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  • Women and the Silent Screen VI

    Women and the Silent Screen VI

    The sixth conference on “Women and the Silent Screen” was hosted in Bologna from June 24 to June 26 2010. Paper abstracts are available from the conference’s main website The conference has been held previously in: 2008 | Stockholm 2006 | Guadalajara 2004 | Montreal 2001 | Santa Cruz 1999 | Utrecht Bologna 2010 Program [...]

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  • Venice ‘09: Two Films for Herzog

    Venice ‘09: Two Films for Herzog

    German director Werner Herzog has presented two films in competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The first is “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” with Nicholas Cage and Eva Mendes, the much debated remake of Abel Ferrara’s “Bad Lieutenant”. The film has been the subject of mixed reviews, with the director’s style receiving [...]

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  • Venice ’09: John Hillcoat’s “The Road”

    Venice ’09: John Hillcoat’s “The Road”

    There was a bit of Australia today at the Venice Film Festival, with Queensland director John Hillcoat (The premonition) promoting his latest effort: “The Road“. The film stars Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron. The film is based on Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same name; it is a story of post-apocalyptic survival. A father and [...]

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  • Venice Film Festival opens with Tornatore’s “Baaria”

    Venice Film Festival opens with Tornatore’s “Baaria”

    The 66th Venice Film Festival, the world’s oldest, has opened with Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Baaria”, a cinematic homage to his Sicilian home town, Bagaria. It is the first time in 25 years that an Italian film has been requested to open the festival. It was, however, met with mixed reviews. “Baaria” tells the autobiographical story of [...]

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