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  WTI Magazine #20    2014 Mar, 7Author : Simone doc Bracci      Translation by:   In the moment of the triumph it is right to leave room to euphoria. The expectation, anticipation, the joy, the victory and then the moment of happiness, either personal or group happiness, from every angle and for every professional level. We now focus our attent...

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  WTI Magazine #60    2015 May, 15Author : Edoardo Peretti      Translation by:   This year the 69th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has selected three Italians in the official competition: "Il racconto dei racconti" (Tale of tales) by Matteo Garrone, "Youth" by Paolo Sorrentino, "Mia madre" by Nanni Moretti. Garrone, Sorrentino and Moretti...

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By Loren King   Even in a year unusually rich with substantial film roles for actors and actresses well beyond a certain age, Paolo Sorrentino's "Youth" stands alone: an operatic, visually audacious meditation on aging, art, and mortality.   The English-language "Youth," opening here on Friday, is Sorrentino's follow-up to last year's...

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Writers write, that's what they do. Jep Gambardella still qualifies, just barely. After the publication of his acclaimed first novel, he chose to spend the rest of his career penning Vanity Fair-style celebrity profiles. It was much easier, but far less satisfying. Gambardella belatedly realizes this holds true for all aspects of his life in Paol...

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By Charlie Schmidlin   The word "grand" is bound to crop up when describing the films of Paolo Sorrentino. The director traffics in the type of grandeur that evokes Fellini, yet finds an alternate route, as well as the type that divides audiences immediately.   Seven features in —including 2013's Oscar-winning "The Great Beauty"— Sorr...

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by Nick VivarelliMichael Caine and Paolo Sorrentino will kick off the Cinema Italian Style showcase of contemporary Italian films in Los Angeles by introducing a pre-opening event screening of Sorrentino's "Youth," the tender reflection on old age that just swept the European Film Award Nominations, ahead of its upcoming release via Fox Searchlight...

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by Mauro Battocchi   Get ready Italian cinema lovers! NICE is kicking off today with Silvio Soldini's comedic look at contemporary Italian society called Garibaldi's Lovers. The director himself is expected to attend the screening at the Clay Theater (2261 Fillmore Street) at 6:15 PM. For a full synopsis of the film, click here. Also, it's n...

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Nelle ultime settimane il cinema è stato al centro dell'attenzione, com'è normale che sia nella città di Hollywood e nel periodo delle competizioni più attese, i Golden Globes e gli Academy Awards.   Ma quest'anno al tradizionale interesse per le premiazioni si aggiunge un motivo in più, la possibilità di ritornare a vincere sulla scena cine...

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Join us at the Egyptian and Aero Theatres for our annual celebration of Italian cinema, opening with Italy's official Oscar submission for Best Foreign-Language Film, Paolo Sorrentino's dazzling THE GREAT BEAUTY, a look at the bewitching power of Rome and a writer caught up in it. That film's star, Toni Servillo, also appears in a dual role as a po...

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by Carlotta Magnanini   Sometimes it just takes a couple of hours—the duration of a movie—to understand how mysterious mechanisms work, in this case, we mean Italian. In the history of Italian cinema, both past and present (not much has changed anyway), there are a few movies that can offer us a real identikit to give us more insight into th...

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