Short of the Month: Piccole Avventure Romane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06uqeJzpadA Piccole Avventure Romane translates through Google to "Little Roman Adventures". And 'little' is exactly what this film is: there is very little dialogue,...
My Brilliant Friend – Venice 2018 Review
Following the fight between Cannes and Netflix, Venice has this year become the VOD film festival, something that's demonstrated perfectly by HBO's My Brilliant Friend, a series directed by Saverio Costanzo...
Youth – Review
Michael Caine's best work in years and a strong supporting cast isn't quite enough to lift the evocative, elegant yet slight Youth beyond the (admittedly absorbing) curio it is. If nothing else, the...
A Love Letter To… The Great Beauty
“I was looking for the Great Beauty… but… I didn’t find it.” So says the aging and ennui-ridden Jep, when asked why he didn’t make more of his life in the artful and exquisite The Great Beauty. On...
The Great Beauty – Review
You’ll want to visit Rome after watching The Great Beauty. Italy’s capital is the beauty in question and its inhabitants are the beasts, party-hardened socialites that swirl chaotically around a calm...