There’s something magical about watching a film on the big screen. Now imagine watching it alongside the very people who brought it to life – directors, screenwriters, and actors who can answer your questions the moment the credits roll.
That’s the gift of Cinema Made in Italy, and it’s returning to London for its 16th edition.
From Wednesday 4 March, the BFI…
Paolo Pierobon: a movie star interview.
It doesn’t often happen that you pick up the phone and one of your favourite Italian actors is at the other end of the wire. When you hear Paolo Pierobon’s voice, then you don’t know whether to be more nervous or happy. I scored real brownie points with my 16-year-old son who is a fan of Pierobon’s work. He is now more impressed with his mum…
Cinecittà , the state-owned company whose main shareholder is the Italian Ministry of Culture, have launched their new film season THE WAVE which celebrates the new wave of female filmmakers working in Italy today. The season runs from 15 to 19 June at the Ciné Lumière, Kensington, which is also home to Cinecittà ’s long-running film festival CINEMA MADE IN ITALY.
London audiences will be able…
Ferdinand DVD is released this week and I went behind thescenesto chat with my favourite London actress and writer Sally Phillips who voiced Austrian stallion Greta in the Ferdinandanimation. She also tells me why she loves comedy, European accents, what makes her laugh and why we should celebrate diversity.
During the promotion of family animation Ferdinand, I managed to catch…
Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli is married to actress Nikki. They have two children; Rocco, nine and seven-year-old Twiggy. Aldo Zilli talks to Sanjeeta Bains about London, family life and of course food, glorious food!
What’s your favourite area in London?
I love Soho – it’s a great, bustling area and it’s where I opened my first two restaurants (Zilli Fish and Zilli…
Sometimes, the universe sends you little signs. And for me, one of those signs arrived in Piazza del Popolo, Rome,von 16th July 2024.
It was scorching. I’m talking melt-your-gelato-in-seconds, seek-shade-or-perish, Roman summer at its most glorious and most unforgiving. My son Diego and I were doing what any sensible people do in such heat – wandering through one of Rome’s…
I’m delighted to share an exclusive interview with Margherita Vicario, the talented Italian actress and singer-songwriter, who recently made her directorial debut with Gloria!. Set in the early 1800s near Venice, the film tells the story of Teresa, a young woman with a rare gift – a visionary talent that allows her to transform the world around her into new, contemporary music. Living as a…
If you’ve ever read Pride and Prejudice and thought, This could use a few more shots of gin and a lot less restraint, then prepare for the night of your life. When Lady Rantingham hits the town, decorum goes out the window, and what unfolds is Plied and Prejudice – a boozy riot so scandalous, it would have Lady Catherine reaching for her smelling salts.Oh! Fair Pemberley, a stately…
I am Italian. So when I saw that the Fireside Folktales Festival in Barnes was staging a piece by Dario Fo, Nobel Prize winner, genius satirist, and the only playwright who can make politics feel like a carnival, I felt truly excited. Fo wrote Dedalus and Icarus with his wife and creative partner Franca Rame, an actress and activist whose name should be shouted from every rooftop. Together, they…
I’ve lived in Barnes long enough to know that when this village decides to do something cultural, it doesn’t mess about. We’ve got the Children’s Literature Festival, the Wetland Centre, more charity shops than you can shake a walking stick at – and now, a brand-new theatre festival that’s popping up around Barnes Pond like a very well-dressed…