Rome Chief Makes Bigger Play for Hollywood Pix
ROME — Dispelling mounting doubts, Rome Film Festival topper Marco Mueller is forging ahead despite political uncertainty undermining the event, making a bigger play for pre-Thanksgiving Hollywood la…
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'Marfa Girl' tops Rome fest
U.S. helmer Larry Clark's "Marfa Girl," a naturalistic depiction of teens smoking pot and having sex in torpid Texas, won the Golden Marc'Aurelio for film at the Rome Film Festival, which wrapped on…
To's 'Drug War' to preem at Rome Fest
Hong Kong helmer Johnnie To's China-set gangster movie "Drug War" will world premiere as a surprise movie at the Rome Film Festival where another high-profile Chinese title, Feng Xiaogang's…
'Waiting for the Sea' to open Rome fest
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Rome: Mueller makes his mark
The Eternal City's sprocket opera on its way to a major makeover.
Rome fest to screen 59 world preems
The rebooted Rome Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of 59 world preems comprising a wide range of arthouse, genre and edgy fare peppered with more mainstream titles and a robust U.S. presence…
Panoply of populist pics
True to its self-definition that it is a "festa" -- a party -- rather than another conventional film festival, the RomeFilmFest has assembled a rich mix of populist pics and more eclectic fare…
Business Street bows for film biz
Industryites across Europe -- not just Italians -- weren't so pleased when the mighty American Film Market blitzkrieged Mifed's fall calendar slot and bumped off the old Milan mart.
Bite of Big Apple lends flavor to fest
What happens when the City That Never Sleeps climbs in the sack with the Eternal City? Earlier this year, organizers of the Tribeca Film Festival and the nascent RomeFilmFest announced they would…
Screening: 'Fur'
As Rome opens this week, there's a big question hanging over the fest: Will "Fur" fly? The fest is placing a big bet on the Diane Arbus-themed pic, which stars Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr.
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