Tag: italian cinema

16. Matteo Garrone’s Gomorra: A Politically Incorrect Use of Neapolitan Identities and Queer Masculinities?

Marcello Messina August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Open Contributions

Matteo Garrone’s Gomorra: A Politically Incorrect Use of Neapolitan Identities and Queer Masculinities?

by Marcello Messina

Taking as a starting point John Champagne’s recent argument about the queer representations of Italian masculinity contained in Garrone’s Gomorra, this paper aims to connect the queer masculinity of the film’s characters with the negative judgement on their lives and actions suggested by the film. In particular, it will be argued that queerness is used alongside the Neapolitan-ness of the characters to portray them as Others,

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20. Cinema, Gender, and Everyday Spaces: Comedy, Italian Style

Paola D'Amora August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Reviews

Book Review: Cinema, Gender, and Everyday Spaces: Comedy, Italian Style by Natalie Fullwood

By Paola D’Amora

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/4cpn-tp77

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23. Le lesbiche non esistono (Lesbians don’t exist) Directed by Laura Landi and Giovanna Selis

Ottavia Orsini August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Reviews

Film Review: Le lesbiche non esistono (Lesbians don’t exist) Directed by Laura Landi and Giovanna Selis

by Ottavia Orsini

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/975j-2486

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24. Più buio di mezzanotte (Darkest Midnight) Directed by Sebastiano Riso

Stefania Rimini July 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Reviews

Film Review: Più buio di mezzanotte (Darkest Midnight) Directed by Sebastiano Riso

by Stefania Rimini

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/2zsn-ke96

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26. Stars and Masculinities in Contemporary Italian Cinema by Catherine O’Rawe

Elena Dalla Torre August 25, 2015 Issue: G/S/I 2 (2015) Category: Reviews

Book Review: Stars and Masculinities in Contemporary Italian Cinema by Catherine O’Rawe

by Elena Dalla Torre

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/25k1-1f64

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Il doppio fantastico in La doppia ora

Andrea Bini May 23, 2014 Issue: G/S/I 1 (2014) Category: Themed Section

Il doppio fantastico e la decostruzione del femminino in La doppia ora

di Andrea Bini

L’articolo esplora il tema dell’inconscio e del fantastico nel film di Giuseppe Capotondi, La doppia ora (2009) allo scopo di riflettere sulla corrispondenza tra mascolinità, femminilità e forme narrative. In particolare, si mostra come il personaggio maschile, ossessionato da una mania di controllo della realtà, proietti la propria ansia di castrazione sulla femme fatale,

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Ricezione di Vincere

Valerio Coladonato May 24, 2014 Issue: G/S/I 1 (2014) Category: Themed Section

Virilità fascista e mascolinità berlusconiana nella ricezione di Vincere

di Valerio Coladonato

La ricezione del film Vincere (Marco Bellocchio, 2009) fornisce un utile banco di prova per osservare il modo in cui le figure di Silvio Berlusconi e Benito Mussolini sono state affiancate nel discorso pubblico in Italia. L’accoglienza critica e le reazioni della stampa al film mostrano come una certa concezione della mascolinità abbia contribuito a forgiare la connessione tra i due uomini politici.

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Dirigere attori e attrici

Marina Spada May 23, 2014 Issue: G/S/I 1 (2014) Category: Invited Perspectives, Videos

di Marina Spada

Marina Spada: Directing Actors and Actresses

Marina Spada parla del suo lavoro di regista e del suo rapporto con attori e attrici. In italiano, con sottotitoli in inglese.

Marina Spada talks about her work as a director of and of her relationship with actresses and actors. In Italian, with English subtitles.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/295r-v431

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An Unsolved Case

Susanna Nicchiarelli May 24, 2014 Issue: G/S/I 1 (2014) Category: Invited Perspectives

di Susanna Nicchiarelli

A woman film director’s reflection on her work with male actors. The piece begins with the author’s recollection of her strong emotional reaction to the trivialization of the female character impersonated by Sissy Spacek in JFK, that she saw in her adolescence. She explains how gendered motivations, rejection of stereotypes, personal emotions, and respect for the spectators have guided her in her two features with leading actresses and supporting actors.

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Women and Gender in Post-Unification Italy

Bernadette Luciano May 24, 2014 Issue: G/S/I 1 (2014) Category: Reviews

Women and Gender in Post-Unification Italy: Between Private and Public Spheres, edited by Katharine Mitchell and Helena Sanson. Book review by Bernadette Luciano.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/g6kf-bw64

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