Movies
Beppe Cino’s beautiful, contemplative “A Breath of Life” (at the Monica 4-Plex) tells a love story set in 1946 in a Palermo TB sanitarium.
March 19, 1993
In ‘Letters,’ she’s a woman looking for a love lost 50 years earlier, like her life.
May 14, 2010
Entertainment & Arts
In the film industry, where much is not as it seems, we were reassured to find that film image is backed by reality--Franco Nero still has blue eyes.
May 5, 1999
Kevin Spacey will make a cameo in the Italian film ‘L’uomo Che Disegnò Dio,’ his first acting role in three years after sexual assault allegations.
May 24, 2021
Justin Chang reviews ‘The Lost City Of Z’, directed by James Gray, starring Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Angus Macfadyen, Ian McDiarmid, Franco Nero.
April 13, 2017
Travel & Experiences
When in Hollywood, do as the Romans do?
Feb. 14, 2008
Critic’s Pick: ‘Tristana’ a lesson in rule breaking
Feb. 22, 2013
If anyone from Warner Bros. is paying attention, which I seriously doubt, cast my vote for Michael Crawford for the movie of “The Phantom of the Opera” (“They Want Their Phantom,” by Robert W.
July 4, 1999
How a film that stars John Huston, Shelley Winters, Lance Henriksen, Glenn Ford, Franco Nero and Sam Peckinpah went unnoticed is a mystery.
Nov. 8, 2013
There’s a touch of the Finzi-Continis about Nick Hamm’s “Talk of Angels,” even if the country isn’t Italy and the family isn’t Jewish.
Oct. 30, 1998