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When life hits hard: NOWHERE SPECIAL

Nowhere Special by Uberto Pasolini is for sure James Norton’s best performance so far. His eyes say what the viewer needs to know. A tremendous performance that has conquered the audience at the 77th International Film Festival of Venice. John (James Norton, McMafia, Grantchester, War and Peace, Little Women) is a window cleaner in Belfast and a single father of 4-year-old Michael (newcomer…

Benvenuti all’inferno: NUEVO ORDEN

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Manca poco alla 78° Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia e siamo ansiosi di vedere Sundown, il nuovo film del regista messicano Michel Franco. Forse, la verità è che, a quasi un anno dalla sua proiezione, siamo ancora provati e ossessionati dal brutale Nuevo Orden (Gran Premio della Giuria o, per usare le parole di uno dei suoi attori principali, Diego Boneta, “il secondo premio per…

77th Venice Film Festival – You Won’t Be Sponsored by Subway, Subway Will Be Sponsored by You: MAINSTREAM

Once again, seven years after Palo Alto, Gia Coppola brings to the big screen a disaffected generation, the new TikTokers/influencers/YouTubers…social addicted. Mainstream is a satire of social media superstars; luckily it was before the unexplained success of Khaby Lame. Frankie (Maya Hawke, Stranger Things) is an aspiring artist who spends her days making videos for her few YouTube…

77th Venice Film Festival- Welcome to Hell: Nuevo Orden (New Order)

It’s nearly time for the 78th Venice Film Festival and we can’t wait to see the new movie Sundown by Mexican director Michel Franco. But the truth is that, after nearly a year, we are still obsessed by his brutally political New Order (Grand Jury Prize or, using Diego Boneta words after the Awards Ceremony, “the second prize for the importance given at the 77th Venice Film Festival”). Out today…