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 ]

  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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

              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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

Jean-Paul Gaultier is the first fashion master to join the Jury of the Festival de Cannes: “l’Enfant terrible” of the fashion, who has worked for a number of films, from Besson to Almodovar. Your vocation as a fashion designer began after you saw Falbalas, by Jacques Beker. As things have turned out, has your career been  [ Read More ]

Paris based art director Pascal Witaszek has recently caused a huge twitting with his brand new poster on an imaginary future film by Ron Howard, featuring Ryan Gosling, on Walt Disney’s life, “Walt”. But unfortunately it’s been only a fake poster: in fact the movie itself isn’t a project yet, although the idea has been  [ Read More ]

ROBERT MCKEE Meeting the founding father of the screenwriters’ bible, “Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting”, and Hollywood’s utmost inspiration to screenwriters. Robert McKee regularly teaches an enjoyable and information packed 4-day, 32-hour intensive class to sold-out audiences around the world. Since 1984, more than 50,000 students have taken McKee’s course in  [ Read More ]

Artify It Secures Key Investments to Launch a New Platform to Transform Today’s Art Ecosystem Artify It, a San Francisco-based start-up, is unveiling today a new service offering that harnesses technology and a subscription-based model to provide artists, businesses and consumers fresh ways to experience high-quality, contemporary art The company announces today that it has  [ Read More ]

TRIBECA FILM INSTITUTE DISCUSSES STORYTELLING IN THE DIGITAL AGE The Tribeca Film Festival has hosted a 7 hour marathon on the new means to be a journalist, through a series of panels with representatives of transmedia communications. Beth Janson, Executive Director of Tribeca Film Institute, welcomed a huge room packed with international members of the  [ Read More ]

Here the list of the scheduled movies in or out of competition at the next Cannes Film Festival 2012: Competition: Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson (film d’apertura) De Rouille et d’os, Jacques Audiard Holy Motors, Leos Carax Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg The Paperboy, Lee Daniels Killing Them Softly, Andrew Dominik Reality, Matteo Garrone Amour, Michael Haneke Lawless,  [ Read More ]

The horror-thriller-documentary by Hollywood star-artist James Franco. Francophrenia is the result of Franco’s collaboration with filmmaker Ian Olds on the set of General Hospital, based on dry footage of the star wandering the small backstage area, talking to cast members and crew. Franco, however, narrates with an increasingly psychotic tone, soon creating a sort of  [ Read More ]

Natalie Curtis’ (& more) exhibition, in collaboration with Michael Shamberg Between March and April 2012 Turtle Salon will be hosted by Meter Room (Coventry, UK) and Grey Area (Brighton, UK). A salon in two-parts, the project draws from Shamberg’s sprawling network of artists, friends, projects, & places. Featuring works by Romeo Alaeff, Michael Bartlett, Francis Baudevin,  [ Read More ]

Nanni Moretti will be President of the Jury of the 65th Festival de Cannes to be held from May 16 to 27, 2012. Accepting the invitation, the Italian actor and director said: “This is a real joy, an honour and a tremendous responsibility to preside over the jury of the most prestigious festival of cinematography  [ Read More ]

Catherine (Deep Silver) is a new digital masterpiece exploring the couple intimacy, betrayals, nightmares and revenge. Created by Atlus with Shigenori Soejima and Shōji Meguro, the videogame (also with some short-movie clips) reveals the story of the 32 years old Vincent in love with his girlfriend Catherine, but, at night, faithless star of nightmares in  [ Read More ]

Opening: February 11, 2012 at Palazzo Albrizzi – Cannaregio 4118, Venice Ruoli Segreti e Ruoli Proibiti / Hidden & Forbidden Identities | Venice (Italy) General Information. In the prestigious spaces of Palazzo Albrizzi in Venice starts Ruoli Segreti e Ruoli Proibiti / Hidden & Forbidden Identities, an international videoart festival and photography exhibition which opens  [ Read More ]

 Berlin Film Festival 2012: SEVEN WONDERS – RICHARD LORMAND Ira Sach’s KEEP THE LIGHTS ON: Heartrending, frank, smart, but real cinema. This beautiful film comes to the Panorama after receiving a very positive reception in Sundance. Outstanding Danish-born actor Thure Lindhardt (FLAME AND CITRON, NORDKRAFT, BROTHER-  HOOD, among many others) brings extra emotional depth  [ Read More ]

Here the final list of the nominations of the 84th Academy Awards 2012, that will take place next feb 26th. Actor in a Leading Role Demián Bichir in “A Better Life” George Clooney in “The Descendants” Jean Dujardin in “The Artist” Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Brad Pitt in “Moneyball” Actor in a  [ Read More ]

“Henri Cartier Bresson – images & words” is an unique exhibition started on January 19, 2012, at Palazzo Incontro in Roma, promoted by Nicola Zingaretti, President of the Province of Rome. The exhibition has been organized by Henri Cartier Bresson Fundation, Contrasto and Magnum Photos and it will be visited till may 6th, in the  [ Read More ]

Shining Beverly Hills for the 69th Golden Globes edition! The annual awards have been given to the most influent and talented artists, actors, directors and crew for the movies and tv series held in 2011. Here the list of the winners and a special photo-focus for the dreamy look of the stars! Best Actress in  [ Read More ]

After so many Sofia Coppola’s soundtracks, French synth-pop duo Air has created a forthcoming new album (out on Feb 7) re-inventing their own score for George Méliès‘1902 “Le Voyage Dans La Lune”. The movie’s last surviving color print had been re-discovered in 1993 before   the 2010 Cannes premiere. Air and cinema: so strong union.

Inspired by the mixture between Alfons Mucha’s Art Noveau and Ezio Auditore’s carachter, artist Silvestris has covered the Assassin’s Creed protagonists, on deviantart.com. Take a look to his illustrations! images © Silvestris

2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Premieres and Documentary Premieres Sections Special Event with Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s hitRECord on Jan. 26 Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The Festival will be held January 19 through 29 in Park  [ Read More ]

The 24th edition of the European Film Awards, held in Berlin last Saturday, have awarded Lars von Trier with his apocalyptic drama “Melancholia”, and for the Director’s prize,  Susanne Bier for her thriller “In a Better World”. Also British stars Colin Firth and Tilda Swinton won the acting prizes, and “The King’s Speech” won the  [ Read More ]

AMOS GITAI MEMORIAL ARCHITECTURE From the 4th of November 2011 to the 8th of January 2012 The Video Installation in the underworld of the Mole Antonelliana The enthralling basement of the Mole Antonelliana building opens, for the first time ever, to host the artwork of one of the greatest film directors of our times, Amos  [ Read More ]

JOHN LASSETER IN MILAN TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF PIXAR Just a little bit of…Pixar dust and away we fly to the world of childhood dreams, of light-heartedness and blithe. That is indeed the talent of John Lasseter, creator of Pixar. For the  intrinsic trait that has made the animation company like no other on  [ Read More ]

Here some other movies presented at the 2011 Rome Film Festival. “Trishna” Starring Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed, with original songs by Amit Trivedi and an original score by Shigeru Umebayashi. Based on the novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Produced by Melissa Parmenter. “Page Eight” Spy thriller written  [ Read More ]

Special Event at the 2011 Rome Film Festival, “Pina” by Wim Wenders’ is a huge miracle of the connection between cinema, dance, art and technologies. The first European 3D ever made, “Pina” is a feature-length dance film with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch (died in 2009), featuring the unique and inspiring art  [ Read More ]

Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. Based on Brian Selznick’s book, Director Martin Scorsese at his very best first time in approaching the 3D technologies, in a movie featuring stars Christopher Lee, Sasha  [ Read More ]

Presented at RFF 2011, “From Up On Poppy Hill” is the brand new masterpiece by Miyazaki family & Studio Ghibli, directed by son Goro. Set in Yokohama in the year 1963, “From Up On Poppy Hill” is a love story whose main characters are the high school students who were to become the first generation  [ Read More ]