Enrico Lo Verso

Amelio's The Way We Laughed is a reductive slice and dice of six years in the life of two Sicilian brothers, a weepy homage to paisan grins and longing stares. ... Full Article

Così ridevano di Gianni Amelio Con Enrico Lo Verso, Francesco Giuffrida I registi italiani quest'anno a Venezia camminano all'indietro, quasi fossero gli attori del bel film di Solanas "La nube". ... Full Article

The price of freedom is never pretty, but it's rarely been portrayed as unglamorously as it is in "Lamerica," writer/director Gianni Amelio's good, unflinching look at post-communist Albania. ... Full Article

Friday March 17, 1995 Belgian filmmaker Gerard Corbiau's "Farinelli" is in the grand European tradition of the sweeping, epic historical romance, heady and histrionic, replete with sumptuous costumes and decor. ... Full Article

CASTRATI WERE the rock stars of the 18th century, and Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli, was one of the greatest. Castrated before his high-pitched voice could change, he grew to be a man with lusts for women and a passion ... Full Article

On the thematic level, "Farinelli" (a Best Foreign Film nominee at the Oscars last month) hoists us into the twin stratospheres of perfect art (in which artist and God become one), and perfect love (Farinelli's fidelity to his suffocating brother/collaborator... ... Full Article