Dal videogioco al cinema. Gli Angry Birds, gli uccelli arrabbiati che nel 2009 uscivano come video game, oggi sono protagonisti antropomorfi di una bizzarra avventura che si distacca dalla piattezza e linearità del videogioco per arricchirsi di una trama rivolta ad adulti e piccini metaforica, educativa e divertente. Red è un uccello alquanto irascibile, ha… Continua a leggere Points of view: Angry Birds – Il film
La pazza gioia *** Quinzaine Beatrice is a blabbermouth and a so-called billionaire countess who likes to believe she’s in intimacy with world leaders. Donatella is a young quiet tattooed woman, locked in her own mystery. They are both patients of a mental institution and subject to custodial measures. Paolo Virzì’s new film tells the… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. La pazza gioia
Il tuo ultimo sguardo * The Last Face centers around a love affair between Dr. Miguel Leon, a relief-aid doctor, and Dr. Wren Petersen, the director of an international aid organization. Set against the devastating backdrop of war-torn Liberia, Miguel and Wren must find a way to keep their relationship alive in extraordinarily difficult conditions… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Il tuo ultimo sguardo
Elle ***1/2 Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a leading video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michèle's life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game—a… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Elle
Il cliente ***1/2 Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life. Il ritorno in patria di Asghar Farhadi, dopo la trasferta francese per Il… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Il cliente
La tartaruga rossa - The Red Turtle **1/2 Through the story of a man shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by turtles, crabs and birds, The Red Turtle recounts the milestones in the life of a human being. Il primo lungometraggio di Michael Dudok De Wit nasce sotto l'egida dello Studio Ghibli e di Isao Takahata,… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. La tartaruga rossa
La mort de Louis XIV *** Fuori concorso Il catalano Albert Serra, dopo il Pardo d'Oro di Locarno del 2013 con Historia de la meva mort, arriva alla selezione ufficiale di Cannes, fuori concorso, con il suo nuovo film, dedicato agli ultimi giorni del Re Sole, Luigi XIV, che guidò la Francia per oltre settant'anni. A… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. La mort de Louis XIV
Cane mangia cane ** Quinzaine When three desperate ex cons are offered a job by a Mexican mob boss, they know they should refuse, but the payoff’s too rich to turn down. All they have to do is kidnap the kid of a colleague who’s ripping the mob boss off. But the abduction goes awry… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Cane mangia cane
The Neon Demon *1/2 When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will use any means necessary to get what she has in The Neon Demon, the new horror thriller from Nicolas Winding Refn. Certificazione definitiva di una crisi o quantomeno di… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. The Neon Demon
Risk * Quinzaine The Oscar-winning director of Citizenfour turns her camera on another controversial figure, WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, in this immersive documentary, which continues Poitras’ courageous examination of voices who question authority in an era of ever-increasing surveillance and state secrecy. Modesto, modestissimo lavoro quello di Laura Poitras su Julian Assange, nonostante un impegno… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Risk
Un padre una figlia - Bacalaureat *** Romeo Aldea, a physician living in a small mountain town in Transylvania, has raised his daughter Eliza with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study and live abroad. His plan is close to succeeding -Eliza has won a scholarship to study psychology in the UK.… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. Un padre una figlia – Bacalaureat
E' solo la fine del mondo ***1/2 After 12 years of absence, a writer goes back to his hometown, planning on annoucing his upcoming death to his family. As resentment soon rewrites the course of the afternoon, fits and feuds unfold, fuelled by loneliness and doubt, while all attempts of empathy are sabotaged by people's incapacity… Continua a leggere Cannes 2016. E’ solo la fine del mondo
