Category: Writing
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Il campione (The Champion) (2019)
The feel-good story about a successful, though reckless, young athlete whose life is turned around when he is assigned a tutor by his soccer club.
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Simple Women (2019)
Simple Women is a very imaginative original film whose name betrays its complex, metafictional narrative.
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Storia di B. – La scomparsa di mia madre (The Disappearance of My Mother) (2019)
The inherently exploitative nature of the documentary is explored through a most personal subject: the director’s mother.
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Il traditore (The Traitor) (2019)
Veteran director Marco Bellocchio, decades into his career, is still grappling with questions of existentialism: building a sense of order in a world of disorder, through one’s own moral code and logic, however twisted.
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Sole (2019)
Sole has a cold, detached feel which fits its somber narrative, though its overall joyless nature makes it a difficult film to engage and connect with.
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Martin Eden (2019)
Martin Eden’s new interpretation set in early 20th century Italy feels a perfect fit for a tale of optimism, promise, and eventual self-destruction.
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Croce e delizia (2019)
Croce e delizia is a warmly charming, and often moving, look at how family dynamics may change but love and compassion will always be at their heart.
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Padre Padrone (1977)
Padre Padrone is noteworthy for shining a light on some often-forgotten elements of Italian culture and inequality.
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Loro (2018)
Long after Berlusconi is out of office, Loro will continue to be viewed, studied, and enjoyed, as long as loro (they) are still in power.