Stars: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Francesco Russo, Peppino Mazzotta, Will Merrick, Yuliia Sobol, Alida Baldari Calabria, Cristina Donadio, Francesca Cavallin, Justin Korovkin | Written by Roberto De Feo, Paolo Strippoli, Lucio Besana, Milo Tissone, David Bellini | Directed by Roberto De Feo, Paolo Strippoli
Travelling through rural Italy, a group of mismatched strangers crash their camper van in the middle of nowhere. Waking up in the middle of the woods, the group look to an ominous old shack for assistance. Described by one character as “Sam Raimi’s house,” the cabin itself should have been warning enough; the gang are soon beset by hooded assailants wielding massive hammers. Frankly, Elisa (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) and her fellow travellers should have known better. What, did they not get Wrong Turn in Italy?
‘Wrong Turn in Italy’ is essentially the plot of Roberto De Feo and Paolo Strippoli’s A Classic Horror Story. This...
Travelling through rural Italy, a group of mismatched strangers crash their camper van in the middle of nowhere. Waking up in the middle of the woods, the group look to an ominous old shack for assistance. Described by one character as “Sam Raimi’s house,” the cabin itself should have been warning enough; the gang are soon beset by hooded assailants wielding massive hammers. Frankly, Elisa (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) and her fellow travellers should have known better. What, did they not get Wrong Turn in Italy?
‘Wrong Turn in Italy’ is essentially the plot of Roberto De Feo and Paolo Strippoli’s A Classic Horror Story. This...
- 7/19/2021
- by Joel Harley
- Nerdly
A Classic Horror Story Trailer — Roberto De Feo and Paolo Strippoli‘s A Classic Horror Story (2021) movie trailer has been released by Netflix. A Classic Horror Story trailer stars Matilda Lutz, Francesco Russo, Peppino Mazzotta, Yulia Sobol, Will Merrick, Alida Baldari Calabria, and Cristina Donadio. Crew Lucio Besana, Roberto De Feo, Paolo Strippoli, [...]
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- 6/22/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"Do you know how to get out of this forest?" "This is not a forest." Netflix has revealed the unsettling full-length official trailer for a creepy horror offering this summer, along with their Fear Street horror trilogy in July. Despite being titled A Classic Horror Story, this definitely isn't any classic horror movie at all. Five strangers share a journey aboard a camper, but after an accident they find themselves in a forest populated by strange beings from which it is impossible to get out. Listed as a "cerebral" & scary" horror about an an abandoned house and a "spine-chilling cult." Described as "the Italian Midsommar meets Texas Chain Saw Massacre," which is quite a freaky twist. Starring Matilda Lutz, Francesco Russo, Peppino Mazzotta, Yuliia Sobol, Will Merrick, Alida Baldari Calabria, plus Cristina Donadio. This looks super scary and entirely fresh, despite that clever marketing trick of it (not) being "A Classic Horror Story.
- 6/16/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Something scary from Italy... Netlfix has unveiled a short teaser trailer for another new horror offering this summer, to go along with their Fear Street horror trilogy in July. This Italian horror film also opens in July. Despite being titled A Classic Horror Story, this definitely isn't any classic horror at all. Five strangers share a journey aboard a camper, but after an accident they find themselves in a forest populated by strange beings from which it is impossible to get out. Listed as a "cerebral" & scary" horror about an an abandoned house: "it looks like the classic horror movie and instead..." Starring Matilda Lutz, Francesco Russo, Peppino Mazzotta, Yuliia Sobol, Will Merrick, Alida Baldari Calabria, plus Cristina Donadio. There's not much to this teaser – but there is enough to get horror fans' attention, and a nod to Evil Dead. Here's the teaser trailer for Roberto De Feo & Paolo Strippoli's A Classic Horror Story,...
- 5/21/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The story of “Pinocchio,” the wooden puppet who wants to become a real boy, has been retold since the publication of Italian author Carlo Collodi’s book in 1883. However, Matteo Garrone’s 2021 Oscar-nominated live action version is almost certainly the first to deal with the hazards of a slime trail.
“Mamma mia, it was a nightmare!” said costume designer Massimo Cantini Parrini, recalling how one actress would routinely fall on the sludge left behind by the giant snail as the blue Fairy (Alida Baldari Calabria) followed. “More than once, alas, the little girl slipped. The stains that were getting onto the costume of the fairy were, of course, very difficult to remove.”
In an era of sophisticated CGI-driven storytelling, Garrone’s “Pinocchio” stands out for its unique focus on practical effects, snail stains and all. While not devoid of digital assistance, the movie provides a welcome balance between handcrafted textures and modern tech.
“Mamma mia, it was a nightmare!” said costume designer Massimo Cantini Parrini, recalling how one actress would routinely fall on the sludge left behind by the giant snail as the blue Fairy (Alida Baldari Calabria) followed. “More than once, alas, the little girl slipped. The stains that were getting onto the costume of the fairy were, of course, very difficult to remove.”
In an era of sophisticated CGI-driven storytelling, Garrone’s “Pinocchio” stands out for its unique focus on practical effects, snail stains and all. While not devoid of digital assistance, the movie provides a welcome balance between handcrafted textures and modern tech.
- 4/13/2021
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Roadside Attractions will release Pinocchio only in St. Louis theaters on December 25th, 2020.
Here’s the spectacular trailer:
Shot in stunning Italian locations, Matteo Garrone’s rich world of mystery and wonder stars Academy Award® winning actor Roberto Benigni as Geppetto, the old woodcarver whose puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio (nine-year-old Federico Ielapi) tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits through a wonderful world full of imaginative creatures – from the belly of a giant fish, to the Land Of Toys and the Field Of Miracles.
Pinocchio stars Starring Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Gigi Proietti, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini, Marine Vacth, Alida Baldari Calabria, Maria Pia Timo, Massimiliano Gallo, Gianfranco Gallo, Davide Marotta, Teco Celio, and Enzo Vetrano
In St. Louis, Pinocchio will be playing at the following theaters:
The...
Here’s the spectacular trailer:
Shot in stunning Italian locations, Matteo Garrone’s rich world of mystery and wonder stars Academy Award® winning actor Roberto Benigni as Geppetto, the old woodcarver whose puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio (nine-year-old Federico Ielapi) tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits through a wonderful world full of imaginative creatures – from the belly of a giant fish, to the Land Of Toys and the Field Of Miracles.
Pinocchio stars Starring Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Gigi Proietti, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini, Marine Vacth, Alida Baldari Calabria, Maria Pia Timo, Massimiliano Gallo, Gianfranco Gallo, Davide Marotta, Teco Celio, and Enzo Vetrano
In St. Louis, Pinocchio will be playing at the following theaters:
The...
- 12/23/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Acclaimed Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone has released the new trailer for his upcoming live-action adaptation of the classic children’s story, Pinocchio, which is set to open in theaters on December 25th.
The film stars Oscar-winning actor Roberto Benigni as Geppetto, the woodcarver whose puppet magically comes to life and dreams of being a real boy. Nine-year-old Federico Ielapi plays Pinocchio, with some CGI assistance giving him a wooden frame and, of course, allowing his nose to grow exponentially whenever he lies.
“Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure...
The film stars Oscar-winning actor Roberto Benigni as Geppetto, the woodcarver whose puppet magically comes to life and dreams of being a real boy. Nine-year-old Federico Ielapi plays Pinocchio, with some CGI assistance giving him a wooden frame and, of course, allowing his nose to grow exponentially whenever he lies.
“Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure...
- 12/9/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
“Pinocchio” will never stop becoming a real boy. Nearly 150 years after its initial publication and exactly 70 after the first Disney adaptation, the story continues inspiring new interpretations, from Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming animated version for Netflix to the just-announced Robert Zemeckis live-action take for Disney, which knows a thing or two about the potential for recycling IP.
By the time these updates arrive, however, Matteo Garrone’s “Pinocchio” will have already set a high bar for modern takes. The only new “Pinocchio” movie actually made in Italy, the tale’s country of origin, Garrone’s enthralling version
Despite an unruly running time and some rough transitions, the movie loads up on imaginative visuals and surreal flourishes that feel like a natural continuation — and a more complex variation — of the fairy tale playground the filmmaker last unleashed with 2015’s anthology “Tale of Tales.” Garrone takes his cues from Carlo Collodi’s 1883 story collection,...
By the time these updates arrive, however, Matteo Garrone’s “Pinocchio” will have already set a high bar for modern takes. The only new “Pinocchio” movie actually made in Italy, the tale’s country of origin, Garrone’s enthralling version
Despite an unruly running time and some rough transitions, the movie loads up on imaginative visuals and surreal flourishes that feel like a natural continuation — and a more complex variation — of the fairy tale playground the filmmaker last unleashed with 2015’s anthology “Tale of Tales.” Garrone takes his cues from Carlo Collodi’s 1883 story collection,...
- 2/24/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Enough time has passed since Roberto Benigni’s ill-starred “Pinocchio” for the actor to move more happily into the role of Geppetto in Matteo Garrone’s visually rich though oddly subdued version of the perennial tale. Given the director’s penchant for multi-strand narratives, the classic story would seem a good fit, offering potential to explore some of the darker elements present also in the Disney masterpiece. Instead however, Garrone’s live-action entry, while more faithful to Carlo Collodi’s original novel, underplays the significant elements of cruelty, creating a child-friendly movie with its fair share of enchantment but curiously lacking in memorable highlights.
Whereas the animated film brilliantly managed to subsume the piecemeal nature of the storytelling with an exciting narrative cohesion, this “Pinocchio” doesn’t hide the novel’s composite structure, resulting in a movie reliant on familiarity with the source material and the superb work of the makeup artists and prosthetics makers.
Whereas the animated film brilliantly managed to subsume the piecemeal nature of the storytelling with an exciting narrative cohesion, this “Pinocchio” doesn’t hide the novel’s composite structure, resulting in a movie reliant on familiarity with the source material and the superb work of the makeup artists and prosthetics makers.
- 12/24/2019
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
The angry canine is bearing its teeth, barking loudly and ready to bite. Marcello (Marcello Fonte), however, isn’t the least bit phased. A dog groomer who plies his trade in a small beachside town in Southern Italy, he has the ability to calm the angriest of hounds; despite the quaint little storefront business he runs, he’s earned the nickname “Dogman.” Marcello’s loves his daughter (Alida Baldari Calabria), the scuba-diving trips they take off the coast and his weekly evening soccer games. For a little extra cash, he...
- 4/13/2019
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Dogman Magnolia Pictures Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net by: Harvey Karten Director: Matteo Garrone Screenwriter: Ugo Chiti, Maurizio Raucci, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso Cast: Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Alida Baldari Calabria, Nunzia Schiano, Adamo Dionisi Screened at: Dolby 24, NYC, 4/2/19 Opens: April 12, 2019 “Dogman” is the movie that won the “Palm Dog Best […]
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- 4/7/2019
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Here’s a first look at Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful) as Geppetto in writer-director Matteo Garrone’s (Dogman) update of classic Italian fairytale Pinocchio.
Shoot began on March 18, 2019 in Italy and will continue for 11 weeks. Garrone’s Italian-language French-Italian co-production is produced by Archimede, Rai Cinema and Le Pacte, along with Recorded Picture Company and the Leone Film Group. Funding also came from Italy’s national cinema organization MiBAC and from EU funding body Eurimages. Backers also include Unipol Banca and the Regione Toscana – Toscana Promozione.
The art department includes Oscar winners Mark Coulier (The Grand Budapest Hotel) and David Malinowski (Darkest Hour) and Guardians Of The Galaxy sculptor Sebastian Lochmann. UK outfit One Of Us handles VFX.
Cast also includes Federico Ielapi, Gigi Proietti, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini, Matilda De Angelis, Alida Baldari Calabria, Alessio Di Domenicantonio, Maria Pia Timo and Davide Marotta.
HanWay Films is handling international sales.
Shoot began on March 18, 2019 in Italy and will continue for 11 weeks. Garrone’s Italian-language French-Italian co-production is produced by Archimede, Rai Cinema and Le Pacte, along with Recorded Picture Company and the Leone Film Group. Funding also came from Italy’s national cinema organization MiBAC and from EU funding body Eurimages. Backers also include Unipol Banca and the Regione Toscana – Toscana Promozione.
The art department includes Oscar winners Mark Coulier (The Grand Budapest Hotel) and David Malinowski (Darkest Hour) and Guardians Of The Galaxy sculptor Sebastian Lochmann. UK outfit One Of Us handles VFX.
Cast also includes Federico Ielapi, Gigi Proietti, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini, Matilda De Angelis, Alida Baldari Calabria, Alessio Di Domenicantonio, Maria Pia Timo and Davide Marotta.
HanWay Films is handling international sales.
- 3/29/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
"Whatever he says, don't trust him." Magnolia Pictures has unveiled the official Us trailer for Dogman, the latest Italian drama from acclaimed filmmaker Matteo Garrone. This premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year, where it won the Best Actor award. This gritty "urban western" from Italy tells a (true) story of a homicide committed by a coked-out dog groomer during the late 1980s. The story goes that this guy was just a gentle dog groomer before he got pushed into a much more violent world thanks to the local mobsters. The cast includes Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Adamo Dionisi, Francesco Acquaroli, Gianluca Gobbi, Nunzia Schiano, and Alida Baldari Calabria. I saw this at Cannes and loved it, one of my favorite films of the fest (read my full review), and I recommend it - especially for dog lovers and/or fans of contemporary Italian cinema. Opening in Us theaters this April.
- 1/19/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Drama premiered in competition in Cannes.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired Us rights to Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone’s Dogman following its world premiered in competition in Cannes.
Dogman is a true-crime revenge drama about a meek dog groomer who fights back against a local bully. Magnolia plans a 2019 theatrical release.
Marcello Fonte earned the best actor prize and the film also scooped up the Palm Dog for the canine cast.
The cast includes Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano and Alida Baldari Calabria.
“Matteo Garrone has fashioned another extremely compelling crime tale, a great companion piece to his Gomorrah,” said Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired Us rights to Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone’s Dogman following its world premiered in competition in Cannes.
Dogman is a true-crime revenge drama about a meek dog groomer who fights back against a local bully. Magnolia plans a 2019 theatrical release.
Marcello Fonte earned the best actor prize and the film also scooped up the Palm Dog for the canine cast.
The cast includes Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano and Alida Baldari Calabria.
“Matteo Garrone has fashioned another extremely compelling crime tale, a great companion piece to his Gomorrah,” said Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles.
- 7/10/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Magnolia Pictures has picked up U.S. rights to the Cannes award-winner Dogman.
Matteo Garrone directed the true-crime revenge drama about a meek dog groomer in an Italian suburb who fights back against his new antagonist — a former boxer prone to violence.
Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano and Alida Baldari Calabria star in the pic. Dogman premiered earlier this year in competition at Cannes, where Fonte picked up the best actor prize, while the pic received the unofficial Palm Dog award.
Garrone produced the film under his Archimede banner, alongside Rai Cinema’s Paolo Del Brocco, Le Pacte’s Jean ...
Matteo Garrone directed the true-crime revenge drama about a meek dog groomer in an Italian suburb who fights back against his new antagonist — a former boxer prone to violence.
Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano and Alida Baldari Calabria star in the pic. Dogman premiered earlier this year in competition at Cannes, where Fonte picked up the best actor prize, while the pic received the unofficial Palm Dog award.
Garrone produced the film under his Archimede banner, alongside Rai Cinema’s Paolo Del Brocco, Le Pacte’s Jean ...
- 7/10/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Magnolia Pictures has picked up U.S. rights to the Cannes award-winner Dogman.
Matteo Garrone directed the true-crime revenge drama about a meek dog groomer in an Italian suburb who fights back against his new antagonist — a former boxer prone to violence.
Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano and Alida Baldari Calabria star in the pic. Dogman premiered earlier this year in competition at Cannes, where Fonte picked up the best actor prize, while the pic received the unofficial Palm Dog award.
Garrone produced the film under his Archimede banner, alongside Rai Cinema’s Paolo Del Brocco, Le Pacte’s Jean ...
Matteo Garrone directed the true-crime revenge drama about a meek dog groomer in an Italian suburb who fights back against his new antagonist — a former boxer prone to violence.
Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano and Alida Baldari Calabria star in the pic. Dogman premiered earlier this year in competition at Cannes, where Fonte picked up the best actor prize, while the pic received the unofficial Palm Dog award.
Garrone produced the film under his Archimede banner, alongside Rai Cinema’s Paolo Del Brocco, Le Pacte’s Jean ...
- 7/10/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Cannes ’18 Review by Peter BelsitoThis dark, violent Italian seaside poor area fable is about a seemingly hopeless victim who attempts to turn the table on his bully after years of subjugation.
It turns into a universal tale of suffering and lost dreams, largely thanks to the memorable central character created by Garrone and his co-writers, translated brilliantly onto the screen by actor-director Marcello Fonte.
Helped by the appeal of its setting, a godforsaken seaside resort that has become a year-round refuge for a community of losers, outcasts and those who can’t afford anything better. The contrast between a seaside town’s sun-and-fun aspirations and its degraded reality helps to turn an intimate drama into a reflection on the human condition.
Dog-lovers will respond too. The film’s hero, an everyman figure is mild-mannered Marcello, who runs a dog-grooming parlour and dog hotel in an unnamed seaside suburb.
Marcello’s...
It turns into a universal tale of suffering and lost dreams, largely thanks to the memorable central character created by Garrone and his co-writers, translated brilliantly onto the screen by actor-director Marcello Fonte.
Helped by the appeal of its setting, a godforsaken seaside resort that has become a year-round refuge for a community of losers, outcasts and those who can’t afford anything better. The contrast between a seaside town’s sun-and-fun aspirations and its degraded reality helps to turn an intimate drama into a reflection on the human condition.
Dog-lovers will respond too. The film’s hero, an everyman figure is mild-mannered Marcello, who runs a dog-grooming parlour and dog hotel in an unnamed seaside suburb.
Marcello’s...
- 5/29/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Italy is a culture that pushes macho to the extreme (that’s essentially what the Mafia is), but Marcello (Marcello Fonte), the hero of Matteo Garrone’s “Dogman,” is one of those Italian men who’s so harmless he’s cuddly. Short and stooped, with an oblong head and droopy-lidded big eyes that look out at the world with pleading innocence, he’s like Michael Corleone reincarnated as a depressed puppy. Even Fredo could stomp this guy.
Marcello owns and runs a dog-grooming parlor along a ratty stretch of beach town in Southern Italy that’s so desolate it looks like a bomb hit it and left the buildings standing. You wonder how anyone could sustain a business there — but, in fact, there’s a little community, made up mostly of the men who work at the local trattoria and the cash-for-gold pawn shop next to Marcello’s canine parlor,...
Marcello owns and runs a dog-grooming parlor along a ratty stretch of beach town in Southern Italy that’s so desolate it looks like a bomb hit it and left the buildings standing. You wonder how anyone could sustain a business there — but, in fact, there’s a little community, made up mostly of the men who work at the local trattoria and the cash-for-gold pawn shop next to Marcello’s canine parlor,...
- 5/19/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
The Italian director nitpicks gangster insecurities with hilarious flair in this tale of a dog-groomer-cum-smalltime coke dealer
Matteo Garrone’s Dogman is a compelling opera of beta-male criminal martyrdom, inspired by a true case. It’s a movie which returns this film-maker to the realist mob world of his 2008 film Gomorrah, but which goes further than that picture in explaining the toxic emotional inadequacy of gangsterism — its brutality, its sycophancy, its pusillanimity, its craven addictions.
This is a movie rooted in an arena of petty thievery and urban ruin, a derelict estate outside of town. We are introduced to an unfunny double act of codependent violence. Marcello, played by Marcello Fonte, is a nerdy little guy separated from his wife and doting on his young daughter, Sofia (Alida Baldari Calabria), who adores him. Marcello runs a dog-grooming business and shows real courage in facing down the terrifying beasts that local...
Matteo Garrone’s Dogman is a compelling opera of beta-male criminal martyrdom, inspired by a true case. It’s a movie which returns this film-maker to the realist mob world of his 2008 film Gomorrah, but which goes further than that picture in explaining the toxic emotional inadequacy of gangsterism — its brutality, its sycophancy, its pusillanimity, its craven addictions.
This is a movie rooted in an arena of petty thievery and urban ruin, a derelict estate outside of town. We are introduced to an unfunny double act of codependent violence. Marcello, played by Marcello Fonte, is a nerdy little guy separated from his wife and doting on his young daughter, Sofia (Alida Baldari Calabria), who adores him. Marcello runs a dog-grooming business and shows real courage in facing down the terrifying beasts that local...
- 5/17/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Meet the Dogman. The Cannes Film Festival just announced their official line-up today, and included in the competition selection is the latest film from acclaimed Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone. It's titled Dogman, and this "urban western" tells the story of a homicide committed by a coked-out dog groomer during the late 1980s. The story goes that this guy was just a gentle dog groomer before he got pushed into a much more violent world. The cast includes Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Adamo Dionisi, Francesco Acquaroli, Gianluca Gobbi, Nunzia Schiano, and Alida Baldari Calabria. This is a fantastic teaser trailer, with some promising footage, I'm definitely intrigued. But I'm most worried for the dogs in this trailer! I hope nothing bad happens to them, so many, they all look nice. Poor dogs. Anyway, this should be a hot contender at Cannes this year. Get your first look. Here's the first official...
- 4/12/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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