Benedetta Porcaroli

2025 Films, Chicago International Film Festival, International Films, Interviews

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Reclaiming the Self: Carolina Cavalli on the Strange Beauty of “The Kidnapping of Arabella”

by Rebecca Martin

July 10, 2026

Revisiting our interview with Carolina Cavalli ahead of the film’s Chicago release. Find details on upcoming screenings here. It also landed a spot on our Top 10 Films of 2025

International Films, Interviews

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First-time filmmaker Carolina Cavalli explores friendship through a deadpan lens in “Amanda”

by Rebecca Martin

July 11, 2023

Like “Napoleon Dynamite” and “Ghost World,” the Italian gem “Amanda” is unconventionally funny and dark. As in these films, there is a longing from the protagonist for a friendship that

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