Film review: Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Mar 17 2023- Movies
- Last Updated on 16 March 2023
- Madeleine
Shazam! Fury of the Gods is rip-roaring, visually stunning, funny and well-acted. It is released in UK cinemas today.
Film review: The Bone Breakers by Vincenzo Pirrotta
Mar 13 2023- Movies
- Last Updated on 14 March 2023
- Monica Costa
The Bone Breakers is a gripping and intense Italian movie directed and acted by Vincenzo Pirrotta, who in recent months has reached international fame thanks to his sidekick role to Luigi Lo Cascio in The Bad Guy. Inspired by true events, The Bone Breakers revolves around an amateur criminal organisation in Palermo that fractures the limbs of its willing victims before staging fake accidents to collect insurance payouts. Pirrotta has crafted a disturbingly realistic portrayal of the dark underworld of crime in Sicily, and the performances by the cast are outstanding.
Film review: The Lord of the Ants by Gianni Amelio starring Luigi Lo Cascio and Elio Germano
Mar 12 2023- Movies
- Last Updated on 14 March 2023
- Monica Costa
Gianni Amelio‘s film The Lord of the Ants is a poignant and emotionally charged drama based on the true story of Aldo Braibanti, an Italian poet, expert in myrmecology (the science of ants), philosopher and playwright, who was imprisoned in 1968 due to a crime called ‘plagio’, a sort of brainwashing that was removed from the list of crimes two years later. Inherently he was jailed, because he was gay in a reality where a fascist-era anti-gay law still dominated. The film is a powerful commentary on the societal norms and prejudices prevalent in Italy at the time, and the deeply entrenched homophobia that led to the persecution of individuals like Braibanti.
