Parthenope Review: The Boob Parade
Parthenope proves that nobody films boobs quite as beautifully as Paolo Sorrentino does, but also that he cannot write a female lead to save his life.
Paolo Sorrentino
The Hand of God Review: An Eye for Beauty
Paolo Sorrentino offers his most personal film to date.
The Criterion Shelf: Best Foreign Language Film Winners
Overwhelmed by options on the Criterion Channel? Bil Antoniou is your guide to the site's collections and wants to tell you where to start first.
Our 100 Favourite Movies of the Decade: 2015
That Shelf's 100 favourite movies of the decade continues with a look at 2015!
TIFF 2015 Trailers: Special Presentations
Here are trailers and clips for films in the TIFF Special Presentations programme.
Dork Shelf’s Picks for the 2014 Oscars
Our Film and Performing Arts Editor gives his picks for what he thinks will win big at tomorrow night's Oscar ceremony. Please note: he is still not an expert.
The Great Beauty Review
The Great Beauty might be nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar this year, but it's rampant arrogance and toxic tone negate any of its "beauty," making it one of the worst films to ever be nominated for an Academy Award in any category.
TIFF 2013: The Great Beauty Review
The Great Beauty Special Presentation Director: Paolo Sorrentino We all get something different out of art. Some escape their regular lives for intervals of drifting into the others’ work, some have cocooned themselves with it, and some couldn’t give a shit. In Sorrentino’s newest, Jep Gambardella (Gomorra and Il Divo’s Toni Servillo), an acclaimed writer […]
