In the realm of Italian mafia dramas, Gomorrah, The Boss of the Bosses, and Romanzo Criminale are worthy of note, but among all, The Godfather Trilogy stands out as a timeless masterpiece. Although not even close to The Godfather in terms of execution or writing, a similarly woven tale of Italian gang warfare and power battles among the clans in a tumultuous Rome is the famous Italian series Suburra. Suburra is a famous crime franchise first released in 2015 as a film and subsequently developed into a 2017 series of the same name. From 2017 to 2020, Suburra: Blood on Rome became a popular thriller that has recently been rebooted into a Netflix series named Suburraeterna. As we haven’t watched any of these prequels to this Netflix thriller, we can only review the recently released eight-part series, which is the continuation as well as a spinoff of the 2017 franchise.
Watching the entire eight-part...
Watching the entire eight-part...
- 11/15/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
“Suburræterna” is a series directed by Ciro D’Emilio and Alessandro Tonda. It stars Giacomo Ferrara, Filippo Nigro, and Carlotta Antonelli. It is based on the novel by Carlo Bonini and Giancarlo De Cataldo.
Sequel to “Suburra: Blood on Rome”, this series takes us to Ostia, where several criminal organizations vie for control of the city of Rome. The series explores all levels of corruption, from the lowest criminals to the world of politics, in a city where little seems to have changed since the Roman Empire.
Suburræterna Series Review
If “Suburra: Blood on Rome” was a major success, this sequel undoubtedly draws from the narrative elements that made the first season so popular: an intrigue that reflects corruption at all levels, and with a touch of Shakespeare and a lot of corruption from the Roman Empire, it provides us with an incredibly entertaining continuation.
Many of the main characters return,...
Sequel to “Suburra: Blood on Rome”, this series takes us to Ostia, where several criminal organizations vie for control of the city of Rome. The series explores all levels of corruption, from the lowest criminals to the world of politics, in a city where little seems to have changed since the Roman Empire.
Suburræterna Series Review
If “Suburra: Blood on Rome” was a major success, this sequel undoubtedly draws from the narrative elements that made the first season so popular: an intrigue that reflects corruption at all levels, and with a touch of Shakespeare and a lot of corruption from the Roman Empire, it provides us with an incredibly entertaining continuation.
Many of the main characters return,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Travis B. Dhalia
- Martin Cid - TV
Titles include ambulance-set thriller ‘The Shift’ and home invasion drama ‘A Bunch Of Bastards’.
Italian sales firm Minerva Pictures has finalised deals on several genre titles at the recent European Film Market (EFM).
The sales are led by terrorist thriller The Shift, which has been picked up for France (Koba Films), Germany (The Lighthouse) and Japan (New Select).
The Italy-Belgium co-produced is directed by Alessandro Tonda and premiered at Rome Film Fest. Led by Suburra star Adamo Dionisi and Cesar award-winning actress Clotilde Hesme, it centres on two paramedics who unwittingly load a suicide bomber into their ambulance in the wake of a terrorist attack.
Italian sales firm Minerva Pictures has finalised deals on several genre titles at the recent European Film Market (EFM).
The sales are led by terrorist thriller The Shift, which has been picked up for France (Koba Films), Germany (The Lighthouse) and Japan (New Select).
The Italy-Belgium co-produced is directed by Alessandro Tonda and premiered at Rome Film Fest. Led by Suburra star Adamo Dionisi and Cesar award-winning actress Clotilde Hesme, it centres on two paramedics who unwittingly load a suicide bomber into their ambulance in the wake of a terrorist attack.
- 3/16/2021
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Dark festive comedy being introduced to buyers at the EFM.
Minerva Pictures International has secured international sales rights to festive comedy The Loss Adjuster, starring Luke Goss and Joan Collins.
The Rome-based production and sales outfit is introducing the dark comedy to buyers at this week’s virtual European Film Market (EFM).
Directed by Vincent Woods and produced by Jayney Mackie (who also wrote the script), the story follows a down-on-his-luck insurance man who is presented with a chance to reverse this spiral after encountering a teenage thief. Collins plays a glamorous widow and victim of an alleged burglary who...
Minerva Pictures International has secured international sales rights to festive comedy The Loss Adjuster, starring Luke Goss and Joan Collins.
The Rome-based production and sales outfit is introducing the dark comedy to buyers at this week’s virtual European Film Market (EFM).
Directed by Vincent Woods and produced by Jayney Mackie (who also wrote the script), the story follows a down-on-his-luck insurance man who is presented with a chance to reverse this spiral after encountering a teenage thief. Collins plays a glamorous widow and victim of an alleged burglary who...
- 3/4/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Festival to go ahead as a physical event with guests including Thomas Vinterberg and Francois Ozon.
Rome Film Fest has revealed the programme and plans for its 15th edition, which is set to go ahead as a physical event with digital elements from October 15-25.
A total of 24 films and documentaries will comprise the official selection, most of which have proved critically-acclaimed at festivals such as Toronto, with nine having previously received a Cannes 2020 label.
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These include three titles from Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology: Mangrove; Lovers Rock; and Red, White And Blue. The...
Rome Film Fest has revealed the programme and plans for its 15th edition, which is set to go ahead as a physical event with digital elements from October 15-25.
A total of 24 films and documentaries will comprise the official selection, most of which have proved critically-acclaimed at festivals such as Toronto, with nine having previously received a Cannes 2020 label.
Scroll down for line-up
These include three titles from Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology: Mangrove; Lovers Rock; and Red, White And Blue. The...
- 10/5/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Italian distribution, production, and exhibition company Notorious Pictures is on a buying spree at the Cannes Film Market where they’ve acquired four high-profile titles, including Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots sci-fi-fier “Vivarium,” which world-premiered in Critics’ Week.
On the production side the expanding outfit has teamed up with Belgium’s Tarantula Productions on Islamic terrorism thriller “The Shift” after the announced pre-sale last week of global rights to Netflix of their upcoming English-language romcom “Love. Wedding. Repeat,” which is co-produced with the U.K.’s Tempo Productions and currently shooting in Rome.
In Cannes Notorious – whose name pays homage to both the Hitchcock film and the rock band Duran Duran – acquired Italian rights to “Vivarium” from Xyz Films.
From the U.K.’s Independent Film Company they’ve taken “One Thousand Paper Cranes” in which Evan Rachel Wood will star alongside Jim Sturgess and Shinobu Terajima; while from The...
On the production side the expanding outfit has teamed up with Belgium’s Tarantula Productions on Islamic terrorism thriller “The Shift” after the announced pre-sale last week of global rights to Netflix of their upcoming English-language romcom “Love. Wedding. Repeat,” which is co-produced with the U.K.’s Tempo Productions and currently shooting in Rome.
In Cannes Notorious – whose name pays homage to both the Hitchcock film and the rock band Duran Duran – acquired Italian rights to “Vivarium” from Xyz Films.
From the U.K.’s Independent Film Company they’ve taken “One Thousand Paper Cranes” in which Evan Rachel Wood will star alongside Jim Sturgess and Shinobu Terajima; while from The...
- 5/22/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Olivia Munn also among cast of project set to shoot in Rome; Endeavor handling sales.
UK-Italy romantic comedy Love, Wedding, Repeat has added Sam Claflin, Olivia Munn and Freida Pinto to its cast ahead of filming in May.
Dean Craig (Death At A Funeral) has written the screenplay and will direct the project, which follows a wedding where the table seating is rearranged with disastrous and humorous consequences. The film is a remake of 2012 French comedy Plan De Table.
Producers on the project are Guglielmo Marchetti (Black Butterfly) of Notorious Pictures and Piers Tempest (The Wife) of Tempo Productions. Jo Bamford...
UK-Italy romantic comedy Love, Wedding, Repeat has added Sam Claflin, Olivia Munn and Freida Pinto to its cast ahead of filming in May.
Dean Craig (Death At A Funeral) has written the screenplay and will direct the project, which follows a wedding where the table seating is rearranged with disastrous and humorous consequences. The film is a remake of 2012 French comedy Plan De Table.
Producers on the project are Guglielmo Marchetti (Black Butterfly) of Notorious Pictures and Piers Tempest (The Wife) of Tempo Productions. Jo Bamford...
- 4/18/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Olivia Munn also among cast of project set to shoot in Rome; Endeavor Content handling sales.
UK-Italy romantic comedy Love, Wedding, Repeat has added Sam Claflin, Olivia Munn and Freida Pinto to its cast ahead of filming in May.
Dean Craig (Death At A Funeral) has written the screenplay and will direct the project, which follows a wedding where the table seating is rearranged with disastrous and humorous consequences. The film is a remake of 2012 French comedy Plan De Table.
Producers on the project are Guglielmo Marchetti (Black Butterfly) of Notorious Pictures and Piers Tempest (The Wife) of Tempo Productions.
UK-Italy romantic comedy Love, Wedding, Repeat has added Sam Claflin, Olivia Munn and Freida Pinto to its cast ahead of filming in May.
Dean Craig (Death At A Funeral) has written the screenplay and will direct the project, which follows a wedding where the table seating is rearranged with disastrous and humorous consequences. The film is a remake of 2012 French comedy Plan De Table.
Producers on the project are Guglielmo Marchetti (Black Butterfly) of Notorious Pictures and Piers Tempest (The Wife) of Tempo Productions.
- 4/18/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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