let’s begin Chiara’s review with an important clarification: in his latest feature film, presented in competition at the 79th Venice Film Festival and entitled Chiara, Susanna Nicchiarelli he chose to tell a story of just under twenty years of the saint’s life. Speaking of Assisi, most people will immediately think of this central Italian town’s … Read more
The banshees are legendary creatures belonging to the Irish folk tradition, to be more precise they are female spirits linked to specific families (or to communities, why not?) Who they have the bad habit of making themselves known only when those who see them are close to death. Perhaps this is also why they are … Read more
It seemed like yesterday when in the frame of the Locarno Film Festival in 2021, Abel Ferrara he announced his intention to return to Italy for his next film and take care of one of the reference figures of Christianity. Not even three months later and he was already in Lecce for the start of … Read more
Sebbene molti siano praticamente sconosciuti in Occidente, la Cina ha”prodotto” registi di un certo spessore a livello mondiale dalla fine della Rivoluzione Culturale. Molti dei grandi hanno studiato alla Beijing Film Academy e si occupano di argomenti pesanti, spesso politicamente delicati. Spesso in punta di piedi con la censura del governo, questi registi sono perseveranti … Read more