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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."

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ZENDAYA

By Elisa Leonelli on April 7, 2021

I became aware of Zendaya in 2017 when I interviewed her for the musical The Greatest Showman with Hugh Jackman as circus founder PT Barnum, where... Read more →
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Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin

By Elisa Leonelli on March 24, 2021

Cynthia Erivo, who was born in London to Nigerian parents, then moved to Brooklyn, and is now living in Los Angeles, is playing Aretha Franklin in... Read more →
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The FBI vs Black Power

By Elisa Leonelli on March 17, 2021

As a white woman growing up in Italy in the 50s and 60s, I became a leftist and a feminist, I read the autobiography of Malcolm X, but, despite... Read more →
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Black Panther Party in Movies

By Elisa Leonelli on March 10, 2021

Two recent movies feature leaders of the Black Panther Party. In The Trial of the Chicago 7, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, Bobby Seale is... Read more →
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One Night in Miami: The Actors

By Elisa Leonelli on March 3, 2021

I had featured One Night in Miami, directed by Regina King from the 2013 play by Kemp Powers, in my second article about Women Directors. Now I am... Read more →
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Lesbian Romances

By Elisa Leonelli on February 17, 2021

I was intrigued by two movies about lesbian romances in the 19th century: Ammonite (2020) directed by Frances Lee, and The World to Come (2021) by... Read more →
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Women Directors 2021

By Elisa Leonelli on January 13, 2021

Of the dozens of movies directed by women in 2020, many are being released in January-February 2021, due to new eligibility rules for Golden Globes... Read more →
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Women Directors 2020

By Elisa Leonelli on January 6, 2021

The number of movies directed by women in 2020 has dramatically increased, and it was a real pleasure for me to watch them all and speak with the... Read more →
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Wonder Woman 1984

By Elisa Leonelli on December 16, 2020

When I finally watched Wonder Woman 1984, the much delayed sequel to the 2017 Wonder Woman origin story, also directed by Patty Jenkins, I was... Read more →
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Jeff Bridges and Me

By Elisa Leonelli on December 2, 2020

Among the many movie actors and directors I interviewed in my long career as a film journalist, a personal favorite is Jeff Bridges, a talented... Read more →
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