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THE DAMNED (Roberto Minervini). CANNES: Un Certain Regard.

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IMAGE FROM MINERVINI'S THE DAMNED

The Italian has lived in the US for two decades...

KIDNAPPED/RAPITO (Marco Bellocchio 2023)
Opens in US theaters May 24!

San Frandisco area May 31: Landmark Opera Plaza
Smith Rafael Film Center

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FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (George Miller 2024)

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FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA,World premiered out of competition at Cannes, has gotten generally positive...

BRUCE WEBER: LET'S GET LOST (1988; reissued 2008)

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CHET BAKER IN LET'S GET LOST

This is not a review. Just want to remind readers that LET'S GET...

See LET'S GET LOST (Bruce Weber) thread.

First films Cannes 2024

DIAMOND BRUT/WILD DIAMOND (Agathe Riedinger)

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MALOU KHEBIZI IN DIAMOND BRUT

First-time actor Malou Khebizi is a...

Cannes begins

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LÉA SEYDOUX AND APHAEL QUENARD IN QUENTIN DUPIEUX'S LE DEUXIÈME ACTE

LE DEUZIÈME ACTE/THE SECOND ACT (Quintin Dupieux). Opening...

From Taylor (Charlton Heston), opening speech in Planet of the Apes (1968):

WES BALL: KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2024)

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PETER MACON, OWEN TEAGUE, FREYA ALLAN IN KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Defeat of Planet of...

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Nathalie Emmanuel (in black), Adam Driver (in car), on the set of COPPOLA'S MEGALOPOLIS, Jan. '23. GETTY IMAGES

Is Francis Ford Coppola's MEGALOPOLIS...

ANN HUI: JULY RHAPSODY 男人四十 (2002) - RERELEASE

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KARENA LAM AND JACKY CHEUNG IN JULY RHAPSODY

A man at forty: temptations and renewed vows

If...

THERE'S STILL TOMORROW (Paola Cortellesi 2023)

The biggest movie of the festival. Made by and starring a prominent comedienne and singer, this black and white Neorealist style attack on...

MI FANNO MALE I CAPELLI (Roberta Torre 2023)

This fluffy riff features Alba Rohrwacher in a tour de force as a deranged wife who thinks she has turned into the iconic muse of Michelangelo...

ENEO (Pietro Castellitto 2023)

Sophomore film written, directed, and starring the son of famous actor-director Sergio Castellitto and included in competition at the Venice festival last year where...

A BRIGHTER TOMORROW/IL SOL DEL'AVVENIRE (Nanni Moretti 2023)

This film by the Italian auteur, a regular at Cannes and in the NIC series, features a central character who is a self-indulgent...

ADAGIO (Stefano Sollima 2023)

This lugubrious crime film set in an apocalyptic Rome features Italian superstars Pierfrancesco Favino and Toni Servillo as oddball gangsters. Favino is also featured...

Looking forward to the Monica Vitti homage. I remember how much my father loved her.
Also the one with Franz Rogowski. It won't be Italian, but he is always an interesting actor.

FESTIVAL THREAD...

PAOLA CORTELLESI: THERE'S STILL TOMORROW/C'È ANCORA DOMANI (2023)

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PAOLA CORTELLESI, ROMANA MAGGIORA VERGANO, VALERIO MASTANDREA, GIANMARCO FILIPPINI,...

ROBERTA TORRE: MI FANNO MALE I CAPELLI (2023)

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ALBA ROHRWACHER IN MI FANNI MALE I CAPELLI

Movie love madness in a tour de force by Alba Rohrwacher
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PIETRO CASTELLITTO: ENEA (2023)

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CESARE CASTELLITTO, BENEDETTA PORCAROLI, AND PIETRO CASTELLITTO IN ENEA

World-weary young Romans deal coke in a...

NANNI MORETTI: A BRIGHTER TOMORROW/IL SOL DEL'AVVENIRE (2023)

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NANNI MORETTI IN A BRIGHTER TOMORROW

Moretti's study of a self-indulgent movie...

STEFANO SOLLIMA: ADAGIO (2023)

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PANORAMA OF A ROME EDGED BY FIRE IN ADAGIO

Cops and gangsters circle each other around a boy in an apocalyptic Rome...

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema At Lincoln Center 2024
May 30- June 6, 2024 GENERAL FILM FORUM THREAD

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PIERFRANCESCO FAVINO IN EDOARDO DE ANGELIS'...

NOWHERE SPECIAL still only in theaters, expanding May 10, 2024.

DAVID LEITCH: THE FALL GUY (2024)

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Let's do that just one more time

The subtext of The Fall Guy is that movies may be collective work, but the...