Marco Bellocchio Articles
David di Donatello 2010: THE FIRST BEAUTIFUL THING, VINCERE, LOOSE CANNONS, BAARIA

Stefania Sandrelli, Valerio Mastandrea in Paolo Virzi's The First Beautiful Thing (top); Giuseppe Tornatore's Baaria (middle); Ferzan Ozpetek's Loose Cannons (bottom) Here's a belated report on the 2010 David di Donatello awards. The nominations for Italy's Oscars were announced last week. Paolo Virzi's La prima cosa bella / The First Beautiful Thing, a sentimental comedy-drama about a bitter man (Valerio Mastandrea) who ends up finding [...]
David di Donatello 2010 Nominations

Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi in Marco Bellocchio's Vincere Best Film BAARÌA produced by Medusa Film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore MINE VAGANTI / LOOSE CANNONS produced by Domenico Procacci directed by Ferzan Ozpetek LA PRIMA COSA BELLA / THE FIRST BEAUTIFUL THING produced by Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen, Benedetto Habib for Medusa Film Motorino Amaranto, Indiana Production directed by Paolo Virzì L'UOMO CHE VERRA' produced by [...]
Box Office: THE RUNAWAYS, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, GREENBERG

Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning in The Runaways (top); Noomi Rapace in Niels Arden Oplev's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (middle); Ben Stiller in Noah Baumbach's Greenberg (bottom) The Kristen Stewart-Dakota Fanning vehicle The Runaways, the IMAX documentary Hubble 3D, the Noah Baumbach-Ben Stiller collaboration Greenberg, the Swedish crime thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Raymond De Felitta's comedy City Island, and Marco Bellocchio's [...]
AFI FEST 2009: PRECIOUS, THE WHITE RIBBON, AJAMI

Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire by Lee Daniels (top); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (middle); Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi in Vincere by Marco Bellocchio (bottom) Among the Sunday, Nov. 1, highlights at the AFI FEST 2009 at the Chinese Theater complex in Hollywood are: Lu Chuan's historical drama City of Life and Death, winner of the Golden Shell for best picture [...]