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Sara Fgaier on Leo McCarey’s An Affair To Remember, starring Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant and Love Affair with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer: “I saw the two versions in Paris. It was incredible, because I already wrote the film [Weightless] and then I discovered them.” Photo: Anne Katrin Titze

Sara Fgaier’s Weightless (Sulla Terra Leggeri), a highlight of Cinecittà and Film at Lincoln Center’s 24th edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, stars Andrea Renzi, Sara Serraiocco, Emilio Scarpa, and Lise Lomi. The story by Fgaier and Sabrina Cusano, who both co-wrote the screenplay with Maurizio Buquicchio, links love and memory and in an exciting new cinematic way combines past and present, the life of the mind and that of physical remnants of what may never have been.

Lise Lomi and Emilio Scarpa star in Sara Fgaier’s Weightless

Fgaier chose a Julian Barnes quote from...

Weightless (Sulla Terra Leggeri) review - Sara Fgaier chose a Julian Barnes quote from Levels Of Life as epigraph: “We live on the flat, on the level, and yet - and so - we aspire. Some soar with art, others with religion; most with love. But when we soar, we can also crash.”

Weightless (Sulla Terra Leggeri) a highlight of Cinecittà and Film at Lincoln Center’s 24th edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, stars Andrea Renzi, Sara Serraiocco, Emilio Scarpa, and Lise Lomi. The story by Fgaier and Sabrina Cusano, who both co-wrote the screenplay with Maurizio Buquicchio, links love and memory and in an exciting new cinematic way combines past and present, the life of the mind and that of physical remnants of what may never have been.

A man, whom we will later get to know as Gian (Andrea Renzi) walks through...

The official website for Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to -Dive in Wonderland- ("With Alice in Wonderland -Dive in Wonderland-"), an upcoming theatrical anime movie inspired by Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , announced today that Japanese pop band Sekai No Owari will provide the film's theme song "Zukan" ("Visual Dictionary") and posted a main trailer featuring the song. Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to -Dive in Wonderland- Anime Movie Main Trailer Sekai No Owari pianist Saori, who wrote the lyrics of "Zukan," shared her comments on the website and X (formerly Twitter): The protagonist of "Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to" is a girl who is living a life that's not always as she'd like it to be. What kind of words would suit her to fantastically depict the way she faces her difficulties? As I was thinking about this, several "images of creatures...

Jujutsu Kaisen recently released one of the best chapters that fans have ever seen. Chapter 255 of Gege Akutami’s manga featured an epic battle between Sukuna, Miguel, and Larue with a special appearance from Choso, the protagonist Yuji Itadori, and the fan-favorite Maki Zenin. The chapter ended on a cliffhanger leaving the fans in anticipation.

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While the fans wait for the next chapter of the series, Shonen Jump’s YouTube Channel recently released a mysterious video regarding Jujutsu Kaisen, the title of which translates to “[Jujutsu Kaisen] – Solitary, Reimagined, Fusion – [Volume 26 release commemorative project]”. Fans believed that the video was a tribute to the iconic character Gojo Satoru.

When the mysterious video went live, it turned out to be the official countdown video of Volume 26 of Jujutsu Kaisen, which is deemed one of the best volumes of the series by many. However, this revelation was not liked by fans and they shared...

“Long Live the Tyrant: Life and Times of Giancarlo Ditrapano,” a feature documentary about the independent book publisher, is being developed as an Italy-u.S. coproduction. Ditrapano is described by Ian Thornton, one of the film’s producers, as the “Basquiat of the New York literary scene.”

The film is written by Guia Cortassa and directed by Cortassa and Vittorio Antonacci. It is produced by Jennifer Buzzelli, Giulio D’Antona and Thornton, with the support of the Giancarlo Ditrapano Foundation. Production coordination on the project is by Susanna Verni. The line producer is Teo Segale.

Forty per cent of the budget is in place, with shooting about to start in Italy. The producers are now looking to complete financing and enlist a narrator, with a wish list headed by Paul Giamatti.

Ditrapano, who died at 47 in 2021, ran literary magazine New York Tyrant and boutique publishing house Tyrant Books. According to his...

Oppenheimer and Barbie have moviegoers back in theaters but those attending a showing at AMC Burbank 16 in California were evacuated from the establishment following a fire.

Videos of people being evacuated in droves from the theater made the rounds on social media with many not understanding what was going on.

A patron of AMC took to social media to air their frustration for the lack of communication from the staff.

“Yo @AMCTheatres. Burbank 16 location abruptly had us evacuate bc of a fire in the building. But no alarm went off. No staff came to tell us,” read the tweet. “The house lights just came on and somehow another moviegoer found out there was a fire. I really hope this isn’t your usual fire protocol.”

Ellen from AMC Guest Services replied to the customer with the following: “This definitely isn’t the norm, and I’m sorry to hear this!

Tfl Meeting, a TorinoFilmLab-organized initiative, has awarded 18 cash prizes, worth a total of €315,000, to support the development and production of feature-length projects.

Of the 30 projects presented during the program’s 15th edition, 20 were part of the ScriptLab program, and 10 were showcased in the FeatureLab program. The participants presented them to an audience of 260 professionals, attending over 600 meetings with potential partners and co-producers.

This year’s FeatureLab jury, which included Florence Almozini, Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, Philippe Bober and Donsaron Kovitvanitcha, awarded four debut projects with a grant of €40,000 each.

The first is Inbar Horesh’s “Birth Right.” Staged by Alona Refua, of Tel Aviv-based Green Productions, the picture aims to capture “the point of view of young tourists experiencing Israel for the first time.” The plot centers on Nieszka who, after mourning her father’s death, joins a tour to Israel that turns out to be a sex-filled Zionist propaganda trip.

Details of the sordid affair between wife of Jerry Falwell Jr., Becki Falwell, and a pool boy she met at a Florida hotel have been relieved in an explosive new book.

Former pool boy Giancarlo Granda‘s new book Off The Deep End: Jerry and Becki Falwell and the Collapse of an Evangelical Dynasty sheds light on the six-year relationship.

In 2020, when the controversy first was revealed Jerry Falwell Jr. stepped down from his position as president of the evangelical college Liberty University, which his father founded.

Becki allegedly approached Granda during a stay at the Fontainebleau Hotel, in Miami, back in 2012.

According to Granda, she offered sex but only if her husband could watch.

“I was conflicted. On the one hand, she was in her bikini, touching her neck, fussing with her hair, paying me compliments, sipping on her drink while she stared into my eyes. I found it all very intriguing,...