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Italian cinema continues to be one of the dominant voices in the world. The selection of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival provides a glimpse of the incredible diversity of Italian cinema ranging from audience-driven genre films to powerful documentaries. …

Although she’s been laying low in the past few years, taking part in smaller films, American tv productions and stage plays in her home country England, actress Claire Forlani hasn’t been forgotten by audiences worldwide who fell in love with …

Every October for the past nine years, the International Rome Film Festival, or Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma, has taken place in the Eternal City and brought many stars and thousands of people to the city’s movie theaters. Though …

What is more exciting than a film focusing on food, family, and fun? The sequel to a film just like that. The U.S. debut of the British movie, The Trip to Italy, now in theaters, was also part of the …

Shot on a low budget, mostly in and around Levinson’s own Connecticut home, The Humbling successfully premiered in Venice, opened the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) with a big bang. The Tiff , now in its 39th year, is …


If you ask any woman who she dreams to look like at the age of 80, she would probably say Sophia Loren. A real icon of cinema and style, the Academy Award-winning Italian actress will turn 80 on September 20, …

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The fashion world is a place that most people are unaccustomed to. Behind the scenes are rarely considered when the latest trends are brought to stores. The film The Director, directed by Christina Voros and produced by James Franco, recounts …

One hundred years ago, the whole world was fighting over territory and power. Unresolved political, territorial, and economic conflicts among the major European nations, where imperialism and nationalism had been constantly growing since the 19th century, fuelled military rivalries and …

When talking to people about the nicest actors and filmmakers in the business a few names recur in every conversation. Alyssa Milano is one of them. She is one of the most cherished actresses who have emerged from American television. …

Hollywood sells the American dream to the whole world, a clear example of that is the movie Pretty Woman, which ends the modern Cinderella fable with the line “This is Hollywood, the land of dreams. Some dreams come true, some …


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