2024 has been a great year for cinema and especially for Josh O’Connor… For every actor who finds themselves becoming a highly sought-after commodity, their rise can often be traced back to a particular film. Josh O’Connor looks set to be the next big thing in Hollywood and as seems to be highly commonplace, is […]
Movie Review – La Chimera (2023)
La Chimera, 2023. Directed by Alice Rohrwacher. Starring Josh O’Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, and Isabella Rossellini. SYNOPSIS: Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For the band of tombaroli, thieves of ancient grave goods and archaeological wonders, the Chimera means redemption from work and the dream […]
Josh O’Connor leads a team of tomb raiders in La Chimera trailer
Neon has released a new trailer for their sumptuous period-piece romantic drama La Chimera, which centres on a group of archaeologists turned tomb robbers who steal antiquities for sale on the black market. Written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro), La Chimera stars Josh O’Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, Alba Rohrwacher, Isabella Rossellini, […]
Movie Review – Happy as Lazzaro (2018)
Happy as Lazzaro, 2018. Directed by Alice Rohrwacher. Starring Adriano Tardiolo, Alba Rohrwacher, Tommaso Ragno, Luca Chikovani, Natalino Balasso and Nicoletta Braschi. SYNOPSIS: An unlikely friendship that blossoms on an isolated farm fires the starting pistol on a bizarre, surreal journey. It’s not often that a movie completely reconfigures itself at the halfway point, but […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Happy as Lazzaro
Happy as Lazzaro, 2018. Directed by Alice Rohrwacher. Starring Adriano Tardiolo, Sergi Lopez and Alba Rohrwacher. SYNOPSIS: The tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination. Life in their isolated pastoral village Inviolata is dominated by the […]
