Gomorrah Articles

Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo, a biopic of former Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti, and Matteo Garrone’s organized crime thriller Gomorrah, both starring Toni Servillo, were the top nominees for the Italian Academy’s 2009 David di Donatello awards. Il Divo led the field with 16 nominations, followed by Gomorrah with 11. Both films, which are in the running in the best picture category, have already won [...]

Wide acclaim and a handful of top European Film Awards didn’t help Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah land a spot in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ list of best foreign-language film semi-finalists. And in case you’re looking for Let the Right One In among the nine films still in the running, you won’t find it there. Although the Swedish vampire drama was chosen the [...]

The American Cinematheque and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will be screening all five Golden Globe nominees in the best foreign-language film category from Jan. 7-9 at the Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. The nominated films are: The Baader-Meinhof Complex (Germany), National Society of Film Critics‘ winner Waltz with Bashir (Israel), European Film Academy Award winner Gomorrah (Italy), Swedish Film Institute’s Guldbagge nominee Everlasting [...]

In Agence France Presse, European Film Award winner Matteo Garrone discusses real-life issues related to Gomorrah (above, with Toni Servillo), his mafia thriller that is a likely contender for the 2009 best foreign-language film Oscar: "The idea of bringing the army to fight them is, for me, superficial. It’s good for the image of the Italian government, but it won’t do anything to fix the [...]