Tag Archives: Paolo Sorrentino

Film review | This Must Be the Place – Sean Penn’s retired Goth rocker goes on a Nazi-hunting road trip

Posted on 5 April 2012 by Jason Best

Funnier on screen than he’s been in any part since permanently stoned surfer dude Jeff Spicoli in 1982’s Fast Times at Ridegmont High, Sean Penn is terrific in the lead role of Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s distinctly offbeat This Must … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Il Divo: The Spectacular Life of Giulio Andreotti – Out on DVD

Posted on 8 August 2009 by Jason Best

To Italians the British must appear rank amateurs when it comes to political corruption. While British MPs fall on their swords over piddling expenses claims, Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi remains serenely in power, impervious to reports of his buffoonish … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Il Divo – Surreal portrait of Giulio Andreotti, Italy’s puppet master

Posted on 20 March 2009 by Jason Best

With this surreal and sardonic, resolutely offbeat biopic of controversial Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, Paolo Sorrentino confirms his status as one of contemporary cinema’s most dazzling visual stylists. His subject is the sphinx-like figure who was at the heart of … Continue reading →

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