"The Diplomat": between fiction and realityMadam amassador, Welcome to Italy!Whether in their professional or family lives, on television or in real life, American female diplomats are often a breed apartbyMichele Masneri24 OCT 26
THE FILM“Fjord” reveals the paradoxes of the Scandinavian paradise. Mungiu’s filmCristian Mungiu’s film tells the story of a family who move to a remote Norwegian village. Its ancient, rural form of Christianity forbids technology and mandates prayer. The village is abuzz, and mechanisms are set in motion that are more reminiscent of Kafka than provincial life. From Cannes to Rome, The Dark Side of Technocracy byFabrizio Tassinari24 OCT 26
New Mancuso cinemaUrchinA review of the film by Harris Dickinson, starring Frank Dillane, Meghan Northam, Shonagh Marie and Harris DickinsonbyMariarosa Mancuso24 OCT 26
New Mancuso cinemaKlara and the SunA review of Taika Waititi’s film, starring Jenna Ortega, Amy Adams, Mia Tharia, Natascha Lyonne and Steve BuscemibyMariarosa Mancuso24 OCT 26
PopcornYou Can See Everything, the documentary about the fraudster who wants to rewrite her storyElizabeth Holmes was convicted in 2022 for the Theranos fraud and is being filmed by a crew as she tries to convince the world that she is different from how she has been judged. But the documentary raises a question: is she telling the truth, or is this just another charade?byMariarosa Mancuso24 OCT 26
New Mancuso CinemaSense and SensibilityGeorgia Oakley’s film review, featuring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles and George MacKaybyMariarosa Mancuso23 OCT 26
Pillory and predators“Primetime” explores the cruel desire to punish and purge the worldThe cathode-ray tube as a form of pre-trial punishment, as public exposure; television is the public shaming of others. Lance Oppenheim’s first ‘narrative’ filmbyGiulio Silvano21 OCT 26
Reality and fictionThe Fourth Estate in the front rowAnglo-Saxon journalists—whether heroic or cynical—are back on the big screen with "Primetime", "The Social Network" 2 and "Ink". Here, however, heroes are only to be found on screen in "Report", a year after the bombing. There are also courses, theatre, festivals, and numerous outings. byMichele Masneri19 OCT 26
MAGAZINEOne hundred years on from his birth. Enrico Maria Salerno: the joy of living on the wrong sideWomen, wine and cards. From Strehler to Dino Risi, from "L’ombrellone" to "Anonimo veneziano", the story of a reclusive figure in the Italian entertainment world. An actor capable of blending arrogance and melancholy, awkwardness and seduction, with the weight of a youth never truly lost. A life without restraintbyGiacomo Giossi19 OCT 26
The filmThe Brianza noir and Bersani’s folly: why staying isn’t a matter of left or rightIn Simone Catania’s film, amidst money, work and the fear of losing both, the Brianza region becomes a portrait of a predatory economy. But the ‘restanza’ celebrated in Sicily is not enough to drive development, and Bersani’s slogan about ‘staying on the left’ confuses rights with opportunities to work and do businessbyMaurizio Crippa17 OCT 26