Cover: from Godano’s social media – a selfie of the director; other pictures in the article: shots from his films, rights belong to their respective owners. — ITALIAN VERSION BELOW — Simone Godano surely is one of the most interesting figures of Italian comedy of the third millennium. Roman, born […]
— ITALIAN VERSION BELOW — Ennio Lorenzini (on the 40th of his passing) Events in life also tell, unfortunately, stories of success destined to not have a sequel because fate decides in lieu of the will of the person. That is the case of the Roman director Ennio Lorenzini, of […]
— ITALIAN VERSION BELOW — François Truffaut (on the 90th of his birth) “I was born in Paris, February 6th, 1932. I was a terrible student who was the despair of his parents. I failed my fifth grade exams and, in higher education courses, my favorite occupation was playing hooky […]
— ITALIAN VERSION BELOW — Spike Lee was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on the 20th of March 1957 and, in his early twenties, he started making short films. Actually, the one who is destined to become one of the best American directors between the second and third millennium, spaces all […]
— ITALIAN VERSION BELOW — Robert Rodriguez or, actually, Robert Anthony Rodriguez, is a pulp director, divided between horror cinema, animated films for young people (like himself, after all!) and his lifelong friend Quentin Tarantino. He was born in San Antonio (Texas) on June 20th, 1968. He is an eclectic […]
You can find the Italian version of this article below. Article cover: Michele Coppini during the shooting of Dio è in pausa pranzo Our cinematographic journey between short films and theatrical successes meets today Italian independent cinema, in the person of Michele Coppini, from Florence, with a new film soon […]
You can find the Italian version of this article below. One of the Italian cinema masters, for whom the short film dimension had a meaning and a distinctive flavor, is with no doubt Ermanno Olmi (1931-2018). Author of great movies, very rich regarding themes and length, such as L’albero degli […]
You can find the Italian version of this article below. Daniele Misischia, Roman director born in 1985, has found the national spotlight, the official one, with the broadest audience, with his full length-film ‘The End?‘ (‘The End? L’inferno fuori‘, 2017) available for rent on YouTube at this link. It’s a […]
You can find the Italian version of this article below. There are journeys to success that, whilst going creatively through both the dimensions of short and full-length film, have very fast gestation periods. What if besides the instant movie and the instant book, also exists some kind of instant success? […]
You can find the Italian version of this article below. Roberto Rossellini is one of the masters of Italian cinema, one of those who have crossed, with his films, national borders, writing the history of the Tenth Muse on a global scale. Today marks the 115th anniversary of the birth […]
