In Greek mythology, the Sirens were half-bird women whose song was so beautiful that it would lure sailors to their deaths along the rocky shores of the island where they lived. See: “The Odyssey.” ...

Beauty, we’re told, is in the eye of the beholder. There are some types of beauty that go beyond the subjective, however — the kind that stops traffic, turns modest men into Tex-Avery-style wolves and ...

Parthenope (Celeste Dalla Porta) is a young woman growing up in Naples, Italy, in the 1960s-70s. Men, boys, and even some women are struck by her alluring beauty, desiring her affection at every turn.

From the opening seconds of “Parthenope,” there’s no doubt that this is a Paolo Sorrentino movie. The Italian director’s films are characterized by outlandish imagery, an intoxicating cocktail of ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

As winter rages on, now is the perfect time to escape to the Italian coast via a screening of Parthenope, the new Paolo Sorrentino movie that is coming to U.S. theaters this weekend. Of course, just ...

FILE -- From left, Gary Oldman, Celeste Dalla Porta, director Paolo Sorrentino, Isabella Ferrari, Stefania Sandrelli, and Daniele Rienzo pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ...

The Oscar-winning director and the film's star Celeste Dalla Porta tell IndieWire how their A24 film marks an unusual, female-forward step in Sorrentino's filmography. The Naples set coming-of-age ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ROME (AP) — When director Paolo Sorrentino’s ...