Luca Guadagnino’s ‘We Are Who We Are’ Captures the Defiant Spontaneity of Teenagers: TV Review

Kaleem Aftab The San Sebastian audience became the first in the world to see all eight episodes of Luca Guadagnino’s HBO and Sky Italy’s eight-part series “We Are Who We Are.”The second episode of the series aired on HBO in America this week. The media had only received the first four episodes to review in advance.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEuropean pay-TV operator Sky has greenlit production of Italian prison drama “The King,” toplining Luca Zingaretti, best known as the titular character in the popular “Inspector Montalbano” series.In “The King” Zingaretti will play Buno Testori, chief of the San Michele penitentiary, where “he applies his own personal idea of justice,” according to a Sky synopsis.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorSky Italia has ordered prison drama Il Re (The King), which will star Italian actor Luca Zingaretti, well known locally for the Inspector Montalbano series. The Italian-language series will be set in the prison of San Michele where Bruno Testori (Zingaretti), the director, applies his own personal idea of justice. While outside the prison his life is far from ordered, inside he is the absolute ruler.

Luke Bryan hits the stage for a performance at the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards, which aired on Wednesday (September 16).

Katy Perry’s American Idol co-judge Luke Bryan is ready to spoil her newborn daughter Daisy Dove Bloom. The 44-year-old singer and Katy Perry‘s American Idol co-star opened up in a new interview about his planned gifts for her newborn daughter she just welcomed with fiance Orlando Bloom. “I have multiple gifts for this child that require massive packaging and boxing, so Katy, get ready!” he shared with Entertainment Tonight.

Luke Bryan is ready to spoil Daisy Bloom.

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.

Dave McNary Film ReporterRain Valdez and Rachel Leyco will star in the trans-led romantic comedy “Re-Live: A Tale of an American Island Cheerleader,” Variety has learned exclusively.Fae Pictures has partnered with Now>Ever to finance and produce and will be pitching the project as a part of their slate at the Toronto Intl.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAlthough “The Comey Rule” is debuting just slightly more than a month ahead of the 2020 presidential election, creator-director Billy Ray did not make the series to change anyone’s vote.“The reason I did this was because I felt that the Russians had had a profound and unhappy effect on our political process in 2016 and I wanted the American public to know about that before they went to the polls in 2020,” he said during a virtual panel for the

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

Luca Guadagnino to will serve as president of the jury at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Organizers said Friday that the Italian filmmaker will chair the jury for the official selection of this year's 68th edition of the fest.

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.

The setting of the new limited series We Are Who We Are — a fictional American army base in northeastern Italy, where nobody feels like they belong — is so steeped in narrative potential that almost any of its characters could make for a compelling protagonist.

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.

Also Read: Luca Guadagnino to Direct Film About Scotty Bowers, Legendary Sex Procurer to the StarsThe documentary tracks Salvatore Ferragamo’s fascinating personal, artistic and business story, from his childhood in Bonito, where he made his first pair of shoes, to his journey to America to seek his fortune, from his experiences in Hollywood to his return to Italy, from the verge of bankruptcy to resurgence in his Florence factory and rise to definitive acclaim.

Manori Ravindran International EditorSony Pictures Classics has snapped up worldwide rights, excluding Italy, to Luca Guadagnino’s documentary on Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo, “Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams.”The film bows at the Venice Film Festival this coming week, where it screens out of competition.

If there are two things that Luca Guadagnino has proven he can do well as a filmmaker, it’s telling stories about teens coming of age and showcasing the beauty of Italy. Thankfully, the director is asked to do both of those things in the upcoming HBO series, “We Are Who We Are.” READ MORE: The 60 Most Anticipated TV Shows Of 2020 As seen in the new trailer for the HBO drama, Guadagnino’s show follows the story of two American teens that are living on a military base in Italy.

Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich were spotted together on a lunch date in Los Angeles on Thursday, months after they announced the end of their three years of marriage.Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich enjoyed a friendly lunch outside an Italian restaurant and were seen leaving the spot together in pictures obtained by People magazine.