Giancarlo Giannini, who was the late great Lina Wertmüller’s muse, helmer Gabriele Muccino (“The Pursuit of Happyness”), and Teresa Saponangelo, star of Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God,” are among top honorees of the seventh edition of Filming Italy — Los Angeles, the bridge between Italy and Hollywood set to run as a hybrid event Feb. 28-March 3.
The celebration of Italy’s top film and TV titles is headed by longtime Italian industry promoter Tiziana Rocca, a former chief of the Taormina Film Festival. She proudly points out that its physical screenings, starting on March 1 in L.A.’s Harmony Gold Theater, are among the first inperson events in Los Angeles as ceremonies open up in the city.
Thanks to Rocca’s dogged determination Giannini, who starred in nine Wertmüller films, starting with sex comedy and social satire “The Seduction of Mimi,” is to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The celebration of Italy’s top film and TV titles is headed by longtime Italian industry promoter Tiziana Rocca, a former chief of the Taormina Film Festival. She proudly points out that its physical screenings, starting on March 1 in L.A.’s Harmony Gold Theater, are among the first inperson events in Los Angeles as ceremonies open up in the city.
Thanks to Rocca’s dogged determination Giannini, who starred in nine Wertmüller films, starting with sex comedy and social satire “The Seduction of Mimi,” is to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 2/28/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
With a madcap plot and dodgy Michael Madsen cameo, Alessio Della Valle’s crime caper feels like a risible, though not irredeemable, Tarantino replica
Erotic body painting, deadly scorpions, Italian futurism, a ninja stuntman, a Warholian MacGuffin, the singer Anastacia, not one organised-crime faction but four: incorporating all the above and more, this art world-set thriller told non-linear-style believes it’s a scrambled cubist masterpiece. But in truth it is closer to an abstract expressionist hot mess, as writer-director Alessio Della Valle splatters his canvas with everything he can lay his hands on and sees what sticks.
As if he’s force-feeding us the whole of Pulp Fiction in the first 15 minutes, Della Valle initially hops between three characters homing in on the botched exchange of a stolen print of Andy Warhol’s Pink Marilyn: a failed stuntman and would-be courier (Jeremy Piven), his high-class art dealer brother (Jonathan Rhys Meyers...
Erotic body painting, deadly scorpions, Italian futurism, a ninja stuntman, a Warholian MacGuffin, the singer Anastacia, not one organised-crime faction but four: incorporating all the above and more, this art world-set thriller told non-linear-style believes it’s a scrambled cubist masterpiece. But in truth it is closer to an abstract expressionist hot mess, as writer-director Alessio Della Valle splatters his canvas with everything he can lay his hands on and sees what sticks.
As if he’s force-feeding us the whole of Pulp Fiction in the first 15 minutes, Della Valle initially hops between three characters homing in on the botched exchange of a stolen print of Andy Warhol’s Pink Marilyn: a failed stuntman and would-be courier (Jeremy Piven), his high-class art dealer brother (Jonathan Rhys Meyers...
- 1/31/2022
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
American Night Trailer Alessio Della Valle‘s American Night (2021) movie trailer has been released by Saban Films. The American Night stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, Michael Madsen, Jeremy Piven, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Andy Warhol, Fortunato Cerlino, Manal El-Feitury, Anastacia, and Marco Leonardi. Crew Alessio Della Valle wrote the screenplay for American Night. [...]
Continue reading: American Night (2021) Movie Trailer: Jonathan Rhys Meyers & Emile Hirsch star in Alessio Della Valle’s Neo-noir Thriller...
Continue reading: American Night (2021) Movie Trailer: Jonathan Rhys Meyers & Emile Hirsch star in Alessio Della Valle’s Neo-noir Thriller...
- 9/2/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"My father promised it to me and I want it back, because it's mine." Saban Films has unveiled an official trailer for an over-the-top neo-noir thriller titled American Night, from Italian filmmaker Alessio Della Valle (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway). This is arriving in October and almost looks like direct-to-video schlock, but it might be fun enough to see on the big screen. How's this for a plot? A neo-noir set in the New York City's corrupt contemporary art world where the art dealer John Kaplan and the ruthless head of New York's mafia, Michael Rubino, fight for money, art, power and love. Filled with daring double-crosses and surprising twists and turns, and Jeremy Piven as a "stuntman and wannabe ninja." The film also stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, Michael Madsen, and Marco Leonardi. The art world is getting crazier & crazier these days, so it's amusing...
- 9/1/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Saban Films has acquired North American rights to the action thriller American Night ahead of its debut at the Venice Film Festival, with plans to release it in theaters this fall.
The first feature from writer-director Alessio Della Valle is a neo-noir set in New York City’s corrupt contemporary art world, which stars Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The 12th Man), Paz Vega (Spanglish), Jeremy Piven (Entourage), Michael Madsen (The Hateful Eight) and more.
Pic follows art dealer John Kaplan (Meyers) and Michael Rubino (Hirsch), the ruthless head of New York’s mafia, as they fight for money, art, power and love.
American Night is from Martha Productions, Pegasus Entertainment, Qmi and Rai Cinema. Martha Capello and Ilaria Dello Iacono produced the film, with Giorgio Ferrero exec producing.
“We look forward to working with Director Alessio Della Valle on his feature directorial debut American Night,...
The first feature from writer-director Alessio Della Valle is a neo-noir set in New York City’s corrupt contemporary art world, which stars Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The 12th Man), Paz Vega (Spanglish), Jeremy Piven (Entourage), Michael Madsen (The Hateful Eight) and more.
Pic follows art dealer John Kaplan (Meyers) and Michael Rubino (Hirsch), the ruthless head of New York’s mafia, as they fight for money, art, power and love.
American Night is from Martha Productions, Pegasus Entertainment, Qmi and Rai Cinema. Martha Capello and Ilaria Dello Iacono produced the film, with Giorgio Ferrero exec producing.
“We look forward to working with Director Alessio Della Valle on his feature directorial debut American Night,...
- 8/23/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
ICM Partners represents US rights.
Voltage Pictures continues to grow its virtual Cannes market slate and has acquired international sales rights to art heist thriller American Night Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, and Jeremy Piven.
Alessio Della Valle wrote and directed the story about a New York mob boss (Hirsch) with aspirations to become an artist who crosses paths with an art dealer (Meyers) when Andy Warhol’s ’Pink Marilyn’ is stolen.
Meyers and Piven are shown in the first-look still from the film.
Fortunato Cerlino, Michael Madsen, Annabelle Belmondo and the pop star Anastacia round out the key cast on American Night,...
Voltage Pictures continues to grow its virtual Cannes market slate and has acquired international sales rights to art heist thriller American Night Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, and Jeremy Piven.
Alessio Della Valle wrote and directed the story about a New York mob boss (Hirsch) with aspirations to become an artist who crosses paths with an art dealer (Meyers) when Andy Warhol’s ’Pink Marilyn’ is stolen.
Meyers and Piven are shown in the first-look still from the film.
Fortunato Cerlino, Michael Madsen, Annabelle Belmondo and the pop star Anastacia round out the key cast on American Night,...
- 6/10/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Golden Globe-winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, and Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Jeremy Piven will star in American Night, a neo-noir thriller helmed by first-time film director Alessio Jim Della Valle.
Written by Della Valle, the plot follows Michael Rubino (Hirsch) who has just become the Don of the New York Mafia, but his greatest dream is to devote his life to painting and become a great artist. John Kaplan (Meyers), an art dealer, may feel like his life is in shambles, but he still has the best eye for spotting fakes in the world. Their paths, apparently distant, cross when Andy Warhol’s Pink Marilyn is stolen, setting off a series of unexpected events that upend their lives.
Vega will play Sarah,...
Written by Della Valle, the plot follows Michael Rubino (Hirsch) who has just become the Don of the New York Mafia, but his greatest dream is to devote his life to painting and become a great artist. John Kaplan (Meyers), an art dealer, may feel like his life is in shambles, but he still has the best eye for spotting fakes in the world. Their paths, apparently distant, cross when Andy Warhol’s Pink Marilyn is stolen, setting off a series of unexpected events that upend their lives.
Vega will play Sarah,...
- 5/3/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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