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(L-r) Ester Pantano as Suleima, Claudio Gioe as Saverio and Domenico Centamore as Peppe, in Italian crime TV series “Makari.” Courtesy of MHzChoice

“Makari” Season 2 brings three more cozy light crime dramedies from this Italian TV series. It’s named after a Sicilian coastal village (Macari) that provides the lovely setting for a season of three mysteries in which our set of amateurs become involved. The star is Saverio (Claudio Gioe), a fortyish writer who’s lost his high-profile political press-agent gig due to an even higher-profile screw-up. Tail between his legs and nearly broke, he returns to the village where his father still owns a run-down vacation home, and tries to start a new life in safe, familiar environs.

He’s greeted by old pal Peppe (Domenico Centamore) – a lovable, overly chatty lug who variably helps and annoys our putative hero as he settles in. Saverio’s next acquisition is a girlfriend.

Both films will play in out of competition slots.

A short film shot by Luca Guadagnino during lockdown and a US school shooting feature have been added to the lineup of the 77th Venice Film Festival in out-of-competition slots.

Fiori, Fiori, Fiori! is a 12-minute short by Guadagnino, the Italian filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated Call Me By Your Name whose Suspiria and A Bigger Splash previously played in competition at Venice.

The short saw Guadagnino travel from Milan to Sicily with a small crew during lockdown. Using just a smartphone and a tablet, they knocked on the doors of the...

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The 71st Venice Film Festival announced its lineup this morning, highlighted by films from American directors, including David Gordon Green, Barry Levinson, Peter Bogdanovich, Lisa Cholodenko, Andrew Niccol, and James Franco. As had been previously announced, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman, starring Michael Keaton and many others, will be the opening film when the festival begins on Aug. 27.

Click below for the entire list of 55 films playing in Venice.

Competition

The Cut, directed by Fatih Akin

Starring Tahar Rahim, Akin Gazi, Simon Abkarian, George Georgiou

A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence, directed by Roy Andersson

Starring Holger Andersson,...

Title: La Mafia Uccide Solo D’Estate (The Mafia Only Kills In Summer) Director: Pierfrancesco Diliberto “Pif” Starring: Pif, Cristiana Capotondi, Alex Bisconti, Ginevra Antona, Ninni Bruschetta, Claudio Gioè. “Pif” aka Pierfrancesco Diliberto, is an Italian television host and writer, who has established himself through the years on MTV, confronting serious topics with a touch of comedy. His directorial debut, leads him back to his land of origin: Sicily. Through ‘La Mafia Uccide Solo D’Estate’ (The Mafia Only Kills In Summer), Pif creates an original crime comedy that retraces the crucial moments in history of the most famous organised crime association, that he intertwines with a fictional autobiography to perk up [ Read More ]

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