Netflix’s next Italian originals will be pairs of series and feature films from the likes of Stefano Mordini, Alessandro Genovesi and Cristina Comencini.
The projects were unveiled at a See What’s Next event in Rome today, in front of several stars, directors and stars.
Tinny Andreatta, Vice President of Italian Content at Netflix, said the orders showed the streamer remains “committed to our investment in Italy and Italian stories with conviction, continuing our long-term commitment to the country and its creative community.” Netflix opened an Italian office in May last year.
Namely, pics are Cristina Comencini’s Il Treno dei Bambini and Fabbricante di Lacrime from director Alessandro Genovesi. TV shows comprise Storia della mia Famiglia and Adorazione.
Il Treno dei Bambini is based on Viola Ardone’s bestselling novel pf the same name and is billed as as an “epic and poignant film” set in post-war Italy...
The projects were unveiled at a See What’s Next event in Rome today, in front of several stars, directors and stars.
Tinny Andreatta, Vice President of Italian Content at Netflix, said the orders showed the streamer remains “committed to our investment in Italy and Italian stories with conviction, continuing our long-term commitment to the country and its creative community.” Netflix opened an Italian office in May last year.
Namely, pics are Cristina Comencini’s Il Treno dei Bambini and Fabbricante di Lacrime from director Alessandro Genovesi. TV shows comprise Storia della mia Famiglia and Adorazione.
Il Treno dei Bambini is based on Viola Ardone’s bestselling novel pf the same name and is billed as as an “epic and poignant film” set in post-war Italy...
- 9/19/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The 69th Taormina Film Festival boasts an impressive lineup of Italian and world premieres as it seeks to reboot and re-establish its status as a date to watch on the festival circuit. Located in the historical Sicilian town – its visibility recently getting an unlooked for boost with the second season of HBO’s ”The White Lotus” – will be hosting a series of screenings. The outdoor Teatro Antico will provide a suitably antique background for the Italian premiere of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” with Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, and Mads Mikkelsen in attendance.
The directorial debut of Italian artist Marco Perego, “The Absence of Eden,” will receive its world premiere. The film stars Perego’s wife Zoe Saldaña, Garrett Hedlund and Adria Arjona. The thriller tells the story of an undocumented immigrant fleeing a drug cartel whose path crosses with a U.S. Immigration...
The directorial debut of Italian artist Marco Perego, “The Absence of Eden,” will receive its world premiere. The film stars Perego’s wife Zoe Saldaña, Garrett Hedlund and Adria Arjona. The thriller tells the story of an undocumented immigrant fleeing a drug cartel whose path crosses with a U.S. Immigration...
- 6/18/2023
- by John Bleasdale
- Variety Film + TV
Market
The Cannes Film Market has launched Cannes Investors Circle, which will commence with a keynote introduction by Liesl Copland, Participant’s executive VP, content and platform strategy, who will offer her perspective on the modern media landscape. The initiative will also feature a panel discussion titled Navigating Film Finance in a Changing World that aims to offer insights on global financing and market trends in 2023 and beyond. The panelists will include Elisa Alvares, finance expert at Jacaranda Consultants; Rikke Ennis, CEO of REinvent Studios; Emilie Georges, co-founder and CEO of Paradise City; Mike Goodridge, U.K. producer at Good Chaos who is also presenting Jessica Hausner’s “Club Zero” in the festival’s official competition; with film festival consultant Wendy Mitchell moderating.
The event will also include an invitation-only session where VIP private investors will listen to pitches of nine new global film projects at the investment stage. The...
The Cannes Film Market has launched Cannes Investors Circle, which will commence with a keynote introduction by Liesl Copland, Participant’s executive VP, content and platform strategy, who will offer her perspective on the modern media landscape. The initiative will also feature a panel discussion titled Navigating Film Finance in a Changing World that aims to offer insights on global financing and market trends in 2023 and beyond. The panelists will include Elisa Alvares, finance expert at Jacaranda Consultants; Rikke Ennis, CEO of REinvent Studios; Emilie Georges, co-founder and CEO of Paradise City; Mike Goodridge, U.K. producer at Good Chaos who is also presenting Jessica Hausner’s “Club Zero” in the festival’s official competition; with film festival consultant Wendy Mitchell moderating.
The event will also include an invitation-only session where VIP private investors will listen to pitches of nine new global film projects at the investment stage. The...
- 5/9/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Italian premieres of Cannes Film Festival opener Jeanne du Barry starring Johnny Depp and Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny will be among the international highlights of the 69th Taormina Film Festival which gave a taster of its line-up at a press conference in Rome on Tuesday.
Principal cast for James Mangold’s Indiana Jones reboot including Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies and Mads Mikkelsen are expected to be in attendance for the screening.
The event, unfolding June 23 to July 1 in Sicily, is under the new co-artistic directorship of Barrett Wissman this year.
There will also be Italian premieres for Lisa Cortes’s Little Richard: I Am Everything, a documentary about the life and career of the legendary musician, and A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand and One, starring Teyana Taylor.
Italian highlights include the world premiere of the comedy The Worst Days by Edoardo Leo,...
Principal cast for James Mangold’s Indiana Jones reboot including Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies and Mads Mikkelsen are expected to be in attendance for the screening.
The event, unfolding June 23 to July 1 in Sicily, is under the new co-artistic directorship of Barrett Wissman this year.
There will also be Italian premieres for Lisa Cortes’s Little Richard: I Am Everything, a documentary about the life and career of the legendary musician, and A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand and One, starring Teyana Taylor.
Italian highlights include the world premiere of the comedy The Worst Days by Edoardo Leo,...
- 5/9/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products released each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Jurassic Park Virtual Pets from Tamagotchi
Ready for a double dose of ’90s nostalgia? Tamagotchi – the beloved virtual pet keychain from our youth – is celebrating Jurassic Park’s 30th anniversary with dinosaur virtual pets. Due out in March, amber and egg versions are available to pre-order for 20.99.
Depending on how you interact with your baby dino, they may evolve into over 20 different dinosaurs, including rarities. If you don’t take proper care of them, they’ll leave you. When your prehistoric pal is in a bad mood, give them a snack (leaves and nuts for herbivores; meat and fish for carnivores) or play one of three mini-games.
Holly by Stephen King
Stephen King will publish Holly on September 5 via Scribner.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Jurassic Park Virtual Pets from Tamagotchi
Ready for a double dose of ’90s nostalgia? Tamagotchi – the beloved virtual pet keychain from our youth – is celebrating Jurassic Park’s 30th anniversary with dinosaur virtual pets. Due out in March, amber and egg versions are available to pre-order for 20.99.
Depending on how you interact with your baby dino, they may evolve into over 20 different dinosaurs, including rarities. If you don’t take proper care of them, they’ll leave you. When your prehistoric pal is in a bad mood, give them a snack (leaves and nuts for herbivores; meat and fish for carnivores) or play one of three mini-games.
Holly by Stephen King
Stephen King will publish Holly on September 5 via Scribner.
- 1/27/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Last year at the Berlinale we had the pleasure of interview the maestro that is Dario Argento, for the release of his latest feature – which is now available to stream of Shudder. We also spoke to his daughter, and star, Asia Argento, who sat besides Ilenia Pastorelli, as we spoke about the project at hand, from the ensemble, the rigours and demands, what it’s like working with your family. And on Daft Punk, of course. Watch both interviews in their entirety below.
Dario Argento
Ilenia Pastorelli & Asia Argento
Synopsis
Diana, a young woman who lost her sight, finds a guide in a Chinese boy named Chin. Together they will track down a dangerous killer through the darkness of Italy.
Dark Glasses is available to watch on Shudder now
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Dario Argento
Ilenia Pastorelli & Asia Argento
Synopsis
Diana, a young woman who lost her sight, finds a guide in a Chinese boy named Chin. Together they will track down a dangerous killer through the darkness of Italy.
Dark Glasses is available to watch on Shudder now
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- 1/25/2023
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
On October 13, Shudder premiered “Dark Glasses,” the highly anticipated return from the master of horror, Dario Argento. Fleeing her predator, a young escort (Ilenia Pastorelli) crashes her car and loses her sight. She emerges from the initial shock determined to fight for her life, but she is no longer alone. Defending her and acting as her eyes is a little boy, Chin (Andrea Zhang), who survived the car accident. But the killer won’t give up his victim. Who will be saved?
Reviews for the thriller are mixed, earning it a current score of 58 on Rotten Tomatoes to date. But what exactly are critics saying about Argento’s latest?
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- 10/14/2022
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
After making the poorly received Dracula 3D (watch it Here), legendary filmmaker Dario Argento went ten years without directing another movie. Now he’s back with Dark Glasses, which will be available to watch on the Shudder streaming service sometime this fall (you can read our own Tyler Nichols’ review of Dark Glasses at This Link) – and he has already lined up his next project. While at Frightfest back in August, Argento said his next film will be shot in Paris and is a remake of a Mexican thriller that was released in the 1940s. Now, ChaosReign.fr reports that Argento talked some more about his next project at the Sitges Film Festival, revealing that filming will begin in the spring of 2023… and Isabelle Huppert has signed on to star in the movie!
An Oscar nominee for her performance in Paul Verhoeven’s 2016 thriller Elle, Huppert has racked up almost...
An Oscar nominee for her performance in Paul Verhoeven’s 2016 thriller Elle, Huppert has racked up almost...
- 10/11/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Can you believe we’re already less than three weeks until Halloween? What does that mean for horror fans? Well, it means A Whole Lot of brand new releases are headed our way!
In fact, another 14 Brand New Horror Movies are releasing this week alone, including the return of a horror master and the final battle between two iconic horror legends.
Here’s all the new horror releasing October 10 – October 16, 2022!
Another Hulu Original horror movie has arrived for the Halloween season, with Hulu unleashing the meme-based Grimcutty to kick off the week’s new releases just yesterday.
In the new Hulu horror movie, “A suburban teen girl and her little brother must stop a terrifying internet meme brought to life by the hysteria of their parents.”
John Ross (“The Birch”) directed Grimcutty for Hulu’s “Huluween” lineup this year.
Usman Ally (Veep, A Series of Unfortunate Events), Shannyn Sossamon (Wayward Pines,...
In fact, another 14 Brand New Horror Movies are releasing this week alone, including the return of a horror master and the final battle between two iconic horror legends.
Here’s all the new horror releasing October 10 – October 16, 2022!
Another Hulu Original horror movie has arrived for the Halloween season, with Hulu unleashing the meme-based Grimcutty to kick off the week’s new releases just yesterday.
In the new Hulu horror movie, “A suburban teen girl and her little brother must stop a terrifying internet meme brought to life by the hysteria of their parents.”
John Ross (“The Birch”) directed Grimcutty for Hulu’s “Huluween” lineup this year.
Usman Ally (Veep, A Series of Unfortunate Events), Shannyn Sossamon (Wayward Pines,...
- 10/11/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
With a harrowing performance in Gaspar Noe’s “Vortex” as an aging writer caring for his wife in even more precarious cognitive health, Italian horror legend Dario Argento recently flaunted his virtuous acting capabilities. But back behind the camera for his first directorial outing in a decade, “Dark Glasses,” the veteran operates within the comfort of the giallo tropes he pioneered decades ago, although to less memorable effect.
Argento first introduces Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli), a sex worker in Rome, as she drives around the city minutes before an eclipse occurs. Noticing that everyone points at the sky with anticipation, she stops to join them in admiring the astral dance between the sun and the moon that for a few moments provides a unique filter on how we perceive the world. The momentary tinting of our reality serves as cleverly ominous forewarning of what’s to come.
The opening, however, remains...
Argento first introduces Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli), a sex worker in Rome, as she drives around the city minutes before an eclipse occurs. Noticing that everyone points at the sky with anticipation, she stops to join them in admiring the astral dance between the sun and the moon that for a few moments provides a unique filter on how we perceive the world. The momentary tinting of our reality serves as cleverly ominous forewarning of what’s to come.
The opening, however, remains...
- 10/8/2022
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
Shudder’s comprehensive “Home for Halloween” line-up this October features the premiere of Dario Argento’s giallo return, ‘Dark Glasses,’ and much more.
Every Halloween, horror fans are presented with a murderer’s row of options when it comes to the perfect place to binge on bloody buffets of seasonal content. Horror programming is unavoidable during this time of year, but some channels and streaming services go above and beyond in terms of what they offer their audience. At this point, acclaimed horror movies and episodes of television shows are the bare minimum and the most promising streaming services find ways to truly celebrate this haunting holiday. Shudder never disappoints when it comes to horror’s biggest holiday, but 2022’s “Home for Halloween” celebration puts past years to shame.
Shudder (also available on AMC+) loves to celebrate the spookiest season of the year in special ways and “Home for Halloween...
Every Halloween, horror fans are presented with a murderer’s row of options when it comes to the perfect place to binge on bloody buffets of seasonal content. Horror programming is unavoidable during this time of year, but some channels and streaming services go above and beyond in terms of what they offer their audience. At this point, acclaimed horror movies and episodes of television shows are the bare minimum and the most promising streaming services find ways to truly celebrate this haunting holiday. Shudder never disappoints when it comes to horror’s biggest holiday, but 2022’s “Home for Halloween” celebration puts past years to shame.
Shudder (also available on AMC+) loves to celebrate the spookiest season of the year in special ways and “Home for Halloween...
- 10/5/2022
- by Daniel Kurland
- bloody-disgusting.com
Dark Glasses Trailer 2 — Shudder has released the second movie trailer for Dark Glasses / Occhiali Neri (2022) has been released. Crew Dario Argento‘s Dark Glasses stars Ilenia Pastorelli, Andrea Zhang, Asia Argento, Andrea Gherpelli, Mario Pirrello, and Maria Rosaria Russo. Dario Argento and Franco Ferrini wrote the screenplay for Dark Glasses. Plot Synopsis Dark [...]
Continue reading: Dark Glasses (2022) Movie Trailer 2: A Vengeful Serial Killer Searches for the Now Blind Victim that Escaped Him...
Continue reading: Dark Glasses (2022) Movie Trailer 2: A Vengeful Serial Killer Searches for the Now Blind Victim that Escaped Him...
- 9/24/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"When you can't open your eyes, the nightmare never ends." Shudder will be releasing a brand new Dario Argento film in October, just in time for Halloween season. This official trailer debuted a few weeks ago but we're just catching up with it. Argento's Dark Glasses serial killer horror film set in Rome originally premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and also stopped by a few other festivals including Neuchâtel and Lyon Festival Hallucinations Collectives. A serial killer who preys on prostitutes sets his sights on Diana. As he pursues her, he causes a car crash in which she is blinded and 10-year-old Chin's entire family dies. Despite her blindness, Diane resolves to take the boy in. But the killer is still on the loose… Together they will track down a dangerous killer through the darkness of Italy. The film's cast includes Ilenia Pastorelli as Diana, Andrea Zhang as Chin,...
- 9/20/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A vicious killer. Great gouts of blood spilling onto the ground. A beautiful woman in peril. The ingredients are familiar but, as always, the magic is in the way they are combined. This is Rome in the hot sun, in the inky black night, and caught in between, on the day of an eclipse. They say that if one gazes at such an event without protection, one will go blind. All that Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli) has to shield her eyes with is a pair of dark glasses, and surely enough, just hours later, she is caught up in a car crash, suffering a traumatic injury which robs her of her sight.
The arrival of a new Dario Argento film is an event. This one precipitated more excitement than almost any other film in the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival line-up. It’s his first work for a decade, and now that.
The arrival of a new Dario Argento film is an event. This one precipitated more excitement than almost any other film in the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival line-up. It’s his first work for a decade, and now that.
- 7/31/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stars: Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento, Andrea Gherpelli, Mario Pirrello, Maria Rosaria Russo, Gennaro Iaccarino, Xinyu Zhang | Written by Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini | Directed by Dario Argento
The Italian maestro is back! Yes, Dario Argento, one of Italian cinema’s great horror filmmakers has stepped back behind the camera for Occhiali Neri (Black Glasses), the director’s first movie since 2012’s much-ridiculed Dracula 3D, which is actually based on a script he wrote with Franco Ferrini that was shelved in 2002 when the films original production company, Cecchi Gori, filed for bankruptcy.
Black Glasses sees Rome under siege from a serial killer who has strangled three prostitutes with cello rope. His latest victim is destined to be Diana, a luxury escort who frequents the hotels of Via Veneto. One night, the maniac chases her in his white van and rams her, sending her crashing into another car containing a Chinese family and the young son Chin.
The Italian maestro is back! Yes, Dario Argento, one of Italian cinema’s great horror filmmakers has stepped back behind the camera for Occhiali Neri (Black Glasses), the director’s first movie since 2012’s much-ridiculed Dracula 3D, which is actually based on a script he wrote with Franco Ferrini that was shelved in 2002 when the films original production company, Cecchi Gori, filed for bankruptcy.
Black Glasses sees Rome under siege from a serial killer who has strangled three prostitutes with cello rope. His latest victim is destined to be Diana, a luxury escort who frequents the hotels of Via Veneto. One night, the maniac chases her in his white van and rams her, sending her crashing into another car containing a Chinese family and the young son Chin.
- 5/18/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
As you watch Dark Glasses, Dario Argento’s first film in a decade, it’s nice to think back on his recent performance as the aging film critic in Gaspar Noé’s Vortex—a man who wistfully quoted Edgar Allen Poe’s theories on dreams as he wandered through an apartment covered with canonical posters and movie detritus—only to look back up and see the blind protagonist of his latest film, and the young Chinese boy who has become her valet, attacked by a pack of unruly river snakes. Yes, Dario Argento’s first film in ten years is pretty fun, for a while—and no, not near his best.
Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli), the blind woman to be, works as a high-class practitioner of the world’s oldest profession. Argento includes an enticing prologue: Diana, driving her car as the opening credits appear, gradually notices that everyone on the...
Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli), the blind woman to be, works as a high-class practitioner of the world’s oldest profession. Argento includes an enticing prologue: Diana, driving her car as the opening credits appear, gradually notices that everyone on the...
- 2/14/2022
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
Italy’s robust 2022 Berlinale representation of a half-dozen titles runs the gamut from the latest works by venerable veterans Paolo Taviani and Dario Argento to pics by fresh new Cinema Italiano voices including Chiara Bellosi, whose first film, “Ordinary Justice,” launched from Berlin in 2020.
Taviani, who is 91, is returning to Berlin but alone this time — his filmmaker brother, Vittorio, with whom he won a Golden Bear in 2012 for “Caesar Must Die,” passed away in 2018 — in competition with surreal drama “Leonora Addio,” inspired by a short story by Italian playwright and author Luigi Pirandello.
Argento, who set his 1977 chiller “Suspiria” in Germany, will be at the Berlinale for the first time as a director with Rome-set suspenser “Dark Glasses,” though he was on the fest’s main jury panel in 2001. Film unspools as a Berlinale Special Gala.
Bellosi is back with Panaorama selection “Swing Ride” (“Calcinculo”), about a 15-year-old named...
Taviani, who is 91, is returning to Berlin but alone this time — his filmmaker brother, Vittorio, with whom he won a Golden Bear in 2012 for “Caesar Must Die,” passed away in 2018 — in competition with surreal drama “Leonora Addio,” inspired by a short story by Italian playwright and author Luigi Pirandello.
Argento, who set his 1977 chiller “Suspiria” in Germany, will be at the Berlinale for the first time as a director with Rome-set suspenser “Dark Glasses,” though he was on the fest’s main jury panel in 2001. Film unspools as a Berlinale Special Gala.
Bellosi is back with Panaorama selection “Swing Ride” (“Calcinculo”), about a 15-year-old named...
- 2/13/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Ten years after turning in a vampire film that was lifeless in all the wrong ways and only seven months after making an improbable comeback as an actor for Gaspar Noé, Dario Argento has returned behind the camera, returned to the genre that made him famous, and returned to the Berlin International Film Festival with “Dark Glasses,” . If it falls ever-so-short, you’ve got to give it points for trying.
Shot after the 81-year-old filmmaker finished his work on “Vortex,” Argento’s latest directorial outing feels, in some small way, like a response to his rather somber acting debut. If Argento the actor was last seen quite literally fading away on-screen, Argento the director stages his follow-up to be a perfectly lurid reply, as if to say: “I’m not gone yet!”
The filmmaker loses no time setting the scene; once actor Ilenia Pastorelli (“They Call Me Jeeg”) full-body swaggers...
Shot after the 81-year-old filmmaker finished his work on “Vortex,” Argento’s latest directorial outing feels, in some small way, like a response to his rather somber acting debut. If Argento the actor was last seen quite literally fading away on-screen, Argento the director stages his follow-up to be a perfectly lurid reply, as if to say: “I’m not gone yet!”
The filmmaker loses no time setting the scene; once actor Ilenia Pastorelli (“They Call Me Jeeg”) full-body swaggers...
- 2/11/2022
- by Ben Croll
- Indiewire
It’s been a full decade since Dario Argento’s last directorial effort, not that “Dracula 3D” inspired much eagerness to see what he’d do next. Capping off a string of misfires, his ill-fated adaptation of Bram Stoker’s magnum opus suggested it might finally be time for the giallo master to hang it up. “Dark Glasses” won’t disabuse many detractors of that notion, but the violent, visual excesses of the genre he helped create are such that it feels more appropriate for Argento to stick around long past his prime rather than gracefully retire at the height of his abilities. And while only those blindly devoted to him will fail to see how patently ridiculous his latest offering is, only those immune to the puerile charm of attack dogs, eclipses and water snakes will fail to enjoy “Dark Glasses” even a little.
Perhaps the best way to...
Perhaps the best way to...
- 2/11/2022
- by Michael Nordine
- Variety Film + TV
Memories of the director’s former glories fade fast in a wayward, weirdly plotted serial killer B-movie that fumbles its crescendos and is frequently preposterous
Dario Argento’s return to directing after a 10-year absence has its moments of macabre and melodramatic invention – there’s a genuinely unsettling opening sequence – and a small, sympathetic role for his daughter Asia Argento. Maybe Occhiali Neri may in time be awarded its own minor cult status. But a lot of the time it is bizarre in the wrong ways, with clunkingly absurd plot transitions, sudden B-picture-type money-saving closeups on the mangled, bloodstained faces of people who’ve supposedly just been stabbed or hit, and Argento has some very odd ideas about how guide dogs for blind people are trained – like police dogs, or serial-killer dogs, they are, apparently, able to launch into an attack at a given signal.
It is Rome in summer,...
Dario Argento’s return to directing after a 10-year absence has its moments of macabre and melodramatic invention – there’s a genuinely unsettling opening sequence – and a small, sympathetic role for his daughter Asia Argento. Maybe Occhiali Neri may in time be awarded its own minor cult status. But a lot of the time it is bizarre in the wrong ways, with clunkingly absurd plot transitions, sudden B-picture-type money-saving closeups on the mangled, bloodstained faces of people who’ve supposedly just been stabbed or hit, and Argento has some very odd ideas about how guide dogs for blind people are trained – like police dogs, or serial-killer dogs, they are, apparently, able to launch into an attack at a given signal.
It is Rome in summer,...
- 2/11/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Dario Argento’s Berlin Film Festival Special Gala entry Dark Glasses plays out almost like a parody of his earlier work. Co-written with Franco Ferrini, it’s a lurid giallo about a killer slaughtering women in contemporary Rome. It lacks the suspense and style of Argento’s work in the 70s and 80s, while repeating various themes.
Echoing the pianist in Suspiria (1977), the lead in Dark Glasses (or Occhiali Neri in its native Italian) is a woman who has lost her sight. Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli) is a high class escort who has been chased by a killer and blinded in an accident during her escape. Arriving on her doorstep is Rita (Argento’s daughter Asia Argento), whose job is to help the newly-blind adjust to their condition.
Rita also functions as a way of creating unresolved lesbian tension (her name may or may not be an homage to David Lynch...
Echoing the pianist in Suspiria (1977), the lead in Dark Glasses (or Occhiali Neri in its native Italian) is a woman who has lost her sight. Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli) is a high class escort who has been chased by a killer and blinded in an accident during her escape. Arriving on her doorstep is Rita (Argento’s daughter Asia Argento), whose job is to help the newly-blind adjust to their condition.
Rita also functions as a way of creating unresolved lesbian tension (her name may or may not be an homage to David Lynch...
- 2/11/2022
- by Anna Smith
- Deadline Film + TV
Screen have reported that Shudder has picked up the rights for Dario Argento's new horror film, Dark Glasses. They plan to release the film on their AMC Network streaming service in North America, the UK & Ireland, and Australia & New Zealand this Fall. The Rome-set thriller starring Ilenia Pastorelli, Andrea Zhang and daughter Asia Argento is the first feature from genre maestro Argento in a decade. Pastorelli stars as a prostitute who loses her sight in a car crash as she tries to flee a crazed serial killer but finds an ally in a young Chinese boy whose life has also been altered forever by the accident. Together the pair try to stay one step ahead of the killer. “Argento is...
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- 2/11/2022
- Screen Anarchy
The Rome-set thriller is Italian genre maestro Dario Argento’s first feature in a decade.
AMC Network’s premium genre streamer Shudder has snapped up Italian filmmaker Dario Argento’s thriller Dark Glasses for release in North America, the UK & Ireland, and Australia & New Zealand ahead of its Special Gala premiere at the Berlinale today (Friday February 11).
The feature, sold internationally by Paris-based Wild Bunch International (Wbi), will stream exclusively on Shudder in these territories this autumn. The Rome-set thriller starring Ilenia Pastorelli, Andrea Zhang and daughter Asia Argento is the first feature from genre maestro Argento in a decade.
AMC Network’s premium genre streamer Shudder has snapped up Italian filmmaker Dario Argento’s thriller Dark Glasses for release in North America, the UK & Ireland, and Australia & New Zealand ahead of its Special Gala premiere at the Berlinale today (Friday February 11).
The feature, sold internationally by Paris-based Wild Bunch International (Wbi), will stream exclusively on Shudder in these territories this autumn. The Rome-set thriller starring Ilenia Pastorelli, Andrea Zhang and daughter Asia Argento is the first feature from genre maestro Argento in a decade.
- 2/11/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The Rome-set thriller is Italian genre maestro Dario Argento’s first feature in a decade.
AMC Network’s premium genre streamer Shudder has snapped up Italian filmmaker Dario Argento’s thriller Dark Glasses for release in North America, the UK & Ireland, and Australia & New Zealand ahead of its Special Gala premiere at the Berlinale today (Friday February 11).
The feature, sold internationally by Paris-based Wild Bunch International (Wbi), will stream exclusively on Shudder in these territories this autumn. The Rome-set thriller starring Ilenia Pastorelli, Andrea Zhang and daughter Asia Argento is the first feature from genre maestro Argento in a decade.
AMC Network’s premium genre streamer Shudder has snapped up Italian filmmaker Dario Argento’s thriller Dark Glasses for release in North America, the UK & Ireland, and Australia & New Zealand ahead of its Special Gala premiere at the Berlinale today (Friday February 11).
The feature, sold internationally by Paris-based Wild Bunch International (Wbi), will stream exclusively on Shudder in these territories this autumn. The Rome-set thriller starring Ilenia Pastorelli, Andrea Zhang and daughter Asia Argento is the first feature from genre maestro Argento in a decade.
- 2/11/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
At 81, Italian horror maestro Dario Argento is busier than ever.
The director of a string of cult chiller classics starting in the 1970s, including “The Bird With the Crystal Plumage,” “Suspiria” and “Deep Red,” was at Cannes last July with his acting debut in Gaspar Noe’s “Vortex,” about a pair of old lovers. Argento was also celebrated last year with a new book by Italian critic Steve Della Casa and a retro at New York’s Lincoln Center. This spring he’s set to be honored with a big show at Italy’s National Museum of Cinema in Turin.
More significantly, having returned to the director’s chair after a decade, Argento is back with “Dark Glasses,” which he describes as a classic thriller, or giallo, as the violent crime genre is known in Italy.
“Dark Glasses,” which is set in present-day Rome, screens on Feb. 11 as a Berlinale Special Gala,...
The director of a string of cult chiller classics starting in the 1970s, including “The Bird With the Crystal Plumage,” “Suspiria” and “Deep Red,” was at Cannes last July with his acting debut in Gaspar Noe’s “Vortex,” about a pair of old lovers. Argento was also celebrated last year with a new book by Italian critic Steve Della Casa and a retro at New York’s Lincoln Center. This spring he’s set to be honored with a big show at Italy’s National Museum of Cinema in Turin.
More significantly, having returned to the director’s chair after a decade, Argento is back with “Dark Glasses,” which he describes as a classic thriller, or giallo, as the violent crime genre is known in Italy.
“Dark Glasses,” which is set in present-day Rome, screens on Feb. 11 as a Berlinale Special Gala,...
- 2/11/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
... a Rome-set giallo about a prostitute blinded by a serial killer in a botched attack who takes in a young Chinese boy whose life has also been abruptly altered forever by the maniac’s actions. He will become her ally in a struggle to see off the serial killer once and for all. Deadline was the first to share a new and graphic trailer for Dark Glasses the first film from horror icon Dario Argento in a decade! Dark Glasses is an Italian-language movie starring Ilenia Pastorelli (They Call Me Jeeg). Argento's daughter Asia (Land Of The Dead) and Andrea Zhang also star. Check out the trailer down below. And yes, it is indeed graphic. Good to see you again, Signor Argento. ...
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- 2/10/2022
- Screen Anarchy
"Il grande ritorno del maestro!" Wait, you're telling me Dario Argento made another new film?! Yes he did! And it's probably not going to be any good, but here we go anyway. Argento's latest is Dark Glasses, also known as Black Glasses, another new mystery thriller horror with all his usual blood and violence. It's the first film he has made since Dracula 3D in 2012, which pretty much no one saw anyway. Dark Glasses is premiering first at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival this month, then it will open in Italy at the end of February. Diana, a young woman who lost her sight, finds a guide in a Chinese boy named Chin. Together they will track down a dangerous killer through the darkness of Italy. The cat includes Ilenia Pastorelli as Diana, Andrea Zhang as Chin, with Asia Argento (of course), Andrea Gherpelli, Mario Pirrello, and Maria Rosaria Russo. I've...
- 2/9/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Marking his first feature film in a decade, Dario Argento is back this week with the world premiere of Dark Glasses, taking place this Friday at Berlinale. In the vein of a classic Giallo tale, a brief new teaser has now arrived which indeed features buckets of blood and reveals an Italian release later this month––though we’re still awaiting U.S. release news.
The film was shot by Matteo Cocco and follows a serial killer who preys on prostitutes as he sets his sights on Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli). As he pursues her, he causes a car crash in which she is blinded and 10-year-old Chin’s entire family dies. Despite her blindness, Diane resolves to take the boy in. But the killer is still on the loose…
See the Berlinale synopsis below, followed by the teaser and Carpenter-inspired poster.
In an almost deserted, summery Rome in the midst of a hypnotic solar eclipse,...
The film was shot by Matteo Cocco and follows a serial killer who preys on prostitutes as he sets his sights on Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli). As he pursues her, he causes a car crash in which she is blinded and 10-year-old Chin’s entire family dies. Despite her blindness, Diane resolves to take the boy in. But the killer is still on the loose…
See the Berlinale synopsis below, followed by the teaser and Carpenter-inspired poster.
In an almost deserted, summery Rome in the midst of a hypnotic solar eclipse,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The complete lineup for the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival, taking place February 10-20, 2022, has been unveiled and it’s a major collection of some of our most-anticipated films of the year. As teased yesterday, Claire Denis’ Fire (which now has the title Avec amour et acharnement (aka Both Sides of the Blade)) will premiere in competition, alongside Hong Sangsoo’s The Novelist’s Film, Carla Simón’s Summer 1993 follow-up Alcarràs, Ulrich Seidl’s Rimini, Rithy Panh’s Everything Will Be Ok, and more.
Elsewhere in the festival is Bertrand Bonello’s Coma, Dario Argento’s Dark Glasses, Andrew Dominik’s Nick Cave & Warren Ellis doc This Much I Know To Be True, Peter Strickland’s Flux Gourmet, Gastón Solnicki’s A Little Love Package, Quentin Dupieux’s Incredible But True, plus new shorts by Lucrecia Martel, Hlynur Pálmason, and more. Also recently announced was the Panorama section, which will open...
Elsewhere in the festival is Bertrand Bonello’s Coma, Dario Argento’s Dark Glasses, Andrew Dominik’s Nick Cave & Warren Ellis doc This Much I Know To Be True, Peter Strickland’s Flux Gourmet, Gastón Solnicki’s A Little Love Package, Quentin Dupieux’s Incredible But True, plus new shorts by Lucrecia Martel, Hlynur Pálmason, and more. Also recently announced was the Panorama section, which will open...
- 1/19/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Films by auteurs Claire Denis, Hong Sangsoo and Rithy Panh are part of the lineup in competition at the 72nd Berlin Film Festival.
Berlin’s 2022 selection spans 18 movies, seven directed by women, which will compete for the Golden and Silver Bears. The films originate from 15 countries, with 17 serving as world premieres. Two of the films are first features, both from women.
Artistic director Carlo Chatrian discussed the thematic throughline of “human and emotional bonds” across the selection, with the family unit serving as a key focal point in a number of movies. More than half are set in the present time, and two are within the pandemic era.
The festival hosts 12 returning filmmakers, eight of whom are in competition and five of whom already hold a Bear from Berlin.
The festival will go ahead as an in-person event, albeit with seating capacity in movie theaters reduced to 50% and without any parties or receptions.
Berlin’s 2022 selection spans 18 movies, seven directed by women, which will compete for the Golden and Silver Bears. The films originate from 15 countries, with 17 serving as world premieres. Two of the films are first features, both from women.
Artistic director Carlo Chatrian discussed the thematic throughline of “human and emotional bonds” across the selection, with the family unit serving as a key focal point in a number of movies. More than half are set in the present time, and two are within the pandemic era.
The festival hosts 12 returning filmmakers, eight of whom are in competition and five of whom already hold a Bear from Berlin.
The festival will go ahead as an in-person event, albeit with seating capacity in movie theaters reduced to 50% and without any parties or receptions.
- 1/19/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
At the age of 81, Dario Argento returned to movie-making with his first film in a decade, Dark Glasses. Marking his first feature film since 2012’s Dracula 3D, the project is in the vein of a classic Giallo tale, described as “a gripping, shocking thriller” and the first image has arrived today following a shoot that wrapped this summer in Rome.
ScreenDaily has debuted the first image, seen above, which indeed lives up to its title. The film was shot by Matteo Cocco and follows a serial killer who preys on prostitutes as he sets his sights on Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli). As he pursues her, he causes a car crash in which she is blinded and 10-year-old Chin’s entire family dies. Despite her blindness, Diane resolves to take the boy in. But the killer is still on the loose…
“She’s an adult and blind, he’s too young to get by on his own.
ScreenDaily has debuted the first image, seen above, which indeed lives up to its title. The film was shot by Matteo Cocco and follows a serial killer who preys on prostitutes as he sets his sights on Diana (Ilenia Pastorelli). As he pursues her, he causes a car crash in which she is blinded and 10-year-old Chin’s entire family dies. Despite her blindness, Diane resolves to take the boy in. But the killer is still on the loose…
“She’s an adult and blind, he’s too young to get by on his own.
- 11/1/2021
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Slate also includes new films from Michel Hazanavicius and Pierre Salvadori.
Wild Bunch International (Wbi) has unveiled one of its biggest Cannes slates to date as it gears up for its first trip to the Croisette in two years.
As well as 10 Cannes selections (as of June 15), it also features upcoming projects from Palme d’Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and fellow Cannes laureate Arnaud Desplechin, and the portmanteau work Shining Sex, combining the talents of Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Sion Sono, directorial duo Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani, Bertrand Mandico and Kleber Mendonça Filho.
Now in pre-production, the Dardenne’sTori...
Wild Bunch International (Wbi) has unveiled one of its biggest Cannes slates to date as it gears up for its first trip to the Croisette in two years.
As well as 10 Cannes selections (as of June 15), it also features upcoming projects from Palme d’Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and fellow Cannes laureate Arnaud Desplechin, and the portmanteau work Shining Sex, combining the talents of Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Sion Sono, directorial duo Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani, Bertrand Mandico and Kleber Mendonça Filho.
Now in pre-production, the Dardenne’sTori...
- 6/15/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Slate also includes new films from Michel Hazanavicius and Pierre Salvadori.
Wild Bunch International (Wbi) has unveiled one of its biggest Cannes slates to date as it gears up for its first trip to the Croisette in two years.
As well as 10 Cannes selections (as of June 15), it also features upcoming projects from Palme d’Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and fellow Cannes laureate Arnaud Desplechin, and the portmanteau work Shining Sex, combining the talents of Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Sion Sono, directorial duo Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani, Bertrand Mandico and Kleber Mendonça Filho.
Now in pre-production, the Dardenne’sTori...
Wild Bunch International (Wbi) has unveiled one of its biggest Cannes slates to date as it gears up for its first trip to the Croisette in two years.
As well as 10 Cannes selections (as of June 15), it also features upcoming projects from Palme d’Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and fellow Cannes laureate Arnaud Desplechin, and the portmanteau work Shining Sex, combining the talents of Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Sion Sono, directorial duo Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani, Bertrand Mandico and Kleber Mendonça Filho.
Now in pre-production, the Dardenne’sTori...
- 6/15/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
New roll of comedies includes Valerio Attansio’s directorial debut ‘The Handyman’.
A little over two years after launching, True Colours has grown into one of the most important Italian sales companies.
This year, the company headed by former Rai Com exec Catia Rossi brings a strong line-up to the Cannes market, headlined by Valeria Golino’s second directorial outing Euforia, which is playing in Un Certain Regard. The film stars Riccardo Scamarcio and Valerio Mastandrea as two brothers at odds who are forced to live together in Rome for a few months.
True Colours is also kickstarting sales on a pair of new comedies.
A little over two years after launching, True Colours has grown into one of the most important Italian sales companies.
This year, the company headed by former Rai Com exec Catia Rossi brings a strong line-up to the Cannes market, headlined by Valeria Golino’s second directorial outing Euforia, which is playing in Un Certain Regard. The film stars Riccardo Scamarcio and Valerio Mastandrea as two brothers at odds who are forced to live together in Rome for a few months.
True Colours is also kickstarting sales on a pair of new comedies.
- 5/9/2018
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
New roll of comedies includes Valerio Attansio’s directorial debut ‘The Handyman’.
A little over two years after launching, True Colours has grown into one of the most important Italian sales companies.
This year, the company headed by former Rai Com exec Catia Rossi brings a strong line-up to the Cannes market, headlined by Valeria Golino’s second directorial outing Euphoria, which is playing in Un Certain Regard. The film stars Riccardo Scamarcio and Valerio Mastandrea as two brothers at odds who are forced to live together in Rome for a few months.
True Colours is also kickstarting sales on a pair of new comedies.
A little over two years after launching, True Colours has grown into one of the most important Italian sales companies.
This year, the company headed by former Rai Com exec Catia Rossi brings a strong line-up to the Cannes market, headlined by Valeria Golino’s second directorial outing Euphoria, which is playing in Un Certain Regard. The film stars Riccardo Scamarcio and Valerio Mastandrea as two brothers at odds who are forced to live together in Rome for a few months.
True Colours is also kickstarting sales on a pair of new comedies.
- 5/9/2018
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Watch a the brand new movie clip ‘Newfound Powers’ from the upcoming film “They Call Me Jeeg” (Lo Chiamavano Jeeg Robot) from director Gabriele Mainetti and starring Claudio Santamaria, Luca Marinelli, Ilenia Pastorelli and Stefano Ambrogi. Enzo, an ex-con from the poor outskirts of Rome, puts his newfound superpowers to use furthering his career as […]
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The post New Clip from They Call Me Jeeg Robot Released appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 3/16/2017
- by B Corder
- ShockYa
If you’re just about numb to comic book films these days, then allow this quaint Italian picture to cleanse your palette. The debut feature-length effort from from Gabriele Mainetti seems like a fresh yet familiar take on this type of film; it also reminds once how much fun this type of story can be sans all the machismo and infighting. They Call Me Jeeg Robot is an impressive piece of work, with violence to spare, but it doesn’t glamorize heroes or villains. That’s an important thing to note because it also earns points for originality even if the story is of the passé “hero born of toxic waste” variety.
It’s rare to pair the words “origin story” with praise, but there’s no hiding that fact here. Although, this is more of comic film seen through the lens of something like Taken or Layer Cake. For once,...
It’s rare to pair the words “origin story” with praise, but there’s no hiding that fact here. Although, this is more of comic film seen through the lens of something like Taken or Layer Cake. For once,...
- 9/26/2016
- by Marc Ciafardini
- The Film Stage
Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth received fourteen nominations while Matteo Garrone’s Tale Of Tales received twelve and Berlin-winner Fuocoammare received four.
Claudio Caligari’s last film, Don’t Be Bad, and superhero film They Call Me Jeeg led the nominations at this year’s David di Donatello awards with sixteen nominations each.
Arthouse crime drama Don’t Be Bad, first seen at last year’s Venice Film Festival, secured nominations including best film, director (Claudio Caligari), screenplay (Claudio Caligari, Francesca Serafini and Giordano Meacci), supporting actress (Elisabetta De Vito) and leading actors (Luca Marinelli and Lorenzo Borghi).
They Call Me Jeeg was nominated for its leading actor (Claudio Santamaria), leading actress (Ilenia Pastorelli), supporting actor (Luca Marinelli), supporting actress (Antonia Truppo) and screenplay (Nicola Guaglianone, Menotti).
In the best film category Don’t Be Bad will compete against Berlin-winner Fuocoammare, Tale of Tales, Youth and the box office hit Perfetti Sconosciuti.
In the best...
Claudio Caligari’s last film, Don’t Be Bad, and superhero film They Call Me Jeeg led the nominations at this year’s David di Donatello awards with sixteen nominations each.
Arthouse crime drama Don’t Be Bad, first seen at last year’s Venice Film Festival, secured nominations including best film, director (Claudio Caligari), screenplay (Claudio Caligari, Francesca Serafini and Giordano Meacci), supporting actress (Elisabetta De Vito) and leading actors (Luca Marinelli and Lorenzo Borghi).
They Call Me Jeeg was nominated for its leading actor (Claudio Santamaria), leading actress (Ilenia Pastorelli), supporting actor (Luca Marinelli), supporting actress (Antonia Truppo) and screenplay (Nicola Guaglianone, Menotti).
In the best film category Don’t Be Bad will compete against Berlin-winner Fuocoammare, Tale of Tales, Youth and the box office hit Perfetti Sconosciuti.
In the best...
- 3/22/2016
- ScreenDaily
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