Tag: 2019
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#19: Cinema Italian Style 2020
Notturno, Padrenostro, Lacci (The Ties), and more!
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#16: Tommaso (Abel Ferrara, 2019)
This episode explores Abel Ferrara’s Tommaso, a semi-autobiographical tale of an American filmmaker living in Rome with his wife and daughter. An incident forces him to question his role as husband and father, eventually sending him on a destructive journey of paranoia, fear, and hysteria, all while struggling to find community and connection in a foreign…
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#12: The 31st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival
I’m back from the 31st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival! I wanted to provide an overview of the seven Italian films I got to see, all of which were featured in the Focus on Italy program of this year’s festival: Croce e delizia (An Almost Ordinary Summer) by Simone Godano Martin Eden by Pietro…
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#11: Interview with Leonardo D’Agostini & Antonella Lattanzi (The Champion)
I got to speak with director Leonardo D’Agostini and screenwriter Antonella Lattanzi to discuss their film Il campione (The Champion) (2019). In our conversation, they talk about what inspired the film’s story, the challenges and opportunities of the screenwriting process, plus moments that didn’t make it into the final film. This interview was conducted on January…
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#10: Interview with Chiara Malta (Simple Women)
In this episode, I sit down with first-time director Chiara Malta to discuss her film Simple Women (2019). During our conversation, Malta talks about her inspiration for the movie, her experience during production, the role religion and faith plays in the film, and more. You even get to hear some (sloppy) Italian from me! This interview…
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#09: Interview with Beniamino Barrese (The Disappearance of My Mother)
In this episode, I sit down with first-time director Beniamino Barrese to discuss his film Storia di B. – La scomparsa di mia madre (The Disappearance of My Mother) (2019), a documentary exploring the life, psychology, and aspirations of his mother Benedetta Barzini. Barrese discusses the challenges of the documentary as a medium, the power…
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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.