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It's become unfashionable to express fondness for vintage Woody Allen films, but think back to how pleasurable they could be before all the off-camera baggage muddied those memories and you have some idea of the warmly satisfying experience of On the Rocks.

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Since her passing, celebrities and politicians including Hillary Clinton, Sophia Bush, and Mariah Carey have mourned her death.This is a devastating personal loss for so many. But more than that, it is a devastating loss for our country. Her memory is already a blessing.

Andy Cohen, Kyle Richards, Garcelle Beauvais and more Bravo stars offered their two cents on NeNe Leakes‘ exit from The Real Housewives of Atlanta.The TV personality, 52, announced her departure from the Bravo series in a YouTube video posted on Thursday, September 17.“There has been a lot of emotion flying from both sides,” Leakes explained. “It has been hard, and I have made the very hard and difficult decision to not be a part of Real Housewives of Atlanta season 13.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn the most transporting scene of Steve McQueen’s “Lovers Rock,” we’re at a London house party that has just hit its smoky seductive dirty-dancing groove. It’s 1980, and most of the revelers have West Indian roots.

Veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui, one of Venice’s two Career Golden Lion recipients this year alongside Tilda Swinton, brings prewar Hong Kong to exquisite if restrained life in her latest historical drama, Love After Love (Di Yu Lu Xiang).

Guy Lodge Film CriticAs the director of the best-dressed films in contemporary Italian cinema, it’s not surprising that Luca Guadagnino was the man approved by the Salvatore Ferragamo luxury goods brand to make a devoted documentary ode to its long-deceased founder.

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Jessica Kiang Once more with rather less feeling: after “Love in a Fallen City” and “Eighteen Springs,” acclaimed Hong Kong director Ann Hui returns to the work of celebrated 20th century author Eileen Chang with “Love After Love,” a not-at-all-short adaptation of a Chang short story laboring under the English title “Aloeswood Incense: The First Brazier.” Hui has assembled something of an all-star lineup, with the young leads played by rising actors Sandra Ma (“Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly

Following a craftsman in the Salvatore Ferragamo workshop in Florence as he goes through the complex step-by-step assembly of the Italian shoe designer's famed Rainbow model, it's hard to comprehend that this funky, multicolored wedge-sole sandal was actually created in 1938 and is not some superfly pop art extravagance of the disco era.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentOne of the major figures at this year’s Venice Film Festival, Academy Award-nominated “Call Me By Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino will serve as president of the main competition official jury at Spain’s 68th San Sebastian Festival.The announcement comes as Guadagnino world premieres two films at Venice: the doc feature “Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams,” about extraordinary Italian luxury shoe designer-entrepreneur Salvatore Ferragamo, and a more

When Disney announced its live action Mulan remake in 2015, some thought they’d set themselves an impossible task. To win over new audiences while keeping fans of the original happy is no mean feat, but to do it without any songs and no Mushu, Eddie Murphy’s fan favourite sidekick, would be even tougher.

In a welcome sign for a struggling independent film market, the Venice Film Festival kicked off this week with a series of international deals. Sony Pictures Classics picked up worldwide rights, outside of Italy, for Luca Guadagnino’s documentary Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, which covers the life of fashion icon Salvatore Ferragamo.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: In the early 20th century, an impoverished teenage Italian cobbler sailed from Naples to America to seek a better life. He settled in Southern California, and became Hollywood’s go-to shoemaker during the silent era.

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up the world rights, excluding Italy, to Luca Guadagnino’s Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams. The documentary about fashion shoe icon Salvatore Ferragamo is set for a Sept.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterSony Pictures Classics has picked up world rights, excluding Italy, to Luca Guadagnino’s Salvatore: Shoemaker Of Dreams, a feature documentary about the life of fashion icon Salvatore Ferragamo.Written by Dana Thomas and narrated by Michael Stuhlbarg, the pic is set to world premiere at Venice Film Festival out of competition on September 6.