Io Capitano
Friday, Mar. 8, 2024
Writer-director Matteo Garrone had some trepidation about making a film, which eventually became Io Capitano (Italian for I Captain), centering on a pair of impoverished African teens seeking a better life by migrating to Europe. After all, with Italian middle-class roots,...
Saturday, Sep. 9, 2023
"Poor Things," a film about Victorian-era female empowerment, won the Golden Lion on Saturday at a Venice Film Festival largely deprived of Hollywood glamour because of the writers and actors strikes.
The film, starring Emma Stone, won the top prize at the 80th edition of the festival,...