The complex lives of a group of seemingly very different tenants in a cheap Roman apartment building come crashing together in “Tainted Souls,” an inventive and unsettling Italian crime film that’s part “Babel,” part “The Godfather.”
The film, set to debut later this week at Venice, connects together characters as diverse as bisexual body builder Marcello, his loving wife Chiara, the cold-blooded drug dealer Mauro, his perhaps innocent wife Simona, local crime boss Carmine, and a host of other Romans all attempting to build lives in the face of brutal extremes.
Read More:Venice Jury President Annette Bening Speaks Out on Lack of Female-Directed Films: ‘There Is a Lot of Sexism’
In an official statement, directors Matteo Botrugno and Daniele Coluccini explained the inspiration for their new drama, which compellingly blends two seemingly disparate sides of one city.
“‘Tainted Souls’ is a film that portrays the two different souls of the city of Rome,...
The film, set to debut later this week at Venice, connects together characters as diverse as bisexual body builder Marcello, his loving wife Chiara, the cold-blooded drug dealer Mauro, his perhaps innocent wife Simona, local crime boss Carmine, and a host of other Romans all attempting to build lives in the face of brutal extremes.
Read More:Venice Jury President Annette Bening Speaks Out on Lack of Female-Directed Films: ‘There Is a Lot of Sexism’
In an official statement, directors Matteo Botrugno and Daniele Coluccini explained the inspiration for their new drama, which compellingly blends two seemingly disparate sides of one city.
“‘Tainted Souls’ is a film that portrays the two different souls of the city of Rome,...
- 8/30/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Director
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Actor
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Actress
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress
It’s early days yet, we know. But awards season 2018 got started at Sundance, and will continue at Cannes.
Check out our early speculation, based on credible filmmakers, promising ensembles and Oscar-savvy distributors, of what might be in store when the next award season rolls around in the fall of 2017.
Sundance introduced the first potential feature contenders: Michael Showalter’s big Amazon Studios sale, “The Big Sick,” a true romance starring writer-actor Kumail Nanjani, as well as Geremy Jasper’s New Jersey rap musical “Patti Cake$” (Fox Searchlight), starring breakout Australian actress Danielle MacDonald and returning veteran Cathy Moriarty (“Raging Bull”), Sony Pictures Classics’ elegiac gay romance “Call Me By Your Name” , directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Armie Hammer, “Homeland” breakout Timothée Chalamet,...
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Director
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Actor
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Actress
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress
2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress
It’s early days yet, we know. But awards season 2018 got started at Sundance, and will continue at Cannes.
Check out our early speculation, based on credible filmmakers, promising ensembles and Oscar-savvy distributors, of what might be in store when the next award season rolls around in the fall of 2017.
Sundance introduced the first potential feature contenders: Michael Showalter’s big Amazon Studios sale, “The Big Sick,” a true romance starring writer-actor Kumail Nanjani, as well as Geremy Jasper’s New Jersey rap musical “Patti Cake$” (Fox Searchlight), starring breakout Australian actress Danielle MacDonald and returning veteran Cathy Moriarty (“Raging Bull”), Sony Pictures Classics’ elegiac gay romance “Call Me By Your Name” , directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Armie Hammer, “Homeland” breakout Timothée Chalamet,...
- 3/10/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
South by Southwest (SXSW) is the best week of the year for film fanatics. Period. It's in a wonderful place (Austin, Texas), sweetened by a lovely atmosphere that mixes the highbrow appreciation of erudite film nerds with the go-for-broke excitement of genre enthusiasts. There's nothing quite like it in the world of film festivals -- the vibe at SXSW isn't something that's easily replicated or translated; it just is.
We were on hand to take it all in and report back. Our interviews from the festival will be coming soon, along with the films that they accompany. But we also wanted to rank every film that we saw, in order of best to worst. This year's crop was pretty wonderful, even those in the back half of the list are still pretty great. (There were a couple of stinkers, but that happens at every festival.)
So sit back and relax,...
We were on hand to take it all in and report back. Our interviews from the festival will be coming soon, along with the films that they accompany. But we also wanted to rank every film that we saw, in order of best to worst. This year's crop was pretty wonderful, even those in the back half of the list are still pretty great. (There were a couple of stinkers, but that happens at every festival.)
So sit back and relax,...
- 4/1/2015
- by Drew Taylor
- Moviefone
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