At Venezia: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Romola Garai and Miss Marx, Mare fuori, and Mandibules premières
Iosip Mihail Day four at the 77ª Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia, the Venice Film Festival, saw the Corradi Cinema Lounge at the Ausonia Hungaria host director Susanna Nicchiarelli and actress Romola Garai, there for the première of their film, Miss Marx, a biopic about Eleanor, Karl Marx’s daughter, who addressed issues of feminism […]
Venezia day 3: Mădălina Ghenea, Francesca Sofia Novello, Karina Nigay, Eleonora Bernardi Zizola
Iosip Mihail On day 3 of the 77ª Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia, Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent and Notting Hill director Roger Michell were present at both the Corradi Cinema Lounge and the red carpet for the film The Duke, which tells the story of a man who sneaks into London’s National Gallery […]
Venezia day 2: Cate Blanchett, Stacy Martin, Tilda Swinton on the red carpet
Iosip Mihail The second official day of the 77ª Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia, the Venice Film Festival, saw the Corradi Cinema Lounge play host to the film Amants, the French thriller directed by Nicole Garcia. Stacy Martin, Pierre Niney and Benoît Magimel represented the cast at the Lounge, and later on the red […]
Mihail Iosip With COVID-19 still infecting people around the world, there was no Festival de Cannes to report on in May, but Venezia has managed to kick off a restricted version of the 77th Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica, or the Venice Film Festival, for 2020. September 1 saw the start of the Corradi Cinema […]
With time and space to rediscover
Paula Sweet Above, from top: Chef Massimo Livan, pictured in the Canova Restaurant, showing pasta with tuna and tomato chunks, black olives, served over capellini noodles. Chef Livan’s tribute to the best of the lagoon, top to bottom, clockwise: shrimp, seppa with polenta, shrimp and tomato tartar, langoustine, sarde in sardo, baccala. Baglioni’s Gianmatteo Zampieri, […]
Letter from Venezia, July 2020
Stanley Moss The experienced traveller returning today will discover the Venice of 40 years ago. It is amazing, starting with uncrowded passageways, the ability to navigate the streets to admire the architecture, and it’s quiet. The droves of Asian visitors have disappeared, nor does one find Americans. Mainly we encounter German tourists, a few […]
Letter from the Veneto, April 16, 2020
Top: Webcam view of Piazza San Marco, April 15, 2020. Above: Nature is taking back its territory. At left, the paper sign taped to the dock reads, ‘Caution! Duck eggs.’ In the background of the photo at left, you can see the controversial Calatrava Bridge. At right, a pair of germano reale (wild ducks) have […]
Shiso, infusions and crispy fennel petals
Perhaps the oddest contradiction for habitual travellers concerns the return to favourite places. We seek a consistent experience visit after visit, yet we also long for healthy transformation, fresh ideas. Thus it’s a joy to rediscover things that haven’t changed, and encounter signs of springtime renewal at Venezia’s Baglioni Hotel Luna, one of our favourite […]
Maurizio d’Este: remembering a great hotelier
Baglioni Hotels mourns the sudden passing on Christmas Day of a dear friend and colleague, group vice-president and general manager Maurizio d’Este. Mr d’Este, a legendary travel professional was the epitome of Venetian elegance and graciousness, and served in many roles over a long career. He was GM at the Baglioni Luna in Venezia and […]
Barbara Palvin, Naomi Watts, Claire Foy, Sara Sampaio at Biennale di Venezia First Man première
SGP Daniele Venturelli Vittorio Zunino Celotto With the Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia—the 75th Venice International Film Festival—at the Lido di Venezia under way, we have some images of the celebrities from day one. First Man, a movie about Neil Armstrong’s journey to the moon on Apollo 11, kicked off proceedings. […]
