The ability to interlace reality and fantasy is one of cinema's strengths, and at times Mia Madre is as bewitchingly surreal as 8 1/2, Fellini's stream-of-consciousness classic.

Tragedia del Gratosoglio, la rabbia di Filippo Di Terlizzi per la morte della mamma e l’irreperibilità delle famiglie dei ...

Mia madre opens with a labor demonstration in Rome, which like almost all movie demonstrations is unconvincing. Fortunately, in this case it’s meant to be that way, since it’s part of a film ...

A woman’s struggle to balance her career and family is well-trodden ground in narrative cinema, but “Mia Madre” goes beyond the surface to illustrate one woman’s own experiences in nuanced — albeit ...

That experience of loss, if not its precise circumstances, informs his follow-up, the semi-autobiographical “Mia Madre,” which centers on a female stand-in for Moretti.

Alchemy has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Italian director Nanni Moretti’s comedy-drama “Mia Madre,” starring Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Beatrice Mancini and ...

Film director Margherita (Margherita Guy) participates in a press conference with her film’s star Barry Huggins (John Turturro) in a scene from “Mia Madre” | COURTESY MUSIC BOX FILMS ...

Nanni Moretti’s “Mia Madre,” starring Margherita Buy, is something more than a work of personal cinema—it’s a virtual manifesto for it, an effort to grasp the very motive for his art.

mia-madre-reviewWhile its sadder elements simmer, subtle yet efficiently beneath the surface, Moretti's latest is adorned by its elegant dialogue.

Italian writer-director Nanni Moretti’s autobiographically inspired Mia Madre captures this dislocation in an intriguing – though sometimes frustrating – way.