24 Frames
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April 18, 2011
Movies
Passions ignite in an Italian film of the sort once performed by Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.
March 18, 2005
Francesca Archibugi’s “The Great Pumpkin” (at the AMC Century 14 daily at 10 a.m. only for one week), Italy’s official entry in the Oscars, is a lovely, low-key study of a dedicated doctor (Sergio Castellitto) and his troubled 12-year-old patient (Alessia Fugardi).
Dec. 17, 1993
Giuseppe Tornatore is in love with people who are in love with the movies.
March 8, 1996
‘Martha’s’ recipe omits the spice while peppering working women with a heavy dollop of angst.
Aug. 23, 2002
Jacques Rivette’s charming exploration of six people seeking romance wins us over after an uneven start.
Oct. 5, 2001
Archives
In ‘Don’t Move,’ and her life, Penelope Cruz sees a chance to do something positive within a framework of harsh reality.
Nov. 14, 2004
Emile Hirsch and Penélope Cruz don’t quite mesh in ‘Twice Born,’ a melodramatic tale of expatriates in war-torn Sarajevo.
Dec. 6, 2013
Review: Romance but little chemistry in hyperventilating ‘Twice Born’
‘Gegen die Wand’ is named best picture. Acting honors go to Javier Bardem and Imelda Staunton.
Dec. 13, 2004