Ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this weekend, HBO and Sky Atlantic have debuted the first trailer for The New Pope, the follow-up to Paolo Sorrentino’s acclaimed drama series The Young Pope, which sees Jude Law reprising his role as Pope Pius XIII; watch it here… The New Pope sees Jude […]
Jennifer Lawrence to play a Mob Girl in new mafia film
The Wrap is reporting that Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence has signed on to produce and star in Mob Girl, a new mafia tale from director Paolo Sorrentino (The Young Pope) . Based upon a true-crime book Mob Girl: A Woman’s Life in the Underworld by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author Teresa Carpenter, the film will see […]
Movie Review – Loro (2018)
Loro, 2018. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak, Alice Pagani and Fabrizio Bentivoglio. SYNOPSIS: The epic and unauthorised tale of Silvio Berlusconi – Italy’s most infamous politician and party boy. A lengthy legal disclaimer at the start of Paolo Sorrentino’s epic Silvio Berlusconi biopic – released in […]
The Young Pope to receive follow up series The New Pope
Paolo Sorrentino is creating a follow up series to The Young Pope, suitably titled, The New Pope. While it was said that Sorrentino was working on a second season to the HBO/Sky /Canal Plus drama The Young Pope, details were still unclear as to what exactly would happen to the Jude Law series. We now have […]
The Great Beauty’s Toni Servillo to play Silvio Berlusconi for Paolo Sorrentino
The Great Beauty star Toni Servillo is set to reunite with director Paolo Sorrentino on the filmmaker’s new project Loro, where he will take on the role of Italian media mogul and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. According to Variety, the Italian-language film will explore Berlusconi and his inner circle, and Sorrentino is putting the finishing […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Youth (2015)
Youth, 2015. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz and Paul Dano. SYNOPSIS: Conductor Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) spends his retirement at a luxury hotel in the Alps, when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday. Meanwhile, his best friend, film director Mick Boyle […]
