La Grazia review: Paolo Sorrentino gets his groove back with a compelling political drama
Toni Servillo impresses as an Italian president facing ethical and political crises
Paolo Sorrentino
Film-maker
Parthenope: Paolo Sorrentino’s most leering film since his Berlusconi biopic
Italian auteur’s 11th feature is an ode to Naples too many. It also creates indelible moments
The Hand of God: Paolo Sorrentino’s love letter to Naples
Movie has tragedy at its heart but more than anything else it is one of the great ‘city films’
Paolo Sorrentino: ‘Maradona inspired me to become a film-maker’
The soccer star was the film-maker’s first contact with spectacle, with ‘a high form of entertainment’
Manuela Spinelli: ‘Naomi Osaka is a young girl. I 100% side with her’
Italian translator worked alongside Giovanni Trapattoni on many press conferences
Critics seem to have already forgotten some of the past decade’s best films
Donald Clarke: Blue is the Warmest Colour, 12 Years a Slave both overlooked in the polls
Loro: Berlusconi film’s misogyny fails to generate even guilty pleasures
Review: Paolo Sorrentino looks a bit like a bad copy of himself in this ugly collage
Sex in the movies: Why there’s no ‘sick filth’ left to ban
Pornography – even hard-core – was once big box office. The internet changed everything
Obama says austerity in Europe has caused ‘years of stagnation’
US president says pro-growth policies needed, in interview with Italian newspaper
In search of Elena Ferrante’s Naples
The ungovernable city known as Gomorrah has experienced a ‘riscatto’ – redemption – thanks to the popularity of Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels
Youth review: a vague, beautiful-looking meditation on . . . well, what exactly?
Michael Caine. Harvey Keitel. Jane Fonda. Rachel Weisz. Paul Dano - the great cast ultimately becomes marginalised by the busyness of Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film
Catherine Deneuve adds glamour to low-key Cannes Film Festival
Opening film obscure, but the 68th festival has much to offer, writes Donald Clarke in Cannes
Irish co-production ‘The Lobster’ for Cannes Film Festival
Film starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz selected for main competition
Weekend in . . . Rome
From outlying areas that beckon with new restaurants and bars, to the historic centre, Rome proves its beauty runs deep
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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