Elisa Leonelli, a photo-journalist and film critic, member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, interviews directors and movie stars, as well as artists, musicians and writers, for international and domestic publications. Formerly Film Editor of VENICE, Los Angeles Arts and Entertainment magazine, currently Los Angeles Correspondent for the Italian film monthly BEST MOVIE, author of the critical essay, "Robert Redford and the American West."
Having reached the age of 70 myself, while I continue to work as a journalist covering movies and television, I would like to celebrate the countless... Read more →
I had traveled to Oaxaca 40 years ago, during a 2-week road trip through Mexico, I had visited the archeological site of Monte Albán, capital of the... Read more →
I was already familiar with the work of Randall Park. I had interviewed him in 2014 for the Seth Rogen comedy The Interview, where he played North... Read more →
Jill Soloway is the writer-director who created the Amazon series Transparent (2014-2019), inspired by her father coming out as transgender in... Read more →
As a photojournalist, I was intrigued to visit London, in May-June 1977 for Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee, to cover the punk rock scene. As... Read more →
I recently saw a well-researched documentary about the life of Luciano Pavarotti, the Italian tenor who popularized the art of opera all over the... Read more →
I was gifted the new book by Mark Vieira, Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934). When Sin Ruled the Movies, when picking up my press... Read more →
Giancarlo Giannini, the Italian actor who became famous in the 1970s as the star of several movies directed by Lina Wertmüller, is still working at... Read more →
When I read a review by Lili Anolik of Hollywood’s Eve, subtitled “Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.,” I immediately bought it because... Read more →
I love to watch the comedy series Better Things on FX, currently on its third season and already renewed for a fourth. I marvel at the originality... Read more →
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