“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 ]
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 ]
Film producers who are looking for exciting literary material for the screen should be in their element at “Books at Berlinale” on February 12, 2013. Ten novels that might make good movies will be presented at this year’s “Books at Berlinale” within the scope of the Berlinale Co-Production Market. At the breakfast following the pitch, [ Read More ]
Presented at the end of the Rome Film Festival 2012, in MAXXXI competition, “Tar” is a movie adapted by James Franco and the students in the class he teaches at New York University, as a compilation of ten short films each directed by a student, based on a book of poems titled Tar by Pulitzer [ 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 ]
Brad Bernstein’s film, Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story, depicts a man’s continuous pursuit to find his place in the world as a human being and as an artist. The documentary combines traditional storytelling with original animation from over 70 years worth of art from the renegade children’s book author and illustrator, [ Read More ]
by Chiara Spagnoli Andrea Marinelli, a promising Italian journalist pursues his quest: accomplish the coverage of 2012’s US Presidential Elections State-to.State. His greatest allies have been crowdfunding, hitchhiking and CouchSurfing. The entire chronicle, initially reported on his blog http://iltradingpost.wordpress.com, has become a self-published book “L’Ospite: Pullman, divani e autostop all’inseguimento delle [ Read More ]
Il libro bianco dei Beatles La storia e le storie di tutte le canzoni by Franco Zanetti (The white book of the Beatles – The history and stories of all their songs) Here you may find the anecdotes and tales that gave birth to the most sung lyrics of all times! The record [ Read More ]
The noble Squickies will draw us in a compelling battle against the evil Arneos, who have as their mission to swallow the love of the human race. Olivia and Primo two ordinary children, with their frailties and fears but an indomitable courage, will fight side by side with the Squickies, in the name of Love. [ Read More ]
GADDO DELLA GHERARDESCA The acclaimed advertiser, descendent of one of the most ancient aristocracies, is a fond advocate of BOLGHERI MELODY Count Gaddo della Gherardesca was born in Florence to one of Europe’s oldest families, which records back to 745A.D. Dante Alighieri and Giosué Carducci have extolled the death of his ancestor: in 1289 Count [ 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 ]
DIMORE STORICHE ITALIANE The handy unique platform to discover Italian Historical Mansions http://www.dimorestoricheitaliane.it Historical venues as art promulgators The historical, artistic and architectural heritage of each country, is an essential part of its cultural identity. Every palace, castle, villa or garden has his own story, and memory that must not be forgotten. Thus, the Italian [ 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 ]
LORENZO BORGHESE Prince Lorenzo Borghese, is a member of the House of Borghese and is known to the public for his television appearances in shows such as ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘Selling New York.’ The aristocratic in him doesn’t deny his noble origins, he has for instance published a book on his ancestor ‘The Princess of [ Read More ]
SALVATORE CARRUBBA – IL CUORE IN MANO The Italian journalist, writer and academic has presented his most recent publication, a love tribute to the city of Milan. ‘Il cuore in mano’, the so called heart-in-hand, has always been the utmost quality of the town qualified as the moral capital of the Bel Paese. Salvatore Carrubba, [ 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 ]
ANTONIO MONDA & THE CITY Antonio Monda, journalist in Manhattan, is an Italian pride. He started as an essayist and film critic and eventually directed documentaries, commercials and a feature film presented at the Venice Film Festival, winner of several prizes. He is currently a professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts [ Read More ]
Confirming his multi-tasking attitude in art, Mr James Franco is ready to explore one of the most important talents in photography for an upcoming brave new movie based on Robert Mapplethorpe’s life and art. Directed by Ondi Timoner, and financiated by the Tribeca Film Institude and by Mapplethorpe Foundation, which Director Michael Ward Shout has [ Read More ]
To celebrate his 50 years career, the Italian actor Leo Gullotta has drown up a masterpiece-show collaborating with Director Fabio Grossi, creating a theatre event that’s all around Italy since 2010. Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wife of Windsor”, the extraordinary comedy by the English author and poet dated 1602, features Gullotta’s amazing makeup, affording his physical [ Read More ]
The Associazione Culturale Sezione H, with Yourban MusicLab and Schio Comics has organized a brand new event celebrating the cult comic icon Dylan Dog from March 10th to 18th, in Caldogno (Vicenza, Italy). An occasion to meet the myth and to celebrate the creative artists that have worked through the years to draw and write [ 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 ]
After graduating from Ryerson University with a degree in Fashion Design, Toronto-born Caitlin Cronenberg (Director David Cronenberg’s daughter) decided to pursue a career in photography, a field she has had a passion for since childhood. Starting out shooting for a local community newsmagazine as well as doing freelance work, she has since been published in [ Read More ]
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
On january 19th Paris Sotheby’s will auction 40 original pictures from the most important covers of “L’Uomo Vogue” during this 5 years under Franca Sozzanbi’s direction. Photograpies of David Cronenberg, Dustin Hoffman, De Niro, Zidane and Mortensen, from contemporary art protagonist, to cinema icons and literature stars, taken by photographers Weber, Paolo Roversi, Mark Seliger, [ Read More ]
Catwoman has been played by so many actress over the years, but Anne Hathaway (for next Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” – out in a few months), had to prepare studying Hollywood sex icon Hedy Lamarr, used by “Batman” comic book franchise creator Bob Kane as one of his inspirations for Catwoman, along with [ Read More ]
David Fincher’s adaptation to Stieg Larsson’s novel (already become a movie in 2009 directed by Niels Arden Oplev and starring Noomi Rapace) is the confirmation that north European arts of the last years can influence the international productions in adaptations and remakes (see “Let Me In” story: from John Ajvide Lindqvist’s story to Tomas Alfredson’s [ Read More ]
Back in 2011 at the Venice FIlm Festival, Mr. Thomas Alfredson, took a piece of UK to conquer that red carpet with the spy-story “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”, by Alfredson, starring the 2011 Academy Award Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, David Thewlis, Mark Strong and Ciaran Hinds, adapted from John Le Carrè’s book. Set [ Read More ]
The documentary by Henry William Bateman depicts the strong-willed passion and determination of the icy region to stand out of the crowd and make its way through towards a sustainable future. The country has the potential to be the testing ground for new technologies to fulfil an economy of subsistence farming, in complete vouchsafe of [ Read More ]
Darrell K. Sweet (1934 –2011), died last December 5th. He’s been one of the most important illustrators in contemporary art, since 1975 covering about over 3000 images mostly for fantasy and science fiction novels, best known for covers of “The Wheel of Time” saga. Here’s only a short gallery of his artistic effort to contemporary [ Read More ]
Well-versed in bringing women of extraordinary beauty to the forefront of mainstream popular culture, Mazzucco searched the globe for the world’s most stunning women to appear in the book. The result is a 248 page collection of color photographs and art pieces showcasing a diverse group of women—some already legendary, some about to become so—who [ Read More ]
The Poetry Brothel, a unique and immersive poetry experience, takes poetry outside classrooms and lecture halls and places it in the lush interiors of a bordello. The Poetry Brothel presents poets as high courtesans who impart their work in public readings, spontaneous eruptions of poetry, and most distinctly, as purveyors of private poetry readings on [ Read More ]
A DREAM FACTORY NAMED MILAN Lights, camera, action… ‘Miracolo a Milano’ and ‘La vita agra’ The film-industry of the 50s and 60s relives at Società del Giardino Palazzo Spinola, in the heart of Milan, lodges from the beginning of the nineteenth century the oldest gentlemen’s club in town. The Società del Giardino, dates back [ 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 ]
“The Seventh Son” (previously titled The Last Apprentice) is an upcoming fantasy movie directed by Sergei Bodrov (“Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan”) for Legendary Pictures. The film is a movie adaptation of “The Last Apprentice”, a series of novel written by Joseph Delaney. The story follows the seventh son of a seventh son as [ Read More ]
90TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS CULMINATE WITH OPENING OF THE GUCCI MUSEO IN FLORENCE A year of events in celebration of Gucci’s 90th anniversary will culminate with the official public opening of the GUCCI MUSEO inside the historic Palazzo della Mercanzia located in Florence’s Piazza Signoria. A permanent exhibition from its rich and culturally significant archive, which [ Read More ]
What’s the world like according to Pupi Avati? SecondoMéFest In Padua Movies, Books, Music, Tastings and … Much More SecondoMéFest Thursday November 3 > Saturday November 5, 2011 Padua | multiple venues Movies, books, music, tastings, symposiums and exhibitions: the first edition of SecondoMéFest, in Padua from November 3rd to November 5th, it’s all [ Read More ]
Ready to be presented also on the next Toronto Film Festival, “Faust” by Director Alexander Sokurov has been screened for press and public on the horror-violence-day of Venice Film Festival 2011, in association with Friedkin’s “Killer Joe”. The movie, based on Faust legend, already theme of thousand of masterpieces in the past arts and literary, [ Read More ]
Inspiration from contemporary and past literature seems to be the center around most of the movies run at the Venice Film Festival 2011. So Director Andrea Arnold has worked to adapt Emilie Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights”, also inspired from cinema-version of the past (starring Laurence Olivier). Since its publication in 1847 Emily Bronte’s only novel “Wuthering [ Read More ]
King of the day, Mr. Tomas Alfredson! A piece of UK conquers today’s red carpet and conference-hall, with the spy-story “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”, by Alfredson, starring the 2011 Academy Award Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, David Thewlis, Mark Strong and Ciaran Hinds, adapted from John Le Carrè’s book. Set in the ‘70s, the [ Read More ]
From book to mini-series. Todd Haynes, also member of the official Jury of the Venice Film Festival 2011, has presented hi 5 episodes series “Mildred Pierce”, starring Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce and Evan Rachel Wood, bringing to life the memorable character introduced in James M. Cain’s classic 1941 novel. The drama offers an intimate portrait [ Read More ]
Creating a movie on psychoanalysis must not have been easy for David Cronenberg, the top director of the third day of Venice Film Festival 2011. In his “A Dangerous Method” (featuring Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen, Keira Knightley and Vincent Cassel, based on Christopher Hampton’s script and with production by Jeremy Thomas), the [ Read More ]
Twentieth Century Fox has released some new concept art for “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” on the movie’s official Facebook page. The pictures have been released by Kirsten Franson, Milena Zdrakovic and Brian Cunningham. Overall, the concept art for “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” provides a background look at the creation [ Read More ]
The Hotel Excelsior in Lido di Venezia will host Digital Expo during the 68th Venice International Film Festival (31 August -10 September 2011). Digital Expo is an event which gathers people working in the film and audiovisual production sector (documentary films, videos, commercials, digital animations, etc.) and in digital technologies. It will take place in [ Read More ]
After his latest “Alice in Wonderland” 3D movie, Director Tim Burton is pleased to announce the shooting start of his forthcoming movie, “The Dark Shadow”, adding to “The Wrap” during his exhibition opening at the LA County Museum of Art, that it just began production, and confirming it won’t be in 3D. “I have no [ Read More ]
Some extracts from Cannes 2011 Festival winners’ speeches Maryna Vroda (Short Film Palme d’or for Cross): “When I got to Cannes, I couldn´t sleep. Then I made a decision. Whatever happens, I said to myself, award or no award, I´m going to carry on making films.” Wannes Destoop (Short Film Jury Prize for Badpakje 46): [ Read More ]
Sean Penn: “Paolo has magic hands when filming.” The Italian director Paolo Sorrentino came to present This Must Be The Place, his latest film selected In Competition, accompanied by the actor Sean Penn, who plays Cheyenne, the film’s principal character. Selected extracts. Sean Penn on the beginnings of this collaboration with Paolo Sorrentino: “We met at [ Read More ]
From http://www.festival-cannes.com : Gus Van Sant opens Un Certain Regard with a movie dedicated to youth and love. Restless is the fifth feature film by the US film-maker to appear in the Official Selection. His movie Elephant won the Palme d’or in 2003. His new film relates a tale of young love that is graceful [ Read More ]
From Marvel.com: Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Alpha Flight #1 (of , from New York Times best-selling authors Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente and acclaimed artist Dale Eaglesham. Canada’s original super team is back in action – but can they survive the terror of Fear Itself? With their homeland [ Read More ]
