John Turturro Directs
5 Episodes
Though best known as one of American cinema’s greatest live-wire actors, John Turturro has carved out a rich parallel career making highly personal, emotionally complicated films stamped with his own uncompromising vision. Built around committed performances from powerhouse ensemble casts, his films—including the autobiographical family drama MAC and the vibrant musical romantic comedy ROMANCE & CIGARETTES —are works of immense heart and soul, as well as love letters to the boisterous New York that made Turturro the artist he is.
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Mac
Episode 1
Directed by John Turturro • 1992 • United States
Starring John Turturro, Michael Badalucco, Katherine BorowitzWinner of the Caméra d’Or at Cannes for best first-time director, John Turturro’s deeply personal, emotionally intense directorial debut draws from his own family experiences as it tell...
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1:46:24Episode 2Romance & Cigarettes
Episode 2
Directed by John Turturro • 2005 • United States
Starring John Turturro, James Gandolfini, Kate WinsletProduced by the Coen brothers, John Turturro’s third directorial effort is an audacious, truly one-of-a-kind musical bursting with heart and imagination. In working-class Queens, one family’s ...
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1:59:50Episode 3Illuminata
Episode 3
Director-star John Turturro’s enchanting ode to the colorful world of the stage unfolds in a gorgeous evocation of turn-of-the century New York, where Tuccio (Turturro), a struggling playwright for a theater troupe, finds himself juggling both professional and romantic crises when strays from his...
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1:30:19Episode 4Fading Gigolo
Episode 4
Directed by John Turturro • 2013 • United States
Starring John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon StoneA sex comedy of unusual warmth and sweetness, this smartly witty New York tale follows the unlikely escapades of a struggling New York bookseller (Woody Allen) who hits upon a new source of cash fl...
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18:06Episode 5John Turturro in Conversation
Episode 5
