To Rome with Love

Woody Allen’s latest is a giddy, glittering film drunk on the city of its title. To Rome with Love is a film of fountains and Vespas, of paparazzi and shower Pavarottis, young lovers and shrewd prostitutes. In his attempt to embrace Rome in one collection of stories, Allen gives us a richly textured film that is part love story, part comedy of errors, a little bit farce and a little bit tragedy....  read more

Salute Your Shorts: Coffee and Cigarettes

Writing about Jim Jarmusch’s Coffee and Cigarettes in this space is cheating a little bit...  read more

Roberto Benigni Brings TuttoDante to the U.S.

If just thinking about the of Italian tragicomedy Life Is Beautiful  is enough to make your heart hurt (in a good way, of course), you're in for a treat. Roberto Benigni, the writer, director and actor behind the 1997 film, is making his U.S. debut of his beloved one-man show TuttoDante (roughly translated to Everything About Dante)....  read more