Paolo Sorrentino Articles

Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya in Pedro Almodóvar's La piel que habito / The Skin I Live In The list of 19 films in competition for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or was announced earlier today. According to festival artistic director Thierry Fremaux and festival president Gilles Jacob, 1,715 entries were considered for Cannes 2011. But instead of opting for something new and risky, Fremaux [...]

Michelle Monaghan in Trucker Quentin Tarantino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Is San Diego Critics' Big Winner Colin Firth's best actor win for his gay college professor in Tom Ford's A Single Man, however well-deserved, wasn't really a surprise, but the San Diego critics' choice for best actress sure was: Michelle Monaghan for her portrayal of a carefree long-haul truck driver whose life suddenly undergoes a dramatic change [...]

2009 Nastri d'Argento National Union of Italian Film Journalists' 2009 Nastri d'Argento (Silver Ribbons) nominations: May 29, 2009 2009 Nastri d'Argento winners: Taormina Film Festival, Sicily, on June 27, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Toni Servillo (center) as Italian prime-minister Giulio Andreotti in Paolo Sorrentino's scathing political comedy-drama Il Divo. At the Nastri d'Argento awards ceremony, Sorrentino remarked that if he [...]

Matteo Garrone's organized crime drama Gomorrah (above, top photo), based on Roberto Saviano's polemical book, took top honors at the 2009 David di Donatello awards. The Italian Film Academy voted Gomorrah the best Italian film of the year and Garrone the best director, in addition to handing the film five other awards, including best screenplay and best producer. Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo (above, lower photo), [...]