Modern Italian Cinema Archives - http://www.cafepellicola.com/tag/modern-italian-cinema/ cafe pellicola - window to fine italian cinema Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:53:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Open Roads 2011: Il mio domani – My Tomorrow (Marina Spada – 2011) http://www.cafepellicola.com/2012/06/10/il-mio-domani-my-tomorrow-marina-spada-%e2%80%93-2011/ http://www.cafepellicola.com/2012/06/10/il-mio-domani-my-tomorrow-marina-spada-%e2%80%93-2011/#respond Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:36:27 +0000 http://www.cafepellicola.com/?p=1351 It’s amazing that a year has just passed and it’s already June and time for Lincoln Center’s excellent series: Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2012. I attended last year and enjoyed the fresh lineup; I reviewed a few. Director Marina Spada during Q&A session The Walter Reade Theater was fully packed with eager audience that… Continue reading Open Roads 2011: Il mio domani – My Tomorrow (Marina Spada – 2011)

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]]> http://www.cafepellicola.com/2012/06/10/il-mio-domani-my-tomorrow-marina-spada-%e2%80%93-2011/feed/ 0 Open Roads 2011: Fughe e approdi – Return to the Aeolian Islands (Giovanna Taviani – 2010) http://www.cafepellicola.com/2011/06/15/fughe-e-approdi-return-to-the-aeolian-islands-giovanna-taviani-%e2%80%93-2010/ http://www.cafepellicola.com/2011/06/15/fughe-e-approdi-return-to-the-aeolian-islands-giovanna-taviani-%e2%80%93-2010/#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:18:05 +0000 http://www.cafepellicola.com/?p=1201 Quick, what comes to your mind when you think about the word “island?” It’s not a coincidence the word swings between two opposing associations: on the positive end, it offers exotic escape, away from it all repose, while on the negative – a sense of forced seclusion, and disconnectedness from rest of the world. The… Continue reading Open Roads 2011: Fughe e approdi – Return to the Aeolian Islands (Giovanna Taviani – 2010)

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]]> http://www.cafepellicola.com/2011/06/15/fughe-e-approdi-return-to-the-aeolian-islands-giovanna-taviani-%e2%80%93-2010/feed/ 0 Cosa voglio di più – Come Undone (Silvio Soldini – 2010) http://www.cafepellicola.com/2011/04/19/cosa-voglio-di-piu-%e2%80%93-come-undone-silvio-soldini-%e2%80%93-2010/ http://www.cafepellicola.com/2011/04/19/cosa-voglio-di-piu-%e2%80%93-come-undone-silvio-soldini-%e2%80%93-2010/#respond Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:00:03 +0000 http://www.cafepellicola.com/?p=1160 If you think what made Neorealism successful; a genuine blend of non-professional actors, shots on location, themes of social hardships and “objectively” journalistic camera – served to post-war Italian audiences that must have said “yea this is exactly what we’ve gone through!” and then went on garnering a worldwide admiration. Then, when you think of… Continue reading Cosa voglio di più – Come Undone (Silvio Soldini – 2010)

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]]> http://www.cafepellicola.com/2011/04/19/cosa-voglio-di-piu-%e2%80%93-come-undone-silvio-soldini-%e2%80%93-2010/feed/ 0 The Award – Il premio (Ermanno Olmi – 2009) http://www.cafepellicola.com/2009/04/26/the-award-il-premio-ermanno-olmi-2009/ http://www.cafepellicola.com/2009/04/26/the-award-il-premio-ermanno-olmi-2009/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:13:37 +0000 http://www.cafepellicola.com/?p=647 This short film is part of “Per Fiducia” (“Through Trust”), an ambitious project that unites three award-winning directors Ermanno Olmi, Gabriele Salvatores, and Paolo Sorrentino in cooperation with Intessa Sanpaolo – to answer a simple, yet timely question: Can movies, as mirrors to reality, change it and give hope, especially in dark moments? The answer… Continue reading The Award – Il premio (Ermanno Olmi – 2009)

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