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‘Kim’s Video,’ A Documentary Dedicated To Doing Justice To Film

For two decades, cinema lovers of the Big Apple found their Mecca in St Mark’s Place, in the treasure trove of rare motion pictures known as Kim’s Video. This rental shop amassed 55,000 titles, but in 2008 with the advent of the digital era people no longer rented videos and the destiny of this venerable…

TV Review: Exterior Night (Esterno Notte), Bellocchio Returns To The Unstaunchable Wound Of The Moro Case

The Years of Lead is the term that defines Italy’s contemporary history characterised by horrific acts of bloodshed. This period of social and political turmoil — that lasted from the late Sixties until the late Eighties — was marked by both far-left and far-right terrorism. It was in 1978 that the leader of the Christian…

Paramount+ Releases The Offer, A Prodigious Trip Behind The Scenes Of The Godfather

Paramount+ makes an offer that all cinephiles cannot refuse: a captivating miniseries chronicling the making of the most legendary of American films. The Offer is based on Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy’s extraordinary, never-before-seen experiences for the production of The Godfather. The first two episodes of the series are directed by two-time BAFTA nominee Dexter…

Film Review: Should you pray to “The Many Saint of Newark?”

Fifteen minutes into The Many Saint of Newark, Aldo “Hollywood Dick” Moltisanti (Ray Liotta) kicks his new, off the boat, Italian wife down a flight of stairs. Later that morning, Aldo’s son, Richard “Dickie” Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola) sees his new mother in law outside, smoking a cigarette. “I thought I heard someone fall down this…