Category: Arts & Culture

TIFF Celebrates Italian Master of Cinema

TORONTO – TIFF Cinematheque is currently running a retrospective of Marco Bellocchio’s decades long film career. The event kicked off this past Friday, and will be running until Jan 29th at TIFF Lightbox. The 14-film retrospective launched with the screening of Bellocchio’s political drama Buongiorno, Notte (2003). Special guest and celebrated actor Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Marco‘s son, was in attendance for a prologue and post-show Q&As. Prior to the screening Pier Giorgio sat with Corriere Canadese to discuss Italy’s past, present and future in the industry. 

The Return, a more Human Odyssey

TORONTO – While almost a third of the world’s population celebrated Christmas last week, a seemingly equal amount of cinephiles, historophiles and antiquarians were sent into a frenzy over Christopher Nolan’s new film announcement – The Odyssey.  According to Universal’s statement on X, the British filmmaker’s next project “Is a mythic-action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026”.