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Umbria – Italy’s Middle Earth by Drone

Ponte a Botte, Umbria, Italy

Film maker Frederick Shelbourne and Art Director Frances Von Flemming recently used a drone to capture the charm of the green and scenic Italian region of Umbria. I found Mr Shelbourne and Ms Von Flemming’s video dramatic and highly sensual. Certainly it’s different from the usual drone footage used to show off areas wishing to attract tourists. […]

The Great Beauty Wins Best Foreign Language Oscar

Italy is over the moon that the Paolo Sorrentino film The Great Beauty has won an Oscar as the best foreign language film of 2013. But should Italy really be so happy? Critic Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter said the film is a “vision of moral chaos and disorder, spiritual and emotional emptiness at […]

AmyCanBe Should Be Everywhere

Amycanbe live

Italian band AmyCanBe are no strangers to Italy Chronicles and it’s good to see the band’s track Everywhere is even being used as part of the soundtrack of a film called Acciaio – Steel – by Stefano Mordini. This Italian group which sings in English is going onwards and upwards! Check out Everywhere which I […]

Draquila Feuds

Sabina Guzzanti, an Italian comedian and political satirist, is behind the documentary film Draquila – L’Italia Che Trema – Italy Trembles. At the Cannes fringe, Guzzanti’s film received a standing ovation.

Letters to Juliet – Filmed in Verona, Italy

Letter’s to Juliet is a new film which caught my eye because most of it has been filmed in and around Verona in Italy. It looks as though Letter’s to Juliet, which is a light romantic comedy, with a hint of mystery thrown in for good measure, is creating something of a buzz, too.

A Neat Idea for A Horror Movie?

The plot goes like this: In a prestigious private clinic an unscrupulous money grabbing boss discovers that the more operations that take place, the more money can be made. He hatches his evil little scheme. This person, so vile and despicable, orders his medical staff to stop at nothing and to ‘operate’ and over- operate […]

Into the Wild

Well, I saw the film Into the Wild the other day. Oddly enough, years ago, I don’t remember when or where – but I think it was in a magazine, I read about this guy who took off into the Alaskan wilderness and appeared to have died from eating the wrong kind of plants, even […]

Man of the Year

I saw Man of the Year on Monday evening, which is a film starring Mork, sorry Robin Williams. It’s about a comedian who almost manages to get himself voted in as president of the USA, but it is not really a comedy. In fact, it is part thriller. I’m not going to tell you the […]