How ‘Coco’ Composer Michael Giacchino Tells Emotional Stories, Musically: Crew Call Podcast
When it comes to his ascent as a blockbuster film composer whose credits total close to $14 billion at the box office, Michael Giacchino has done it his way. Typically, burgeoning film composers try to find their way into an established maestro’s studio, doing whatever they can from making tea to loading up cue tracks in the studio. But Giacchino’s...
“I’ll Take You to a Place Called Italian Hall”: On Daniel Wolff’s “Grown-Up Anger” and the Calumet Massacre of 1913
A LABOR STRIKE and a heart-wrenching tragedy in 1913, Woody Guthrie at a hootenanny in a New York basement in 1945, and Bob Dylan in a recording studio in 1962 — these three seemingly unrelated events provide the framework for Daniel Wolff’s study of industrial violence in the United States, the folk music revival, and the evolution of rock ’n’ rol...
Italian Neorealism: Martin Scorsese’s Origins
Legendary film director Martin Scorsese has stated many times that one of the biggest influences in his work was the Italian Neorealism period in Italy. His personal documentary My Voyage to Italy (also check out: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies) is a journey through Italian Cinema history and marking influential fil...
How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It
It is rare that a biographer of artists becomes the subject of a biography. You don’t think of biographers as romantic figures or swashbuckling types, and their lives are not generally momentous. Unlike artists, who are almost professionally obliged to spread their emotions dazzlingly wide, biographers need to be organized and neat. They go around...
'Call Me by Your Name' and 'The Shape of Water' win big at Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. Awards
The Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. had lots of love for Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name” and Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” during its annual awards deliberations on Sunday. Guadagnino’s coming-of-age story about a 17-year-old American boy who falls in love with his father’s assistant played by Armie Hammer was voted best picture...
Filmmaker Nina Juliano Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for Next Short Film
Filmmaker Nina Juliano knows the story she wants to tell - one that shines a light on women with a fire in their hearts that only burned brighter in the face of stifling societal norms. To get the tale on the silver screen, however, Juliano is going to need a little help. She just launched a crowdfunding campaign to help build the budget for this n...
Made in Italy #1 - Alla scoperta dei giovani azzurri in NCAA
Ogni anno sempre più ragazzi italiani decidono di volare negli States, con l'idea di vivere un'esperienza di basket diversa, in cui possono confrontarsi con un mondo per alcuni versi lontano anni luce dal basket italiano ed europeo e, perchè no, sognare da vicino di approdare in NBA. Negli ultimi anni l'NCAA ha riscosso un interesse sempre maggiore...
Anthony Scaramucci Blasts U.S. Media And Internet Trolls For Mocking His Italian Heritage
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has slammed the liberal media bias in the U.S. and the anti-Italian stereotypes that were used against him. Speaking as a guest of the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce during a visit to Israel, Mr Scaramucci said that liberal pundits had no problem mocking his Italian heritage by call...
Growing Family Trees
On PBS’ Genealogy Roadshow, Mary M. Tedesco and her cohosts investigate colorful tales lurking in the bloodlines of ordinary Americans. They’ve pursued prized connections to Blackbeard and Pocahontas, tested long-held tales of ties to royalty and Viking raiders. Professional genealogist Tedesco (CAS’06), a host on the show since 2015, has traced he...
Tom’s Cookbook Library: ‘Autentico’ goes to the heart of Italian cooking
“Autentico” (St. Martin’s Griffin) by Rolando Beramendi, is aptly subtitled: "Cooking Italian the Authentic Way." In a nutshell, Beramendi’s well-researched book is the real deal. Its 120 recipes provide instruction on how to make classic dishes from Spaghetti with Black Pepper and Pecorino Romano to Roast Pork Belly with Wild Fennel.
Thanksgiving: A Time of Family, Faith and Tradition
I was driving home after attending our city’s Homeless Coalition meeting, thinking about a young family I had helped get housing. I remembered years back, while in graduate school for social work, we were given an assignment where we had to write about how our family of origin shaped our values, beliefs and opinions; and how this affected our work....
Made-to-measure, Online, Driven by Chatbots: Lanieri US Fashiontech Insights Unveils Top Trends About Americans' Fashion Purchase Habits
Lanieri US Fashiontech Insights - research conducted online by YouGov for made-to-measure fashion ecommerce Lanieri.com - shows half (49%) of US adults are interested in buying customized items. 3% of these Americans are likely to spend +1.000$ in made-to-measure products, with an estimated turnover of +4$ billions*. The survey gives a full view ab...