Matteo Garrone

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Pinocchio review – a mesmerisingly creepy live-action retelling
Matteo Garrone sends his disarmingly human puppet out into a harsh world in this retelling of the Italian classic

Simran Hans

15, Aug, 2020 @2:00 PM

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Pinocchio review – Matteo Garrone crafts a satisfyingly bizarre remake
Drawing on the original children’s story for his new live-action version, the Gomorrah director combines sentimentality and the grotesque in a unique way

Peter Bradshaw

14, Aug, 2020 @6:00 AM

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Berlin film festival 2020 roundup: sturm und drang and pigs and cows
A controversy-hit festival shook off its troubles to showcase Italian family drama, life in America’s old west, a gruelling view of life in Soviet Russia – and fun on the farm

Jonathan Romney

29, Feb, 2020 @3:00 PM

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Pinocchio review - wooden-puppet fairytale goes back to the sweet-sour original
Director and co-writer Matteo Garrone embraces the grotesqueness and sentimentality of Collodi’s 1883 story

Peter Bradshaw

23, Feb, 2020 @7:02 PM

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The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000

Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard

13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

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Dogman review – Matteo Garrone’s tragic story of lowlife Italian criminals
It’s a dog’s life for a man cowed by a gangster in the Gomorrah director’s best film

Wendy Ide

21, Oct, 2018 @7:00 AM

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Heroes, villains and rebels: the biggest films of autumn 2018
There are heists aplenty, scores to settle, Lady Gaga becomes a star, farewells to Sam Shepard and Harry Dean Stanton, and democracy meets its Peterloo

Peter Bradshaw

27, Aug, 2018 @5:00 AM

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Cannes 2018 verdict: sombre brilliance wins day despite Von Trier's unwelcome return | Peter Bradshaw
Dramas by Alice Rohrwacher, Pawel Pawłikowski and Lee Chang-dong top the prize bets as The House That Jack Built alienated audiences

Peter Bradshaw

18, May, 2018 @12:26 PM

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Dogman review – Matteo Garrone's terrific portrait of a criminal dogsbody
The Italian director nitpicks gangster insecurities with hilarious flair in this tale of a dog-groomer-cum-smalltime coke dealer

Peter Bradshaw

17, May, 2018 @11:07 AM

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Cannes film festival 2018: full list of films
The official selection has been announced for the 71st Cannes film festival running 8-19 May. Here are all the titles screening

Guardian film

19, Apr, 2018 @3:46 PM

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Peter Bradshaw on the Cannes 2018 lineup: Netflix out, plenty of newcomers in
The streaming giant has been barred, the female director quotient is low, but the lineup, from Asghar Farhadi’s opener onwards, is undeniably smart-looking

Peter Bradshaw

12, Apr, 2018 @3:35 PM

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Cage fights, chat shows, train platforms: the strangest places films have found their stars
Looking to cast a new film sensation? Then visit a prison, look at Instagram or head to a station. Because that’s where these future stars were hanging out

Graeme Virtue

08, Nov, 2017 @11:26 AM

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