Alberto Farina

Alberto Farina

Favorite films

  • Casablanca
  • Day for Night
  • Once Upon a Time in America
  • We All Loved Each Other So Much

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  • Vermiglio

    ★★★

  • Querelle

  • AmicheMai

    ★★★

  • Heretic

    ★★★½

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  • Flow

    Flow

    ★★★½

    A massive flood forces a cat out of his home and sets him on a survival quest alongside other animals, including a capybara, a lemur, a Labrador dog, and a secretary bird. For unknown reasons, humans are absent, leaving behind crumbling buildings and various handicrafts—one of which is the sailboat the protagonists climb to avoid drowning. Director and co-writer Zilbalodis keeps "Flow" vague enough to allow for multiple metaphorical interpretations, ranging from environmental concerns to the hardships faced by migrants…

  • The French Connection

    The French Connection

    ★★★½

    A short-fused NYPD cop is determined to stop at nothing to unravel a major heroin smuggling operation. Shot in a cinéma-vérité style, featuring plenty of hand-held cameras and a documentary-like attitude, "The French Connection" was adapted by Ernest Tidyman from the 1969 nonfiction book by Robin Moore, "The French Connection". It won 5 Academy Awards (for Best Picture, Actor, Director, Film Editing, and Adapted Screenplay) and established Hackman as a prominent star. Most notably, it played a crucial role in…

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  • We All Loved Each Other So Much

    We All Loved Each Other So Much

    ★★★★★

    Three war-time friends, and the girl they all fall for, live through 30 years of Italian history. Originally designed as a homage to Neorealism, a film that grew into a masterful compendium of Italian Comedy. Scola and co-writers Age and Scarpelli pack more ideas into it than most filmmakers produce in a lifetime and yet the film unfolds naturally combining sheer emotion with an accurate (and, to this day, unsurpassed) map of the way the social texture of Italy evolved after WWII. Stellar cast has never been greater. A cornerstone.

  • TÁR

    TÁR

    ★★★★

    As a star orchestra conductor reaches the peak of her career, the chickens finally come home to roost. Todd Field's third feature (and his first in 16 years) begins as if it was a biographical documentary on a celebrity, then progressively moves closer and closer to its protagonist as her destiny unravels. The less you know about it, the better you will enjoy this labyrinthine, psychological drama: but Field's meticulous attention to detail pays off in spades for viewers who…