More from Manuela Santacatterina
Rome Toasts Lily Gladstone and Martin Scorsese
The great Martin Scorsese returned to the Eternal City, accompanied by the star of the moment, Lily Gladstone, as the guests of honor of a gala dinner at the Hotel Hassler by the Spanish steps Wednesday night. The event, honoring Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and hosted by co-chief of Leone Film Group, Raffaella […]
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‘The Good Mothers’ Takes the Female Perspective to Tell an Inside Story of a Mafia Takedown
It all started about a year ago. The Good Mothers, the Anglo-Italian series based on the eponymous book by journalist Alex Perry, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, winning the inaugural, and thanks to budget cuts one and only, prize for best new series at the festival’s TV sidebar, the Berlinale Series. Roughly twelve months […]
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‘Berlin’ Star Pedro Alonso on Revisiting His ‘Money Heist’ Character for the Netflix Prequel Series
Pedro Alonso, much like Berlin, the character he plays in Money Heist, is distinguished, charming and charismatic. The success of the Netflix crime series has made the Spanish actor a global star and his fame has only gone up since the launch, on Dec. 29, of Money Heist prequel Berlin, in which he reprises his […]
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Susan Sarandon on the SAG-AFTRA Strike: “This Is a Now or Never Situation”
With her long history as an outspoken advocate for progressive causes, it’s perhaps no surprise that Susan Sarandon has plenty to say about the ongoing actors strike (not to mention joining the picket line herself). Speaking to THR Roma via Zoom from her home in Vermont, the Thelma & Louise star made it immediately clear she would adhere to […]
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THR Roma Critics on the Best (and Worst) Movies So Far at the 80th Venice Film Festival
Seven takes on the hits and misses of the 80th Venice International Film Festival, from the reviewers at THR Roma, The Hollywood Reporter‘s first European-language edition, on the hottest Venice titles so far. Dogman, by Luc Besson “A bizarre and powerful work that has the stigmata of the best Besson, the one that allows us […]
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‘Gladiator’ Russell Crowe Returns to Rome — as Expo Pitchman
“Good evening, Rome. Good evening, Romans. I am finally here, in the city where my heart beats faster.” Enthusiastic applause erupted from the swelling crowd of fans on the steps of the Roman Theatre at the legendary Italian studio Cinecittà on Saturday as the Gladiator himself, New Zealand star Russell Crowe, stepped out to perform. […]
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‘The Great Beauty’ Producer Francesca Cima on the Crisis in Italian Cinema
Francesca Cima’s office at Indigo Film is adonred in Beatles memorabilia. There’s a black and white photo of John, Paul, George and Ringo, a John Lennon Russian doll, a music anthology. Is Cima a Beatles maniac? “It’s Nicola, actually,” says Cima, “we shared this office for years. It ended up rubbing off on me. We […]
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