Tag: Matteo Garrone
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Sting Steps Out to Support Matteo Garrone’s ‘Io Capitano,’ Which Isabella Rossellini Says Her Father ‘Would Have Loved’ (Exclusive)
Sting, Isabella Rossellini, and U.S. director Roger Ross Williams came out to support the recent New York launch of Matteo Garrone’s Venice prizewinning immigration epic “Io Capitano” at the Museum of Modern Art.The movie – which is Italy’s now shortlisted Oscar candidate for best international feature film – narrates the Homeric journey of two two…
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Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone’s ‘Poor Things’ Wins Golden Lion at Venice, Peter Sarsgaard and Cailee Spaeny Take Acting Prizes (Full List of Winners)
The closing-night awards ceremony of the 80th Venice Film Festival has concluded, with the critical favorite and presumed frontrunner, Yorgos Lanthimos’s Emma Stone-starring adult fantasy “Poor Things,” living up to the buzz — it has taken the Golden Lion from Damien Chazelle’s jury. Other winners include Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Agnieszka Holland, Matteo Garrone and U.S. actors…
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Matteo Garrone on His African Odyssey ‘Io Capitano’: ‘I’m Italian. I’m White. This Is Not My World: There Was a Risk of Getting It Wrong’
Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone, who is a two-time Cannes jury prizewinner, with “Gomorrah” in 2008 and “Reality” in 2012, is in competition at the Venice Film Festival for the first time with his immigration-themed drama “Io Capitano.”Shot in Senegal, Italy and Morocco with a cast of largely non-professional actors, “Io Capitano” narrates the Homeric journey…