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Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron to open 2023 Toronto International Film Festival

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Having opened to record-breaking success in Japan earlier this month, TIFF has announced that Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s long-awaited new film The Boy and the Heron will serve as the Opening Night Gala Presentation of September’s 48th Toronto International Film Festival. “We are honoured to open the 48th Toronto International Film Festival with the work […]

Movie Review – How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)

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How to Blow Up a Pipeline, 2022. Directed by Daniel Goldhaber. Starring Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, Irene Bedard, Olive Jane Lorraine, Giancarlo Beltran, Mariel Martinez, Jasper Keen, Halle Charlton, Loren Anthony, Sam Quinn, Mark Duke Dalton, Brian Landis Folkins, Kim S. Monti, Calhoun […]

Cinecittà Italian Docs Review – Il Posto (A Steady Job)

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Il Posto (A Steady Job), 2022. Directed by Mattia Colombo, Gianluca Matarrese. SYNOPSIS: An on the road documentary focusing on the thousands of people in the nursing profession in Southern Italy who are desperate for only a few reliable positions in the country’s northern cities.  An insightful documentary playing as part of the first season of […]

Cinecittà Italian Docs Review – Svegliami a Mezzanotte (Wake Me Up At Midnight)

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Svegliami a Mezzanotte (Wake Me Up At Midnight), 2022 Directed by Francesco Patierno  Written by Fuani Mariano, Francesco Patierno  SYNOPSIS:  A young woman who has recently become a mother decides to take her own life. Based on her own autobiographical writings, the film explores her own search for understanding.  A haunting and poetic non-fiction piece […]

Cinecittà Italian Docs Review – Bella Ciao

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Bella Ciao, 2022 Directed by Giulia Giapponesi. SYNOPSIS:  The story of the folk song “Bella ciao”, from its possible origins in the 19th century to its contemporary renewed popularity. The folk song ‘Bella ciao’ is for many people a call to arms against oppression. In the case of Italy, where many assume the song to […]

Italian documentaries festival coming to London’s DocHouse

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Cinecittà is bringing a weekend of powerful Italian documentaries to DocHouse at London’s Curzon Bloomsbury.  Part of the legendary film studio’s efforts to present Italian culture and cinema to international audiences, the first CINECITTÀ ITALIAN DOCS will bring three acclaimed documentaries to London’s Bertha DocHouse on 24-25 June. The three films are all UK premieres, […]

Movie Review – Tetris (2023)

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Tetris, 2023. Directed by Jon S. Baird. Starring Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov, Sofia Lebedeva, Anthony Boyle, Ben Miles, Ken Yamamura, Igor Grabuzov, Oleg Shtefanko, Ayane Nagabuchi, Rick Yune, Roger Allam, Toby Jones, Ieva Andrejevaitė, Matthew Marsh, Togo Igawa, Miles Barrow, Aaron Vodovoz, Igor Grabuzov, Oleg Stefan, and Polina Sulim. SYNOPSIS: The story of how one […]

2023 SXSW Film Festival Review – National Anthem

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National Anthem, 2023. Directed by Luke Gilford. Starring Charlie Plummer, Robyn Lively, Eve Lindley, Mason Alexander Park, Joey DeLeon, Rene Rosado, and Kimberley Christann Pember, SYNOPSIS: A 21-year-old construction worker in New Mexico joins a community of queer rodeo performers in search of their own version of the American dream. In Luke Gilford’s poetically moving […]

Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Review – Typist Artist Pirate King

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Typist Artist Pirate King, 2022. Directed by Carol Morley. Starring Monica Dolan, Kelly Macdonald, Gina McKee. SYNOPSIS: The growing friendship between two women as they hit the road in an electric car looking for endings and reconciliation. Carol Morley is a distinctive voice in British cinema, behind a number of acclaimed features and documentary films […]