La Grazia review: Paolo Sorrentino gets his groove back with a compelling political drama
Toni Servillo impresses as an Italian president facing ethical and political crises
Paolo Sorrentino
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Parthenope: Paolo Sorrentino’s most leering film since his Berlusconi biopic
Italian auteur’s 11th feature is an ode to Naples too many. It also creates indelible moments
The Hand of God: Paolo Sorrentino’s love letter to Naples
Movie has tragedy at its heart but more than anything else it is one of the great ‘city films’
Paolo Sorrentino: ‘Maradona inspired me to become a film-maker’
The soccer star was the film-maker’s first contact with spectacle, with ‘a high form of entertainment’
Manuela Spinelli: ‘Naomi Osaka is a young girl. I 100% side with her’
Italian translator worked alongside Giovanni Trapattoni on many press conferences
Critics seem to have already forgotten some of the past decade’s best films
Donald Clarke: Blue is the Warmest Colour, 12 Years a Slave both overlooked in the polls
Loro: Berlusconi film’s misogyny fails to generate even guilty pleasures
Review: Paolo Sorrentino looks a bit like a bad copy of himself in this ugly collage
Sex in the movies: Why there’s no ‘sick filth’ left to ban
Pornography – even hard-core – was once big box office. The internet changed everything
Obama says austerity in Europe has caused ‘years of stagnation’
US president says pro-growth policies needed, in interview with Italian newspaper
In search of Elena Ferrante’s Naples
The ungovernable city known as Gomorrah has experienced a ‘riscatto’ – redemption – thanks to the popularity of Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels
Youth review: a vague, beautiful-looking meditation on . . . well, what exactly?
Michael Caine. Harvey Keitel. Jane Fonda. Rachel Weisz. Paul Dano - the great cast ultimately becomes marginalised by the busyness of Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film
Catherine Deneuve adds glamour to low-key Cannes Film Festival
Opening film obscure, but the 68th festival has much to offer, writes Donald Clarke in Cannes
Irish co-production ‘The Lobster’ for Cannes Film Festival
Film starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz selected for main competition
Weekend in . . . Rome
From outlying areas that beckon with new restaurants and bars, to the historic centre, Rome proves its beauty runs deep
Fanny Ardant: between the dark & the light
François Truffaut’s famous Dark Lady may be a little more auburn these days, but Ardant’s passion for life and cinema is undimmed: ‘You must follow your instincts, your pleasures, your love. And you will be a winner’
Azzurri no support act for O’Driscoll farewell
Visitors go into game as underdogs having lost to Scotland in dying embers of game
Donald Clarke's predictions for the Academy Awards
Putting his reputation on the line. Donald Clarke predicts the big prizes at the Academy Awards tomorrow night - and who deserves to win in each category
The Ticket Awards: Film
The strong showing of 'Blue is the Warmest Colour' suggests erudite Ticket readers just can’t get enough Franco-Tunisian neo-realism, writes Donald Clarke
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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