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Interviews

Alice Rohrwacher: ‘The past must be a living thing’

by Hannah Strong

The Ital­ian film­mak­er on the mag­i­cal mys­tery tour into the past that makes up her gor­geous lat­est, La Chimera.
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | La Chimera | Orpheus (1950)

On Truth & Movies this week we delve into the 10th instal­ment of the Plan­et Of the Apes saga, gaze upon the mas­ter­piece that is Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera and revis­it Jean Cocteau’s retelling of the Greek myth Orpheus.
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Review

La Chimera review – shows new ways a movie can be

by Esmé Holden

Alice Rohrwach­er cre­ates a mag­i­cal fairy­tale about a group of tomb raiders, anchored by a soul­ful per­for­mance from Josh O’Connor.

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In Retrospect
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Festivals

La Chimera – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Josh O’Connor breaks out his halt­ing Ital­ian as a grave-rob­bing ras­cal in Alice Rohrwacher’s divine explo­ration of time, his­to­ry and memory.
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Incoming

A new short film from Alice Rohrwacher is getting a release through Disney+

by Charles Bramesco

The 37-minute Le Pupille joins a group of rebel­lious young­sters spend­ing the hol­i­days at their board­ing school.
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Review

Futura

by Trevor Johnston

Alice Rohrwach­er, Pietro Mar­cel­lo and Francesco Mun­zi offer an illu­mi­nat­ing por­tray­al of Ital­ian youth in the midst of glob­al uncertainty.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Happy as Lazzaro

by Kyle Turner

A young peas­ant boy embarks on a trans­for­ma­tive jour­ney in Alice Rohrwacher’s enchant­i­ng social­ist fable.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
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Interviews

Alice Rohrwacher: ‘We imagine that a good man does good, but it’s an illusion’

by Manuela Lazic

Hap­py as Laz­zaro is an ethe­re­al take on mod­ern slav­ery and what it means to be hap­py. We meet its maker.
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Festivals

Happy as Lazzaro – first look review

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Alice Rohrwach­er brings a touch of rus­tic mag­i­cal real­ism to Cannes with an enig­mat­ic film about a young Ital­ian farmhand.
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Festivals

The Cannes Film Festival just announced its most diverse line-up ever

by David Jenkins, Adam Woodward

Jean-Luc Godard, Spike Lee and Alice Rohrwach­er are set to com­pete for this year’s Palme d’Or.