Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: Carlo Buccirosso | Carlo Verdone | Iaia Forte | Sabrina Ferilli | Toni Servillo
Toni says: “THE GREAT BEAUTY in its cinematography captures the wild world of the nights and days of Rome in a love letter to the city from the world of its main character, former novelist and celebrated art critic, Jep
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Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: Elena Sofia Ricci | Kasia Smutniak | Riccardo Scamarcio | Toni Servillo
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Daniele Cipri
Starring: Alfredo Castro | Aurora Quattrocchi | Giselda Volodi | Guiseppe Vitale | Toni Servillo
Bruce says: “The film opens with Busu, a disheveled man in an institutional waiting room, talking to anyone who will listen. It seems he has a story to tell and at first it is impossible to know how he fits
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Rating: 2.5 cats
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Starring: Alba Rohrwacher | Isabelle Huppert | Maya Sansa | Michele Riondino | Toni Servillo
Bruce says: “It is impossible to sit through DORMANT BEAUTY and not think about TALK TO HER, Pedro Almodóvar’s brilliant film about the events surrounding two women in comas. While DORMANT BEAUTY also has a similar pair – one on
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: Anna Bonaiuto | Carlo Buccirosso | Flavio Bucci | Giulio Bosetti | Toni Servillo
Diane says: “IL DIVO is difficult for Americans to understand. One has to know the Italian political scene to appreciate who the actors are and the machinations. Reading subtitles for the Italian dialogue doesn’t leave time to catch the original
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