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Welcome to Hugowood, where revolution rules.
Mon, Oct 26 2009 9:54 AM

Hugo Chávez is having a movie moment. The Venezuela president is the subject of a fawning Oliver Stone documentary. He's had visits from Sean Penn, Danny Glover and Kevin Spacey. (And, of course, Tim Robbins, if it even needs to be said.) And, as I pointed out last month, his anti-golf politics have a lot in common with Alex Cox's "Repo Man"... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Watchy, Oliver Stone, Alex Cox, Sean Penn, Mussolini, Pulgasari, Secuestro Express, Libertador Morales, Kim Jong Il, Hugo Chávez

Cannes 2009: "Vincere."
Tue, May 19 2009 5:19 AM

If Giovanna Mezzogiorno wants to be Italy's answer to Angelina Jolie, "Vincere" is her "Changeling," and how unfortunate. "Vincere," directed by Marco Bellocchio, is the story of Ida Dalser, the first wife of Benito Mussolini and mother to his first son, Benito Albino Mussolini. By World War I, Mussolini had finished with her... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Cannes 2009, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Mussolini, Ida Dalser, Marco Bellocchio, Vincere