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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Chloè Zhao and Victoria Alonso, director and executive producer of the film Eternals.

There’s no such thing as the division between arthouse cinema and blockbusters when it comes to films that deal with universal themes and topics. Oscar winner Chloè Zhao and tireless and wise executive producer Victoria Alonso agree on that when presenting Eternals, their new Marvel film coming out in Italian theatres from November 4th and also closing film of the 16th Rome Film Festival. Are Marvel Movies acquiring the same function mythology had for the older generations? The answer is a yes.

Eternals: Marvel Studios presents “Eternals,” the 25th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and an all-new adventure introducing 10 Super Heroes never seen before on screen.. “Eternals” follows a group of heroes from beyond the stars who had protected the Earth since the dawn of man. When monstrous creatures called the Deviants, long thought lost to history, mysteriously return, the Eternals are forced to reunite in order to defend humanity once again. “‘Eternals’ is an epic, sweeping, multi-millennial-spanning story with a diverse team of ten Super Heroes that we are excited to introduce to the world,” says producer Kevin Feige. “Though it continues the tradition of the MCU, the fi lm also breaks new ground and is a precursor for what the future of the MCU holds.” Marvel Studios’ “Eternals” stars Gemma Chan (Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel,” “Crazy Rich Asians”); Richard Madden (“Rocketman,” “The Bodyguard”); Kumail Nanjiani (“Silicon Valley,” “The Big Sick”); Lia McHugh (“The Lodge”); Brian Tyree Henry (“Atlanta,” “Widows”); Lauren Ridloff(“The Walking Dead,” “Wonderstruck”); Barry Keoghan (“American Animals,” “Dunkirk”); Don Lee (Ma Dong-Seok) (“The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil,” “Train to Busan”); with Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones,” “Gunpowder”); with Salma Hayek (“Like a Boss,” “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard”); and Academy Award®–winner Angelina Jolie (“Those Who Wish Me Dead,” “Maleficent”).The fi lm is produced by Kevin Feige and Nate Moore, and directed by Chloé Zhao, who won this year’s best director Academy Award® for “Nomadland.” Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso and Kevin de la Noy are the executive producers. The screenplay is wriƩ en by Chloé Zhao and Chloé Zhao & Patrick Burleigh and Ryan Firpo & Kaz Firpo, from a screen story by Ryan Firpo & Kaz Firpo.“We have watched and guided. We have helped them progress and seen them accomplish wonders. Throughout the years, we have never interfered. Until now.”— Ajak 2Director Zhao’s creative team includes director of photography Ben Davis (Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel,” “Doctor Strange”); production designer Eve Stewart (“The Danish Girl,” “Les Misérables”); costume designer Sammy Sheldon Diff er (Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man,” “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”); editors Dylan Tichenor, ACE (“There Will Be Blood,” “Zero Dark Thirty”) and Craig Wood, ACE (“Malefi cent: Mistress of Evil,” Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man and The Wasp”); visual eff ects supervisor Stephane Cereƫ (Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man and The Wasp,” “Doctor Strange”); visual eff ects producer Susan PickeƩ (Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man and The Wasp,” “Doctor Strange”); special eff ects supervisor Neil Corbould (“Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”); composer Ramin Djawadi (“Game of Thrones,” Marvel Studios’ “Iron Man”); and hair and makeup designer Frances Hannon (“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel”).Marvel Studios’ “Eternals” opens in U.S. theaters on November 4th.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Sean Baker, director of the film Red Rocket.

A conversation with director Sean Baker, who presented a screening of his latest film at the 2021 Rome Film Fest. The film is titled Red Rocket and talks about a down and out porn star who returns to his forgotten hometown deep in the heart of Texas where nobody seems to want nor care for him. In this film, Baker explains to us the meaning of “suitcase pimp” and what it is he finds about these people so interesting. He also shares his thoughts on the American dreams, working with Simon Rex on his impressive leading performance in this movie and more.

Red Rocket : A washed-up porn star clashes with his estranged wife after returning to his hometown in Texas.

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PODCAST | Cristiana Palmieri interviews Elysia Zeccola, director of the Italian Film Festival.

Festival director Elysia Zeccola talks about the challenging time for the arts and entertainment industries, and how going back to see films on the big screen symbolises going back to some forms of normality. Despite the uncertain circumstances related to the lockdown in major Australian cities, the Italian Film Festivals offers a remarkable program, including big titles such as A Chiara by Jonas Carpignano, winner of the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes.

The festival opened nationally on October 20th with the Australian premiere of Daniele Luchetti’s Lacci, which opened last year’s Venice Film Festival, and closes on December 12th with Roberto Rosselini’s Roma citta’ aperta, recently restored by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna.

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PODCAST| Cristiana Palmieri interviews Nashen Moodley, director of the Sydney Film Festival.

The festival director Nashen Moodley talks about the extremely challenging times for the film industry, and how the festival arrives as a breath of fresh air after almost four long months of lockdown in Sydney. Nashen explores the festival line-up that this year is complemented by a bespoke program online through SFF On Demand, a virtual offering of 56 feature-length films and 13 shorts from the wider program available to stream nationally from 12-21 November.

This year the festival present 233 films from 69 countries, bringing together hundreds of international and local stories. There are 111 feature films, including prize-winners from prestigious festivals around the world; 50 documentaries tackling crucial contemporary issues from established and upcoming documentarians; and 72 shorts. Of these films almost half are directed or co-directed by woman filmmakers.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Josh O’Connor and Eva Husson, actor and  director of the film Mothering Sunday.

We met Josh O’Connor and Eva Husson on the red carpet at the Rome Film Festival for the screening of Mothering Sunday. We talked about that specific time after the First World War were men were few and crushed by guilt and expectations and women. Were still shocked by what happened years before. Eva talked about directing an adaptation of a book that was already very cinematic and about the pace of the narrative.

Mothering Sunday : England, 1924. It is a spring Sunday, and the young maid Jane Fairchild, an orphan, finds herself alone for Mother’s Day. Her employers, the wealthy Niven spouses, have gone out, and she has the rare opportunity to spend a beautiful day with her secret lover, Paul Sheringham, who is the son of the Niven’s neighbors, and is Jane’s great love, despite being in the process of getting married with another girl of his own social class, daughter of friends of the Sheringhams and a friend of Paul since the two were little. But an unpredictable event will change Jane’s life forever.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Joe Wright, director of the film Cyrano.

At the 16th Rome Film Festival, Joe Wright presents his upcoming new work, Cyrano with Peter Dinklage impersonating the famous protagonist of Edmond Rostand’s play. After working on Atonement, Pride and Prejudice and Anna Karenina, Wright gives his remarkable directing touch on another film adaptation from a “classic”. How can we define a classic? While answering, Joe Wright unveils his approach to this transposition by also describing his experimenting another genre such as the musical one. To discover more about the 16th Rome Film Festival click here.

Cyrano: Award-winning director Joe Wright envelops moviegoers in a symphony of emotions with music, romance, and beauty in Cyrano, re-imagining the timeless tale of a heartbreaking love triangle. A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac (played by Peter Dinklage) dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne (Haley Bennett), Cyrano has yet to declare his feelings for her — and Roxanne has fallen in love, at first sight, with Christian (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.).

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PODCAST |  Daily news and updates from the 2021 Rome Film Fest, with Matt Micucci.

Matt Micucci presents the first episode of Big FRED Roma, FRED Film Radio’s English-language daily show with news and thoughts in the 2021 edition of the Rome Film Fest.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Jens Sjögren, director of the film I Am Zlatan.

A conversation with Jens Sjögren, director of I Am Zlatan, presented at the 2021 Rome Film Fest. The film talks about the formative years of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, one of the most iconic footballers of our time. In this interview, the director talks about what Ibrahimovic meant to him before working on this film, the universal resonance of the story of his life and more.

I Am Zlatan : Son of Balkan immigrants Zlatan Ibrahimovic, born in Sweden, becomes, after a rough childhood, a Swedish football champion of several decades.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Valdimar Jóhannsson, director of the film Lamb.

A conversation with Valdimar Jóhannsson, director of Lamb. The film was presented in the program of Alice nella Città, the parallel and independent section of the 2021 Rome Film Fest. This is a one of a kind feature set in a remote Icelandic setting, starring a childless couple whose life unexpectedly changes with the arrival of a mysterious newborn. Without giving too much away about the film, in this interview we cover such topics as humanity’s relationship with nature, empathy, the importance of the distinct desolate Icelandic setting of the movie and more.

Lamb : A childless couple, María and Ingvar discover a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland. The unexpected prospect of family life brings them much joy, before ultimately destroying them.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Jessica Chastain and Vincent D’Onofrio, actors of the film The Eyes of Tammy Faye.

The 16th edition of Rome Film Festival open its doors guided by Jessica Chastain, star and producer of The Eyes of Tammy Faye, the opening film of the Fest, a cinematographic look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of the televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. On the red carpet of the Festival with co-star Vincent D’Onofrio, Jessica Chastain looks back at her filmography and analyze the many women she got to proudly portray through her career.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye: The film, based on a true story, is a look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of the televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, portrayed by Jessica Chastain. In the 1970s and 80s, Tammy Faye and her husband Jim Bakker (Andrew Garfield) founded the most important American religious broadcasting network, created a major theme park and rose to fame thanks to their message of love, acceptance and prosperity. Tammy Faye was legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic singing, and her eagerness to embrace people from all walks of life. Over the years however, financial improprieties, scheming rivals and scandal toppled the multi-million dollar empire they had so carefully constructed.

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