Crooked Timber (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I watched Paolo Sorrentino’s quite extraordinary film Il Divo last night. It is remarkable in so many ways, but especiallu, as a portrait of evil in the form for Giulo Andreotti (as depicted by Toni Servillo) and also, in terms of the most marvelous cinematography. In a recent post I attracted hostility from some by [...]
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
I first saw IL DIVO at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal, and I was not overly enthusiastic about it. The problem was that it presumed a certain familiarity with the Italian Political scene of the eighties and nineties, which, I'm sure, was fine with Italian audiences- but left me feeling out of the loop. However, when I received this DVD in the mail, I decided to give the film another chance,...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Il Divo is one of the best and funniest films of the year, a tour de force in which director Paolo Sorrentino (previously known for...
Salon (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Paolo Sorrentino's dazzling, daring "Il Divo" brings the cinematic bravado of Coppola and Scorsese back home
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Know your Bill Murray from your Buster Keaton? This week, Pinkos smacks his lips and delivers a tray of bone-dry comic amuse-bouches for you to sample I like my comedy the way I like my sherry and my bathroom floor – dry. In fact, the greater the understatement, the finer the blend, the deader the pan, the more eagerly I lap it up. A straight-faced, down the line, mockumentary mickey take as...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Recommended THE MOVIE: If you were looking for a concert DVD by a quartet of nearly sexless guys, then you've clicked on the wrong review. Run now, because I don't think the movie Il Divo is for you. In its opening scene, the main character undergoes acupuncture for migraines and ends up with a bunch of sticks in his head and face. He looks not dissimilar to Pinhead in the Hellraiser series. If you...
Most Beautiful Fraud in the World (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Two Germans and an Italian walk into this blog. No this isn't some strangely timecentric joke from a Tarantino film, it is a listing of my three latest reviews posted over at The Cinematheque . First up is the German film Cloud 9 ( my review can be read here ). You know, the one about old people having sex. This sexagenarian love triangle movie may set off a sort of ick factor in many viewers, especially...
Terry Malick's son (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
Paulo Sorrentino came to prominence and international acclaim with 2004's 'The Consequences of love', an intimate tale of a mysterious hotel dweller with dubious mafia connections. Il Divo, out this year in the UK, carries on and expands the subject of organised crime, this time in the account of Guiliano Andreotti. Andreotti was the Italian PM for several terms from 1946 right into the early 90's....
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
The film "Il Divo," The Puyallup Fair, restaurant critic Frank Bruni and artist Roger Shimomura are highlights of this week in arts in Seattle.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
"Il Divo" is Paolo Sorrentino's flamboyant biographical fantasy of Giulio Andreotti (Toni Servillo), Italy's scandal-ridden seven-time prime minister.
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
After the acclaimed Gomorrah , Italian corruption gets a much quieter but equally vigorous workout in Paolo Sorrentino's highly stylized portrait of the country's most enduring political leader, Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. Teflon doesn't begin to describe the Christian Democrat who l...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
DVD Video Review: Paolo Sorrentino, director of The Consequences of Love, is back with another flawed but enigmatic character, this time the real-life Italian politician and statesman Giulio Andreotti.
Movie Talk (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
To Italians the British must appear rank amateurs when it comes to political corruption. While British MPs fall on their swords over piddling expenses claims, Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi remains serenely in power, impervious to reports of his buffoonish antics, sleazy private life and questionable business dealings – but then it does help that [...]
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
More titles for October from IFC (including one of their theatrical releases!: Fear(s) of the Dark ), Il divo on DVD and Blu-ray from Music Box Films, some Blu-ray releases and date changes all below. Note: I have a pretty strong feeling that Fox's Blu-ray release of James Toback's Two Girls and a Guy will be the R-rated edit, not the NC-17 version with Robert Downey Jr. giving more explicit oral sex...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
Paolo Sorrentino; Tony Servillo Anna Bonaiuto. Rating:
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