Abdellatif Kechiche‘s  Blue is the Warmest Colour (La Vie d’Adèle – chapitre 1 & 2) received lots of consents at the Cannes FF 2013. Here the press conference report: Abdellatif Kechiche on the graphic novel I was very affected by the story of an encounter that turns the character’s life upside down and makes her  [ Read More ]

Daniel Noah, director of Max Rose, a feature film being presented in a Special Screening, as well as the film’s actors, including the great Jerry Lewis, took part with in the customary excercise of the press conference amid general hilarity. Selected extracts below. Daniel Noah, on the film’s origins: The character of Max was inspired  [ Read More ]

Julian, an American fugitive from justice, runs a boxing club in Bangkok as a front for his drug business. His mother, the head of a vast criminal organization, arrives from the US to collect the body of her favorite son, Billy. Julian’s brother has just been killed after having savagely murdered a young prostitute. Crazy  [ Read More ]

Steven Soderbergh, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Richard LaGravenese and producer Jerry Weintraub attended the press conference for the biopic about Valentino Liberace: Behind The Candelabra. Selected extracts. About Valentino Liberace Jerry Weintraub : I am the only one old enough at this table to have known him personally. He led an extraordinary life. There was  [ 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 ]

    Acclaimed Danish film director Thomas Vinterberg is the winner of the 2013 European Union Prix MEDIA. The prize is awarded to the best new film project with box-office potential eligible for support from the EU MEDIA programme for cinema. The award will be presented to Vinterberg by Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education,  [ Read More ]

American director William Friedkin will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 70 Venice International Film Festival (28 August – 7 September 2013). The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale chaired by Paolo Baratta, upon recommendation of the Director of the Venice Film Festival Alberto Barbera. In presenting  [ Read More ]

While the Official Selection of feature films for the 66th Festival de Cannes will be revealed on Thursday 18th April, the list of Short Films is unveiled in advance. The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Jane Campion, will nominate the prize-winners for the Short Film Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection. THE SHORT FILMS  [ Read More ]

DOCUMENTA MADRID presents the first titles of the Official Selection. The Oscar nominated documentary “The Gatekeepers”, the best European documentary “Winter Nomads”, the winner of Panorama Berlin “The Act of Killing” and the sequel to the famous hit “The Staircase” directed by the Oscar-winning Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, shall take us in a fantastic voyage from  [ 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 ]

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 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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

                  “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 ]

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 ]

Brasil meets Rome Film Festival. Presented n the last day of the italian cinema kermesse, Mundo Invisivel is a collection of 11 short movies directed by Wim Wenders, Atom Egoyan, Beto Brant e Cisco Vasquez, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Jerzy Stuhr, Manoel De Oliveira, Marco Bechis, Maria De Medeiros, Guy Baddin, Lais Bodanzky. With productin by  [ Read More ]

  Director: Walter Hill Writers: Alessandro Camon, Alexis Nolent, Walter Hill Actors: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Beau Brasseaux, Christian Slater, Dominique DuVernay, Don Tai, Holt McCallany, Jason Momoa, Jon Seda, Jordan Sudduth, Marcus Lyle Brown, Michelle Torres, Sarah Shahi, Sung Kang, Sylvester Stallone, Weronika Rosati Presented at the Rome Film Festival 2012 out of competition, Walter Hill’s  [ Read More ]

        Epic and magical adventure about the story of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and Jack Frost, legendary characters with previously unknown extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces to protect  [ Read More ]

A supernatural love story set in the South, “Beautiful Creatures” tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers: Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich), a young man longing to escape his small town, and Lena (Alice Englert), a mysterious new girl. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town. Oscar nominee Richard LaGravenese  [ Read More ]

Captain Zhang (Sun Honglei) and his team will stop at nothing to track down drug criminals. When drug lord Timmy Choi (Louis Koo) is captured, a deal to help Zhang bust a major cocaine ring could save him from the death penalty. But Captain Zhang doesn’t trust Timmy Choi is truly betraying his partners. He  [ Read More ]

            A young Jeff Buckley (Penn Badgley) struggles to make peace with his late father Tim’s legacy while preparing to perform at a tribute concert to the late singer-songwriter, in this stirring drama about the prelude to the tragically short-lived singer’s creation of his monumental album Grace. The stories of musicians  [ Read More ]

Starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans, Ray Liotta and  James Franco, Ariel Vromen’s new movie (out of competition at the Venice FF 2012) is based on the true story of Richard Kuklinski, well known serial killer adopted by italian mafia who killed more than 250 people between 1954 and 1985. Director Ariel Vromen told:  [ Read More ]

              After awards to “Silent Souls” in 2010 and “Killer Joe” in 2011, Mouse d’Oro Award is ready to celebrate, partecipate and vote to the movies (in and out of competition) at the next Venice International Film Festival 2012. KING’s ROAD magazine will be part of the italian online-press  [ Read More ]

Italian director and screenwriter Francesco Rosi has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 69th Venice International Film Festival of the Biennale di Venezia (29 August – 8 September 2012). The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale chaired by Paolo Baratta, on the recommendation by the Director  [ Read More ]

Venice International Film Festival (29th august – 8th september 2012) Maestri, veterans and debutants are attending the official selection 3 Oscar winning directors (Susanne Bier, Jonathan Demme, Robert Redford) and 3 Oscar nominated Directors (Brian De Palma, Spike Lee, Terrence Malick) 3 Directors who have previously been awarded the Golden Lion (Takeshi Kitano, Mira Nair,  [ Read More ]

American filmmaker Michael Cimino to receive the Persol 2012 award the award ceremony will be held on Thursday 30 August Following the award ceremony, Heaven’s Gate will be screened at 14.30 at the Sala Perla La Biennale di Venezia and Persol are pleased to announce that the great American director, screenwriter, and producer Michael Cimino  [ Read More ]

Emir Kusturica is the guest star at Lucania Film Festival, which will open on August 10th in Pisticci (Matera), with 50 movies in competition. The director, actor, composer, twice-winner of the Palme d’Or in Cannes and Golden Lion in Venice at the age of 26, will hold a master class on the 12th of August  [ Read More ]

the awards ceremony which will take place on Friday, August 31st Following the awards ceremony, the world premiere screening of his new documentary, Bad 25 The Biennale di Veneziaand Jaeger-LeCoultre announce that the great American director, screenwriter, actor and producer Spike Lee has been awarded the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker 2012 award of the  [ Read More ]

Venice Film Festival 2012 29th August > 8th September 2012 The 69th Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, will run at Venice Lido August 29th through September 8th, 2012, directed by Alberto Barbera. The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote all the various aspects of international cinema in  [ Read More ]

The film will have its world premiere screening on the evening of August 29th Starring Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Liev Schreiber, Martin Donovan, Om Puri and Shabana Azmi The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the new film directed by Mira Nair, will be the opening film at the 69th Venice International Film Festival (29 August – 8 September 2012),  [ Read More ]

Marking the 50th anniversary of the 007 film franchise, the James Bond exhibition London event takes over the Barbican spaces, including The Curve and The Pit, to take you on journey through the iconic secret agent’s developing style. Designing 007 Titled Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style, the James Bond exhibition London event  [ Read More ]

A spectacular anthological journey through 53 photographs by the American artist, from some of his most famous series: Star System, Deluge (Awakened), Earth Laughs in Flowers, After the Pop, Destruction and Disaster, Excess, Plastic People, Dream evokes Surrealism, Art Reference and Negative Currency, along with two tributes to Michael Jackson. LaChapelle is not the photographer  [ Read More ]

Oren Moverman, an Israeli film-maker, screenwriter and former journalist based in New York City, has presented his last film ‘Rampart’ screened in preview on Isola Tiberina in Rome. The story is set in Los Angeles in 1999. Officer Dave Brown is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing ‘the people’s dirty  [ Read More ]

Paolo Sorrentino, director and writer, one of Italy’s most stimulating contemporary filmmakers, will be the President of the International Feature Competition Jury at the 30th Torino Film Festival. Kean Loach is the director who will be awarded with the Gran Premio Torino of the 30th edition.  Loach will be in Torino along with the screenwriter  [ Read More ]

Michael Mann will be the President of the international jury at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Recommended from new festival director Alberto Barbera, Mann will lead the Jury which  has awarded Alexander Sokurov’s “Faust” last year. Also Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino, will lead “Orizzonti” section’s Jury, and Director Shekhar Kapur of “Venezia Opera Prima” one.  [ Read More ]

BANKSY CELEBRATES ZS40 WITH A LIZ INSANE “One’s painting one’s face…” If you’re in the UK you can’t have failed to notice news coverage of genius street artist Banksy’s ( http://www.banksy.co.uk/ ) latest creation. The enigmatic Bristolian chose his home town as the venue for this latest artwork, where the image of the Queen of  [ Read More ]

Cannes Film Festival has its winners: guided by Italian Director Nanni Moretti, the Jury has given their own ambassadors for the 2012 edition of the Cannes FF, full of stars (from Brad Pitt to Nicole Kidman, Edward Nortnon, David Cronenberg & Robert Pattinson, Bruce Willis, the great coming back of Bernardo Bertolucci, Isabelle Huppert  with  [ Read More ]

Luca Manzi is one of the most brilliant screenwriters in Italy, he is the creator of the very successful television series ‘Boris’ and is establishing himself in the Hollywood realm. He has just completed the script of ‘The games of 1940’ with David Seidler (Oscar winner for ‘The King’s Speech’) that will be produced by  [ Read More ]

  Last Saturday, at the Cannes Fil Festival 2012, Composer Alexandre Desplat returned to evoke the great scores that have been an inspiration to him, with extracts: The Misfits (Alex North), Witness (Maurice Jarre), The Soft Skin (Georges Delerue ), Ran Toru Takemitsu)… In 2006, he gave a first lesson on his work and his  [ Read More ]

Jean-Louis Trintignant on his participation in Love: “It’s been a while since I last acted in a film. I didn’t want to make films anymore and I love the theatre. It is only because Haneke, one of the greatest directors in the world, offered me this role that I accepted. But it was a one-off  [ Read More ]