TORONTO – With the opulent lifestyles of notorious Roman emperors like Nero, Tiberius and Caligula well documented, the contemporary Italian psyche is properly guarded against the lure of depravity. But not totally freed from it. The Casati Stampa murders which occurred in the 1970s were a reminder that some in high society were keeping degeneracy alive and well in the 20th century. And now those murders are the inspiration for Andrea De Sica’s new film The Eyes of Others…
TORONTO – Con gli stili di vita opulenti di noti imperatori romani come Nerone, Tiberio e Caligola ben documentati, la psiche italiana contemporanea è adeguatamente protetta dal fascino della depravazione. Ma non del tutto libera…
TORONTO – Having just watched three successive films during a long flight home, one of which was about a blood lusting mythical unicorn that gruesomely murders its captors, I asked myself how some movies attract investment – while others take several decades, if ever. But as I touched ground Amazon MGM Studios announced that filming had begun on Masterplan, an international heist movie about a band of thieves – led by Stanley Tucci – who attempt to steal the Mona Lisa…
TORONTO – Avendo appena visto tre film consecutivi durante un lungo volo di ritorno, uno dei quali parlava di un mitico unicorno assetato di sangue che uccide in modo raccapricciante i suoi rapitori, mi sono chiesto in che modo alcuni film attirano gli investimenti, mentre altri richiedono diversi decenni, se non mai…
TORONTO – With Netflix Italy reaching its 10th anniversary last week, the streamer’s CEO Ted Sarandos was in Rome to mark the occasion…
