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A24 knows sex sells, so it’s no surprise that the first U.S. trailer for Parthenope is full of seduction. Newcomer Celeste Dalla Porta, playing the titular Parthenope, appears in various stages of undress throughout, emerging dripping from the sea in a bikini, draped in religious jewelry that barely covers her modesty, tangled up in what looks like...

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Each of our lives moves toward the same destination, but what distinguishes us is the path we take to get there. This journey defines us, and if there’s one mode of travel that stirs our imagination about where life might lead, it’s the train. With a steam train, in particular, we connect to a more human pace, reflecting the slow and steady rhythm...

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In what may be his final chapter, the legendary film-maker – who has drawn so often on his Catholic upbringing – turns his attention to the saints. Lucy Lethbridge sees his new series, and hears why he’s made it Martin Scorsese, now 81, was brought up in a poor area of Little Italy in New York. All the film director’s grandparents were Sicilian, an...

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They made their names with A Fistful of Dollars, the first in a series of spaghetti westerns that became classics of 20th-century cinema. But the Italian director Sergio Leone had such a poor grasp of English that, between takes, he would repeatedly rely on the words “watch me” before miming whatever he wanted from his leading man, Clint Eastwood,...

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Friday November 22, 2024 | 8:00 pm. The Broad Stage, Santa Monica, California. Tickets here. Los Angeles will continue the celebrations of Sophia Loren's 90th birthday with a not to be missed musical extravaganza featuring tenor Pasquale Esposito accompanied by the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra conducted by Maestro Carlo Ponti.  The program will p...

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Stanley Tucci, the ever-charismatic actor and filmmaker, has come out to share some startling experiences from his career, particularly how he often found himself battling against the deep-seated prejudices associated with being Italian-American in Hollywood. Best known for his vast array of roles, from the flamboyant art director Nigel in The Devi...

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Sports car biopic Maserati: The Brothers, which gets underway this month, has booked into Rome’s iconic Cinecittà studios. Filming will also take place in Modena and Bologna, and the production will use VR and VFX technology from Tuscany Film Studio. Michele Morrone, Anthony Hopkins, Andy Garcia and Jessica Alba are starring in the film about the b...

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Ferrari will be hoping its fans will be entertained by a new collaboration with Paramount Pictures ahead of the release of Gladiator II. A sequel to the 2000 smash hit starring Russell Crowe, Gladiator II is due for release this Friday (15 November) and the film is set to temporarily swap the Amphitheatre of Rome for the Las Vegas Strip. Ferrari dr...

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Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival has announced its 18th annual celebration of contemporary Italian cinema and culture. This year's event is set for Nov. 14-17 at the Queen Street Playhouse, 20 Queen St., Charleston, SC. The festival will screen 13 feature films and documentaries with select showings holding Q&A sessions immediately following. Fe...

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When director Paolo Sorrentino’s hit series “The Young Pope” debuted in 2016, it took the Vatican a year to grudgingly bless his imagined and occasionally blasphemous portrayal of the pope. Not so for Sorrentino’s latest film “Parthenope,” which has gotten an early thumbs down from Italy’s Catholic Church. That has only seemed to pique interest in...

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