With iconic Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar presiding over the Jury for the 70th Festival de Cannes, eight key figures have been selected to help Almodóvar choose from among the films in Competition. The winners will be announced on Sunday May 28th at the Closing Ceremony, following which the Palme d’or will be awarded in the […]

The Young Pope Directed by Paolo Sorrentino Starring Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Javier Cámara, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli and James Cromwell by Laura Patricia Jones Blasphemy, banter and bums – it’s all kicking off at the Vatican in Paolo Sorrentino’s new television series The Young Pope. Much to […]

by Joanna Orland The BFI London Film Festival has come to a close for another year.  The 59th edition had quite an impressive selection of 240 films in its lineup including opening gala Suffragette, closing gala Steve Jobs and other memorable movies such as The Lobster, Youth, Room, Beasts of No Nation, Son of Saul, […]

Stunning, nostalgic, powerful and divisive, Italian director Paolo Sorrentino has created a dazzling piece of cinema with Youth – We spoke with Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel at the BFI London Film Festival premiere of Youth: —

Youth Directed by Paolo Sorrentino Starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano and Jane Fonda by Joanna Orland Stunning, nostalgic, powerful and divisive, Italian director Paolo Sorrentino has created a dazzling piece of cinema with his latest English language film Youth – a film difficult to review as it must be experienced, not […]

Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) cleaned up in the Best Foreign Language Film category in just about every film award ceremony this season including The Oscar, The Golden Globes and The BAFTAs.  And now you can watch it on the BFI Player.

Made In Italy Film Festival March 5th – 9th, 2014 Ciné Lumière 17 Queensbury Place, London SW7 2DT by Alice Sanders The Made In Italy film festival is coming to Kensington in early March. It’s an exciting time for Italian Cinema, with critical accolades for Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty, which won a Golden Globe […]