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300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE April 1–3 More camp (if that’s possible) than ‘300,’ its prequel/sequel/companion piece has the Chippendale hoplites and the kinky Persians at odds again, with Admiral Themistokles of Athens entering into an uneasy alliance with Sparta to
For details and showtimes, see the websites above. 12 YEARS A SLAVE February 27–March 10 BAFTA award winner for Best Film and Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Steve McQueen’s third movie maintains the tradition of excellence established by the director with Hunger and Shame. This
For details and showtimes, see the websites above. ODEON Cinema piazza Strozzi 2, tel. 055/295051 www.odeonfirenze.com January 30–31, February 3–5 NEBRASKA A tour de force by Bruce Dern in Alexander Payne’s highly acclaimed drama. He is sozzled decrepit
ODEON CINEMA piazza Strozzi 2 - tel. 055/295051 www.odeonfirenze.com For details and show times, see the venue websites listed. JANUARY 16–19 DISCONNECT The interwoven stories of three sets of people whose lives are somewhat derailed directly or indirectly through their use of
The Florentine has gone digital-only FOR ONE ISSUE ONLY, returning on paper on January 30. As a New Year's treat, we've doubled the pages and maximised the content. TFdigital is packed with videos, photos and interactive links. Plus, we've even made it into a
1989 was the last year in which an Italian film (Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso) won a Golden Globe. Now Paolo Sorrentino’s La grande bellezza has put an end to the 25-year drought. It has also been nominated for Best Foreign Film at the upcoming Oscars. &
ODEON Cinema piazza Strozzi 2, tel. 055/295051 www.odeonfirenze.com For details and show times, see the venue websites listed. 50 Days of Cinema: Clip December 12, 10.30pm Clip is a portrait of Jasna, a pretty girl in her mid-teens, disillusioned by her unglamorous
ODEON Cinema piazza Strozzi 2, tel. 055/295051 www.odeonfirenze.com November 23, 9pm FIRE A highlight of the River to River Indian Film Festival and banned in India, Fire is the first film to confront lesbianism in a culture adamantly denying such a love could ever exist. Shabana
ODEON Cinema piazza Strozzi 2, tel. 055/295051 www.odeonfirenze.com The 50 Days of Cinema festival is currently on in Florence. For full cinema listings and information, visit www.50giornidicinema2013.it The Florence Queer Festival November 6-12 www.florencequeerfestival.it THE LEGEND OF LEIGH
October 24, 9pm WANDA ‘She doesn’t know what she wants—but she knows what she doesn’t want. And she’s trying to get out of this very ugly type of existence. But she doesn’t have the equipment.’ Director, writer and
October 10, 15 and 16 DIANA The last two years of the Princess of Wales’ life apparently featured an affair with a heart surgeon. Anyone remotely interested in this tiresome and unnecessary premise will likely warm to Naomi Watts’ insipid impersonation of Diana (yet balk at Naveen Andrews&
Sfavato: Bored to death, unmotivated, unenthusiastic. Example: ‘Icchè t’hai oggi? Ti vedo sfavato.’ (‘What’s wrong with you today? You look totally bored to death.’) Cimbardosa: A gossip, big mouth, windbag. Example: ‘Quella cimbardosa di’ piano
September 27–October 2 THE BLING RING If you can’t be famous, be infamous. From a true story, a posse of celebrity-culture-addicted teenagers track their idols to able to rob them and thus own a piece of their ‘bling.’ A commentary on the
Sept 12–16 THE SPIRIT OF ’45 Ken Loach’s documentary shows how the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, was carried through to the post-war period in ...
July 11–14, 23–26 THE LONE RANGER Disney, Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp are reunited post-Pirates in this reshaping of the stories of the legendary masked hero. Sidekick Tonto tells ...
Odeon: June 21, 22, 23, 24 STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS In our darkest hour, when our leaders have fallen, a hero will rise. After the crew of the Enterprise finds an unstoppable force of terror from within its own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world
Odeon: Until June 8 THE GREAT GATSBY Baz Luhrmann’s much anticipated (and possibly much dreaded) adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘unfilmable’ Jazz Age classic tale of impossible romance and the delusions of the American Dream has had mixed reviews. Luhrmann’s MTV aesthetic
THE GREAT GATSBY Odeon: June 2-7 Opening this year’s Cannes Festival Baz Luhrmann’s much anticipated (and possibly much dreaded) adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘unfilmable’ Jazz Age classic tale of impossible romance and the delusions of the American Dream has had mixed
IRON MAN 3 Odeon: May 10–12 Prepare for a heavy metal! Tony Stark is up against an enemy, the Mandarin, whose reach knows no bounds. With his back to the wall Stark embarks on a harrowing quest for retribution. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the
NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON Odeon: April 29–May 5 You can change your life in an instant. Raimund Gregorius, a stuck-in-a rut Latin teacher in Berne changes his life when an ...
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK Odeon: April 9-11 David O. Russell’s wonderfully unconventional ‘bipolar’ romantic comedy has a lot of interesting things to say about this disorder, cleverly wrapping its traumas in a frothy off-beat comedy that is pitch perfect, compassionate and sharp. Jennifer Lawrence&
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD Odeon: March 14 An extraordinary and affecting movie that will stay in the memory for a long time. Faced with both her hot-tempered father’s fading ...
SIBERIAN EDUCATION Odeon: March 1–6 A drama based on the bestselling memoir by the Moldovan Nicolai Lilin, now living in Italy, about growing up as a member of the ...
