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Paolo Sorrentino’s film begins as a heady memoir of youth but becomes a liberating reflection on loss and the power of pretence
The Italian film-maker discusses his deeply personal new film, now an Oscar contender, character-building cruelty — and the messianic Maradona
Paolo Sorrentino’s loosely autobiographical latest looks back to adolescent fantasy and painful personal trauma
Our writer yearns for Vatican-style splendour to witness up close some Machiavellian mischief
A sadder, more human side of the former prime minister emerges in a movie that has divided Italy
Paolo Sorrentino’s Vatican is an unholy mess, staffed by infighting priests conspiring against each other
The film director’s new TV series ‘The Young Pope’ has been dubbed ‘House of Cardinals’. He talks about making the switch from big screen to small
Damien Chazelle surprises with a gloriously old fashioned musical while Tom Ford surpasses expectations
Old meets young in a Swiss sanatorium in Paolo Sorrentino’s bombastic but irresistible meditation on ageing
Harvey Keitel and Michael Caine are ageing pals in Paolo Sorrentino’s misfiring movie
A round-up of the week’s cinema releases
This week’s cinema reviewed: ‘This Must Be the Place’, ‘Le Havre’, ‘A Cat in Paris’ and ‘Return’
Paolo Sorrentino confounds expectations again with his quirky new film about a middle-aged pop star hunting Nazis
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