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lavazza italian film festival 2014 preview

Richard Cotter / 11 September 2014

The immigrant experience won out thematically as the opening night film for this year’s Lavazza Italian Film Festival, but two films on the program about contemporary Italy and the people who choose to stay and take the problems head on …

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marina

Richard Cotter / 3 September 2014

The opening night presentation of the Lavazza Italian Film Festival is MARINA, the biopic of singer, songwriter, accordion player Rocco Granata who had the phenomenal one hit wonder with the song that lends the film its title back in 1959.…

bright days ahead

Richard Cotter / 15 February 2014

If there is one singular reason to attend the Alliance Francais Film Festival it’s Fanny Ardant. Those who are not already ardent fans of Fanny Ardant should be after seeing BRIGHT DAYS AHEAD, with Fanny at her funniest as a …