unchained gala screening   The 7th Rome Film Festival (Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma) will confer its Lifetime Achievement Award to Quentin Tarantino. The American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, winner  [ Read More ]

            The silver screen is accustomed to telling the stories of the rock bands who make it, but director David Case has decided to take a different angle with his poignant, vibrant and sardonic ‘Not Fade Away’. The story seems to draw inspiration from the director’s life, since just as  [ Read More ]

          Ever dreamt of meeting in real life a superhero like Superman or Batman? Well you now stand a chance thanks to the young and talented director Sheldon Candis who has spotted out the the contemporary masked heroes who patrol the streets of America as activists, fighting against violent crime. “The  [ Read More ]

        On Tuesday 4th December ‘Made in Italy’ – the company founded in 2004 by Francesco Belcaro and Francesco Bo – will host an event to promote Italian products and talents at the restaurant Toscan Divino for the 11th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach. The main sponsors in this occasion are  [ Read More ]

LOTUS EATERS by Chiara Spagnoli from NY Once upon a time there was a contemporary Alice in Wonderland who got plunged in London’s West End of wealthy spoilt kids, engaged in procrastination, sex, drugs and ennui. “Lotus Eaters” sets Alexandra McGuinness’ debut as a director through, an incredibly alluring movie, which has had a great  [ Read More ]

THE PRIZES AWARDED TO THE FILMS IN COMPETITION The International Jury, chaired by Jeff Nichols and composed of Timur Bekmambetov, Valentina Cervi, Edgardo Cozarinsky, Chris Fujiwara, Leila Hatami and P.J.Hogan, has conferred the following awards: – Golden Marc’Aurelio for Best Film: Marfa Girl by Larry Clark – Best Director Award: Paolo Franchi for E la  [ Read More ]

  Based on writer & musician Willy Vlautin first novel (dated 2005), The Motel Life is an intense and dramatic movie directed by Alan Polsky and Gabriel Polsky, starring Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff and Dakota Fanning. Full of emotion, realism and centered on the sad story of two brothers, inspired on writing on Charles Bukowski’s books  [ Read More ]

The Band de Jotas is the new movie by Director, artist, illustrator Majane Satrapi, like a variant delusional about the exchange of suitcases in an airport. Nils and Didier arrive in the south of Spain to participate in a badminton tournament. And a strange woman is manipulative settle accounts with the local underworld. When they  [ Read More ]

“A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III“, by Roman Coppola, is the story about Charles Swan III (Charlie Sheen) has it all. He’s an eccentric and highly successful graphic designer whose fame, money and devilish charm have provided him with a seemingly perfect life. But when his true love, a perplexing beauty named  [ Read More ]

Silvio Berlusconi rose from cruise ship entertainer to become a successful entrepreneur, and then Prime Minister of Italy. Suddenly, when he was just a hair’s breadth away from attaining the highest and most sought-after office in Italy, the Quirinale, his ascent came to an abrupt halt. “SB I Knew Him Well” is a documentary that explores the  [ Read More ]