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Citing 19th Century patriotic poetry and Mussolini-era writers and philosophers, the freshly appointed culture minister of Italy’s new right-wing government has promised a new era for the country’s cultural sector and revealed he wants to reform state funding for the performances arts.

Gennaro Sangiuliano is among 24 ministers in the new government of Giorgia Meloni, who was sworn in as Italian prime minister on Sunday, three-and-a-half weeks after her far-right Brothers of Italy party (Fratelli d’Italia) swept to victory in general elections.

Sangiuliano arrives from state broadcaster Rai, where he worked since 2003, rising through the ranks to become editor-in-chief of news programming at Italian state channel Rai 2 in 2018.

He replaces Dario Franceschini of the centre-left Democratic Party, who was Italy’s longest-serving minister of culture, and the TV and film worlds are now waiting to see what this means for the sectors.

The new minister told Rome...

XLrator Media and Two-Headed Snake Entertainment would like horror fans to celebrate Christmas with Good Tidings. This United Kingdom shot feature involves a trio of psychopaths and a break-in, on Christmas Day. Rum and Egg Nog are substituted for guns and bloodshed. Someone has definitely been naughty this year! The film was directed by Stuart W. Bedford, from a script by Giovanni Gentile. A trailer and release details are available here, for the film. Good Tidings will release, appropriately, this December. Through Video-on-demand, the film will be available this December 6th. Several platforms will host the release, including: iTunes, Amazon Instant, Vudu, Google Play and the Xbox Network. The launch is being supported by both XLrator and Blue Fox Entertainment, on the Macabre label. Film fans can add Good Tidings to their Christmas list, now. More details on the film's launch are hosted below. Release Date: December 6th, 2016 (VOD). Director: Stuart W. Bedford.

Good tidings for Christmas and a deadly new year. A new poster and trailer for Stuart W. Bedford's Good Tidings have slithered down the chimney ahead of the film's December 6th release on VOD and iTunes from XLrator Media.

Synopsis: “A homeless war veteran with a checkered past must rely on a side of himself once thought buried when he and his companions are targeted on Christmas Day by three vicious psychopaths in Santa suits.”

Directed by Stuart W. Bedford from a screenplay he wrote with Stu Jopia and Giovanni Gentile, Good Tidings stars Alan Mulhall, Clair Crossland, Julia Walsh, Colin Murtagh, Jonny Hirst, and Stu Jopia.

XLrator Media will release Good Tidings on VOD and iTunes beginning December 6th.

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Two-Headed Snake Entertainment have announced that pre-production is underway on the upcoming Christmas themed horror/thriller Good Tidings, which is set to shoot on a location in a disused courthouse (the first time ever the location hs been used for such purposes) in Southport, Merseyside; and is due for release Christmas 2016.

Written and conceived by horror enthusiasts Stu Jopia, Stuart W. Bedford and Giovanni Gentile, who recently penned this years zombie action thriller Apocalypse and next year’s monster fuelled H.P Lovecraft inspired horror anthology Dark Continents; Good Tidings draws inspiration from genre classics, taking influence from Black Christmas, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silent Night Deadly Night, Assault on Precinct 13, whilst still harkening to the new breed of horror thrillers like You’re Next, The Devils Rejects and The Purge.

Director/Writer Stuart W. Bedford tells us:

We’ve always been fascinated by Exploitation movies. Good Tidings is...