Youth [2015] – ★★★★ Directed by eminent Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty (2013)), Youth is about Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine), a retired music composer who reminisces on his life while luxuriating at a health resort in the Swiss Alps. His old friend Mick Boyle (Harvey Keitel), an American film director, keeps him company,…
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Rome: 10 “Must-See” Films Set in the City
Being a cultural and historical centre for centuries, Rome has always attracted leading cinematographers. In the 1950s and 1960s, Rome was considered the European “Hollywood”, embodied in the famous Cinecittà film studio that produced such epic films as Ben-Hur (1959) and Cleopatra (1963). To this day, this historic city remains the one to which filmmakers flock…
Spotlight on Film 