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Partnership

The Decadent Splendour of The Great Beauty

by Leonardo Goi

Pao­lo Sorrentino’s Felli­ni-esque jour­ney through mod­ern-day Rome trans­forms the Eter­nal City into a liv­ing, breath­ing char­ac­ter of unpar­al­leled grandeur.
A woman in a long white dress standing on a balcony with lush greenery and a scenic coastal view in the background.
Festivals

Parthenope – first-look review

by Mark Asch

Pao­lo Sor­renti­no, Italy’s lusti­est work­ing film­mak­er, spins a tedious yarn about one wom­an’s oth­er­world­ly beauty.
Group of people sitting on a wooden deck by a rocky coastline.
Review

The Hand of God

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Pao­lo Sor­renti­no bares his soul in this auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal com­ing-of-age sto­ry about teenage obsessions.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Three people, a young man and two older adults, sitting together on a motorcycle at night.
Festivals

The Hand of God – first-look review

by David Jenkins

Pao­lo Sor­renti­no gets per­son­al in this hit-and-miss tale of a world-famous foot­baller and a filmmaker’s cre­ative birth.
Group of people sitting on a wooden deck by a rocky coastline.
Incoming

Paolo Sorrentino revisits his childhood in The Hand of God trailer

by Charles Bramesco

In his upcom­ing work of loose auto­bi­og­ra­phy for Net­flix, a young man has a brush with great­ness in ​’80s Napoli.
Woman wearing sunglasses with curly blonde hair in a city street.
Incoming

Jennifer Lawrence will play a Hollywood power agent for Paolo Sorrentino

by Charles Bramesco

The real-life Sue Mengers’ client list includ­ed Bar­bra Streisand, Cher and Michael Caine.
Man in dark suit with arms raised, standing by a pool overlooking a scenic landscape.
Review

Loro

by Josh Slater-Williams

Toni Servil­lo is Sil­vio Berlus­coni in this par­tial­ly fic­tion­alised biopic from Pao­lo Sorrentino.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Middle-aged man in dark suit sitting at table with wine glasses and bread rolls.

Loro is a fascinating, flawed look at an ageing demagogue

by Jamie Mackay

Pao­lo Sorrentino’s por­trait of Sil­vio Berlus­coni asks us to sym­pa­thise with the devil.
Circular black and white eye icon with radiating lines.
LWLies Presents

Youth video review

by Clarisse Loughrey

Watch vlog­ger Clarisse Loughrey give her ver­dict on Pao­lo Sorrentino’s bit­ter­sweet study of age­ing and grief.
Two elderly men standing next to a tree, one wearing a hat and glasses, the other with a beard and jumper.
Review

Youth

by Adam Woodward

A leg­end of British cin­e­ma teams with Italy’s mas­ter of screen sen­su­al­i­ty to tell a sparkling tale of nos­tal­gia and sorrow.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect