Posted on May 8th, 2009 by Craig Kennedy
At the David di Donatello Awards Friday evening, Matteo Garrone’s critically acclaimed mafia film Gomorrah took home seven golden Davids, including best film, director and screenplay. Though Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo also won seven of Italy’s top film prizes, including best actor Tony Servillo, best supporting actress Piera Degli Espositi and best director of photography, [...]
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Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Here’s another trailer from a film that made a splash at Cannes this year. Presented by Martin Scorsese, Gomorrah (spelled Gomorra outside of the US) prods the underbelly of the rampant organized crime in Naples, Italy. Roberto Saviano, the man who researched and wrote the book on which the film is based currently lives in [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Here are a couple more trailers worthy of your attention. The first is for Barry Jenkins’ Medicine for Melancholy, the indie film about the day after a one-night stand between two African-Americans in San Francisco. It originally made a splash at the most recent SXSW Film Festival and I caught up to it at LAFF. The trailer [...]
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Posted on August 12th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Benicio del Toro in Steven Soderbergh’s Che
Steven Soderbergh’s two-part biography Che, Clint Eastwood’s Changeling and Darren Aronofsky’s Wrestler have joined Lawrence Cantet’s Cannes jury prize winning The Class at The New York Film Festival which runs September 26 to October 12.
Shown in two parts totaling 4 1/2 hours at Cannes, Che does not have a [...]
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