It is not without irony that a film titled “Terraferma,” the Italian term for “dry land,” would open with an underwater shot. We see the underside of a fishing boat trawling a net through the azure ...

The involving, thematically rich “Terraferma,” directed by Emanuele Crialese from a timely — yet also quite timeless — script he wrote with Vittorio Moroni, is set on a remote Sicilian island whose ...

Given that “Terraferma” is set in and around the Sicilian island of Linosa, attractive suntanned people and sun-dappled bodies of water are to be expected. While this beautifully filmed drama has ...

The first 30 minutes of the Italian film "Terraferma" seem to imply the movie will focus on the evolution of a tiny Sicilian island, as the older generation hangs on to the past and the younger ...

Here is the crucial scene in this excellent drama: Three Italian fishermen spot a large number of black Africans stranded on a flimsy lifeboat in the open sea. The black Africans wave and yell for ...

Writer-director Emanuele Crialese's Italian immigrant drama is morally passionate but features overly familiar storytelling and unsurprising characters. By Deborah Young Riding the wave of Italian ...

Terraferma, film drammatico diretto da Emanuele Crialese, segue le vicende di Ernesto (Mimmo Cuticchio), anziano nonno di Filippo (Filippo Pucillo), un ventenne cresciuto solo con la madre Giulietta ...

The steady drip of new revelations continued in the ongoing redistricting trial on Friday as a Republican Party of Florida official was called back to testify about a redistricting meeting at ...