Padrenostro | Dir: Claudio Noce | ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a very personal film for Italian writer/director Claudio Noce whose father was wounded but survived an attempted assassination when he was a child. Set in Rome in 1976, the story is told through the eyes of 10 year-old Valerio (Mattia Garaci), although Noce would […]
The Italian Film Festival opens on Thursday 1 October with a new live-action version of the classic Pinocchio fairy tale. The traditionally popular festival runs until Wednesday 14 October with screenings at Luna, Luna on SX, Windsor Cinema and Raine Square’s Palace Cinema. To celebrate the 20th anniversary – and in honour of the late […]
My Big Gay Italian Wedding | Lavazza Italian Film Festival | til Oct 14 | ★ ★ ★ ★ Antonio (Cristoano Caccamo) and Paulo (Salvatore Esposito) are living in Berlin when they decide to get married. Antonio takes Paulo to meet his parents and also reveal his sexuality and Paulo takes Antonio to see the mother he […]
Italian film Summertime (L’estate Addosso) from director Gabrielle Muccino will play as part of the 2017 Lavazza Italian Film Festival at Cinema Paradiso and Luna SX this coming September. The film tells the story of a gay couple living in San Francisco who take in two teens traveling from Italy to start a new life in […]
The Queen of Ireland | Dir: Conor Horgan | Rated: PG | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When filmmaker Conor Horgan started making his crowd-funded documentary about Rory O’Neill and his drag queen alter-ego Panti Bliss five years ago, he could never have predicted that the ‘giant cartoon woman’ would change history. There’s some delightful home footage of a very […]
Darker Than Midnight Directed by Sebastian Riso Androgynous Davide (Davide Capone) ends up walking the streets of Catalina after his father tries to ‘cure’ the 14 year old of his more flamboyant tendencies. As a series of flashbacks show his grandmother praying and his authoritarian father raging, Davide makes friends with a group of desperate […]
