Cineforum n.4

Cineforum is the cinema magazine of the Italian Cineforum Federation. A magazine that comes from far away and that represents the purest and most traditional form of film criticism magazine. In fact, it contains presentations, reviews, controversies and discussions on dozens of more or less recent films, analysis of film trends and authorial trends in this sector.
It is a magazine for real cinephiles, founded in 1961. Until 2020 it comes out monthly, until the radical number 0 of 2021, the year from which it becomes a quarterly that changes its graphic and editorial aspect and decides to leave more mainstream circuits to become a niche paper reference for true enthusiasts. 

The Italian Cineforum Federation represents most of the Italian film clubs and in particular collaborates with medium-small and local realities in order to make known the masterpieces of great authors, but also to give visibility and release film projects that otherwise would have little visibility. From the vision of the films it then organizes cineforums, conferences and debates that create and bring to life the culture of cinema in Italy. 

The Director of the new series of Cineforum magazine is Emanuela Martini, born in Forlì and film critic, until 2019 Director of the Torino Film Festival. 

ISSUE 4

EDITORIAL
Emanuela Martini / Everybody Wants To Be a Cat 6

FIRST FLOOR
Alessando Uccelli / Directors in front of the mirror: perplexed Why and for whom do we reflect on the screen 8
Federico Gironi / Maradona, Fellini and the Baroness Paolo Sorrentino talks about himself in It was the hand of God 18  
Emanuela Martini / Of Time and the City Kenneth Branagh returns to Belfast, the city where he was born 28

BIG SCREEN 
Cry Macho - Homecoming by Clint Eastwood 38
Adriano Piccardi / The old man and the child Clint flavor

Anne’s choice - L’événement di Audrey Diwan 46 
Ilaria Feole / One woman alone From the book by Annie Ernaux, the winner of the Golden Lion

Ariaferma by Leonardo Di Costanzo 52
Massimo Causo / Out of this world Toni Servillo and Silvio Orlando in the best Italian film of the season

America Latina by Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo 58
Anton Giulio Mancino / Magic realism A new black tale

FOCUS
Alberto Libera / Italian-American pastoral care - i come back Soprano in the prequel The Many Saints of New Jersey 66
Pietro Bianchi / Ifashionable brido - Because we don't like it Titanium 74

LET'S DANCE
Maurizio Porro / The gangs of New York Before Spielberg, 1962's rousing West Side Story 82
Federico Pedroni / Thank You for the Music Journey into the renewed interweaving of image and sound 88
Alberto Crespi / The gold mine of rock Todd Haynes' documentary on Velvet Underground 94
Paola Casella / Music in the storm Interview with Todd Haynes 100
Adriano De Grandis/ Notes effect As a symphony: the life (in music) of Pino Donaggio 104

NOTEBOOK
Beautiful and damned. Gianni Amelio / Cruising High Risk Investigation 108
Revised and politically correct. Gualtiero De Marinis / In Grishamland I see disasters. I see catastrophes. Worse: I see 112 lawyers

FESTIVAL
78th International Film Festival - Venice Biennale 

Emanuela Martini / Venetian Cicheti 116
Chiara Borroni (c.b.), Leonardo Gandini (l.g.), Massimo Lastrucci (m.l.), Roberto Manassero (r.m.), Emanuela Martini (e.m.), Federico Pedroni (f.p.), Lorenzo Rossi (l.r.), Alessandro Uccelli (a.u.) / Themes and whims 117
Cineforum report cards 127