Toronto: Gianfranco Rosi on Documenting the "Victims of History" in 'Notturno'

In the early 2000s, author Dan Buettner conducted research into what aspects of our lifestyle and environment can help us live longer. He identified five areas with the highest percentage of centenarians (a person who is 100 years old or older).

Irina Shayk walks the runway at the Boss fashion show during Milan Fashion Week on Friday (September 25) in Milan, Italy.

Walter's Choice has taken U.S. streaming rights to Maria Theresa, a The Crown-style period epic about the first, and only, female ruler of the Habsburg Empire.

WARSAW, Poland -- A new statue that depicts the late pope St.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentVenice’s Special Jury Prize-winning “Dear Comrades!,” a Russian historical drama directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, has been sold by Films Boutique to Southern Europe.“Dear Comrades!” was acquired for Italy by Paolo Del Brocco at Rai Cinema and for Spain by the Barcelona-based distributor Vercine.The film, which sheds light on the Novocherkassk massacre, was produced, co-written (with Elena Kiseleva) and directed by Konchalovsky, a revered and now veteran

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Night 4 of the Creative Arts Emmys Awards, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross earned their first Emmy for their Watchmen score, coming that much closer to the coveted EGOT.Two of the artists behind industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, Reznor and Ross previously earned an Oscar in 2011 for their score to David Fincher’s The Social Network.

Jon Burlingame Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross now have an Emmy to add to their Oscar and Grammy awards, having won Thursday night for their score for HBO’s “Watchmen.”The Reznor-Ross team were previously honored with an Academy Award for “The Social Network” and a Grammy for their score for “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” (They are just a Tony Award away from EGOT status, the ultimate show-biz crown.)Accepting remotely — as did all of this week’s Emmy winners — Reznor said: “We’re very proud

NAPLES, Italy -- The run-down, paint-chipped Detroit house where U.S. civil rights icon Rosa Parks took refuge after her historic bus boycott is going on display in Italy in a setting that couldn’t be more incongruous: the imposing central courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples.It’s the latest stop for the house in a years-long saga that began when Parks’ niece saved the tiny two-story home from demolition in Detroit after the 2008 financial crisis.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Trace Lysette (Hustlers), Oscar-nominee Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects), Oscar-winner Anna Paquin (The Piano) and Oscar-nominee Adriana Barraza (Babel) are attached to star in feature Monica from Italian filmmaker Andrea Pallaoro.The Exchange is launching world sales during Toronto on the drama, which will chart the story of a transgender woman (Lysette) who returns home to the Midwest to care for her dying mother (Clarkson).

Jessica Kiang Applying a minute and painterly eye to ordinary lives encircled by much larger circumstance — be it a motorway as in 2013’s Golden Lion-winning “Sacro Gra,” or the seaborne migrant crisis as in 2016’s Golden Bear-winning “Fire at Sea” — has led to Italian-American director Gianfranco Rosi’s most celebrated documentaries.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentGianfranco Rosi’s “Notturno” was shot over three years along the rattled borders of Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria, and Lebanon in the director’s signature observational – but also empathetic – style. The impressionistic doc captures people who have long been contending with the ravages of war and terror, most recently inflicted by ISIS.

Ann-Marie Corvin While the pandemic has reduced film festivals’ capacity to showcase new work, an all-singing all-dancing Spanish-Italian number has been selected for two.“Explota Explota” (“My Heart Goes Boom!”), the assured debut feature of music promo and commercials director Nacho Álvarez, will receive an RTVE Gala Screening at the San Sebastian Festival next week and has also made the selection for the Toronto Festival’s market screenings.Set in dictator Francisco Franco’s Spain during the

Regina King is now getting noticed for her work behind the camera.

Regina King is hoping her history-making new movie will encourage more women of color to make films – and festival bosses to champion them.The Watchmen star will become the first black female director to premiere a movie at the Venice Film Festival in Italy this week (September 7, 2020) when One Night in Miami launches, and on Tuesday she attended a virtual press conference via Zoom to discuss the honor of being included, adding she hopes it’s a success.“Unfortunately, across the world, that’s