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Writing about La Chimera in the concise, linear format of a review is a real challenge for me. Not because it's especially opaque or impenetrable; on the contrary, it makes for quite welcoming viewing. But the new Italian movie from writer-director Alice Rohrwacher is alive in the way great art can sometimes be. Its ideas are many, and its way of e...

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Alice Rohrwacher, 41, represents the new guard with her third film "La Chimera" that premiered Friday, a comic tale of corruption that also explores deeper themes. "I wanted to make a film about connections... I show these links and explore important issues like death and the afterlife but in the lightest, most fun and stupid way possible," she tol...

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Back in September, Italy presented Mario Martone’s Nostalgia for consideration as a nominee for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, which will air this Sunday, March 12. Nostalgia ultimately didn’t make the cut for candidacy, but Italy — Rome in particular — remains a cinematic stronghold in Hollywood’s eyes; just yesterday,...

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In the delightfully mischievous short film Le Pupille, which earned Italian writer-director Alice Rohrwacher her first Oscar nomination, a rebellion is brewing within the confines of a Catholic girls’ school in Italy on a chilly Christmas Eve in the midst of World War II. Young Serafina (Melissa Falasconi) attracts the ire of Sister Fioralba (Alba...

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Italian director Alice Rohrwacher on Tuesday dedicated her Oscar nomination for her short Le Pupille (The Pupils) to the kind of naughty girls it portrays in charting teenage rebellion in a WWII boarding school. "I dedicate the Oscar nomination to the 'naughty girls' who are not naughty at all and who are fighting everywhere in the world. I wish th...

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Since the 1970s, Italian filmmakers have been struggling to throw off the monochrome shadow of Neorealism. The genre defined the golden age of Italian cinema and is still remembered as one of the most important and influential movements in cinema history. Yes, you’re right – that is quite a lot of pressure. It’s no wonder, then, that the nation’s b...

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