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Ready for a bit of Swiss bliss on the big screen? The 78th edition of Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival has you covered, once again showcasing a range of Swiss movies worth audiences’ attention.

Taking place Aug. 6-16, various sections at the fest will offer up homemade fare, in addition to its broad lineup of world and other premieres from around the world. And of course, the popular “Panorama Suisse” section will put the spotlight on “Swiss films that have enjoyed success at festivals, found an audience in cinemas, or are currently released in the country,” Locarno organizers highlight. “Film lovers from all over the world can thus find a taste of contemporary Swiss cinema.”

Will Locarno serve up more Swiss delicacies than you can likely catch, even if Bern-ing the midnight oil? Alps-solutely!

But if you want to avoid having Swiss cheese-like holes in your Locarno schedule, check out...

It’s actually wild that, even in the year 2025, we still haven’t fixed the issue of toxic masculinity. Instead, young men are being indoctrinated to be misogynistic and uphold patriarchal norms because feminism has apparently trampled men’s rights to be, well, manly. The most prominent front where this exercise to “reclaim” the status quo, where men can be allowed to be sexist without any consequences, is being carried out in the comments sections of social media and through podcasts. And in some extreme cases, it’s leading to real-life violence and death. Is that sparking any kind of introspection in the people that belong to that gender? Or are men doubling down on their pursuit to “go back to the old ways,” whatever that means? Well, if we see this situation through the lens of entertainment, one of the most popular shows of this year is Adolescence, which...

A new Italian crime series, Pale Mountains (Brennero), exploring murder and deep-seated cultural tensions in the unique region of South Tyrol, is heading to North American screens via Walter Presents this May. The show stars Elena Radonicich and Matteo Martari. Here’s the Lowdown: Set in present-day Bolzano, a city in Italy’s German-speaking South Tyrol province, […]

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Netflix is putting toxic masculinity under the comedy microscope.

The streamer has ordered Maschi Veri, an eight-part comedy series from Italy in which four alpha male friends in their forties find themselves facing their own prejudices and the paradigms of toxic masculinity in a world that is moving towards social and gender equality. Without losing themselves, they are forced to rediscover their place in society and their relationships.

Maurizio Lastrico, Matteo Martari, Francesco Montanari and Pietro Sermonti star as the friends in the show, which is from Banijay’s Italian drama house Groenlandia. Furio Andreotti, Giulia Calenda and Ugo Ripamonti are the writers, with Groenlandia’s Matteo Rovere producing. Matteo Oleotto and Letizia Lamartire are directing.

Thony, Sarah Felberbaum, Laura Adriani, Alice Lupparelli, Corrado Fortuna and Nicole Grimaudo complete the cast. Show is slated for a 2025 launch.

For Netflix, the series is its latest out of Italy that explores contemporary masculinity.

The Alligator (L’Alligatore) is an unusual TV crime series from Italy. The title is the nickname of our protagonist, Marco (Matteo Martari), a former blues singer fresh from seven years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. He and idealistic cohort Max (Gianluca Gobbi), while covertly investigating corporate polluters, accidentally witness a bigger crime, causing him to be framed by some complicit cops, and tortured for refusing to ID Max as the other one who saw them.

All Marco wants is to drink as much Calvados as his system will tolerate and reconnect with his girlfriend, Greta (Valeria Solarino), a sultry club singer. But she’s apparently moved on, and so must he. Marco finds himself entangled in new challenges. His reputation from prison as a resourceful peacemaker leads an attorney to hire him to locate a former inmate client who has disappeared. That leads to a two-episode...

Title: Fabrizio De André – Principe Libero Director: Luca Facchini Cast: Luca Marinelli, Valentina Bellé, Elena Radonicich, Ennio Fantastichini, Davide Iacopini, Gianluca Gobbi, Lorenzo Gioielli, Anna Ferruzzo, Laura Mazzi, Orietta Notari, Orsetta De Rossi, Matteo Martari, Tommaso Ragno. If America has Bob Dylan, Italy has Fabrizio De André. The song-writer from Genoa who created musical […]

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