Tag: Palace cinemas
![<em>The Perfect Dinner</em> [<em>La cena perfetta</em>] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1623080060465.jpg?fit=3000%2C1964&quality=89&ssl=1)
The Perfect Dinner [La cena perfetta] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. Sent north from Naples to manage a money laundry with a restaurant as a front, ...
![<em>The Shadow of the Day</em> [<em>L’ombra del giorno</em>] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/78KHXujggntUnAK8kvOBQtEem43.jpg?fit=1500%2C844&quality=89&ssl=1)
The Shadow of the Day [L’ombra del giorno] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. In 1930s Fascist Italy, wounded World War I veteran Luciano (Riccardo Scamarcio) runs a successful, ...
![<em>The King of Laughter</em> [<em>Qui rido io</em>] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/4o8urYzS9VoEL35w2W1crRAlZeu.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&quality=89&ssl=1)
The King of Laughter [Qui rido io] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. Successful stage comedian, play translator and adaptor, and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta (Toni Servillo) must balance ...
![<em>The Legend of the Christmas Witch: The Origins</em> [<em>La befana vien di notte 2: Le origini</em>] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/yyuB72IAWOMe2wh2cUptip0EtTB.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&quality=89&ssl=1)
The Legend of the Christmas Witch: The Origins [La befana vien di notte 2: Le origini] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. The Christmas Witch (in Italian, La Befana) holds a place in Italian folklore equivalent to ...
![[Film review] The Quiet Girl [An Cailín Ciúin]](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/xi1DsPSW81udsXfyiAzcdUxhp56.jpg?fit=2000%2C1125&quality=89&ssl=1)
[Film review] The Quiet Girl [An Cailín Ciúin]
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Nine-year-old Cáit (Catherine Clinch) is a very quiet child who avoids others and rarely speaks ...
![[Film review] <em>Good Luck to You, Leo Grande</em>](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Foto_0-e1662114226956.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&quality=89&ssl=1)
[Film review] Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Review by John P. Harvey. We learn at the outset of this quiet movie that Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson) has ...
![[Film review] <em>Special Delivery</em> — KOFFIA 2022](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/pAISUx3tmaAg5x4n5pLPAgEdhp6.jpg?fit=3840%2C2160&quality=89&ssl=1)
[Film review] Special Delivery — KOFFIA 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. Director Park Dae-min’s first feature film since 2016, Special Delivery promises action and certainly delivers: ...
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[Film review] Murder Party
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Jeanne Chardon-Spitzer (Alice Pol), a brilliant architect, is vying for the commission to renovate the ...
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[Film review] The Phantom of the Open
Review by John P. Harvey. Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance) has spent his life working as a crane driver at the ...
![Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown [Hommes au bord de la crise de nerfs] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2022](https://i0.wp.com/bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/hommes-au-bord-de-la-crise-de-nerfs.jpg?fit=1023%2C690&quality=89&ssl=1)
Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown [Hommes au bord de la crise de nerfs] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2022
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. City dwellers Hippolyte (Thierry Lhermitte), Romain (Ramzy Bedia), Antoine (François-Xavier Demaison), Michel (Laurent Stocker), Ivan ...
