Still capable of thrilling the audience, Cinema Paradiso triumphantly returns to Hollywood
by Marco Bruna "When my friends at Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Cineteca di Bologna, and Dolce&Gabbana said they wanted to restore Cinema Paradiso, I was incredulous: "Thank you, but the film has just been released, why would you restore it?" Twenty-six years have passed since Giuseppe Tornatore's most appreciated film debuted in...
Lidia Bastianich sets a table for everyone in PBS special
Actors, directors and producers love tossing around the most overused word in Hollywood, "organic," to describe how naturally a project progressed. Yet few people are less slickly Hollywood than chef Lidia Bastianich on the least Hollywood network, PBS. Her PBS special "Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday Tables and Traditions" Tuesday, Dec. 20 (che...
Films Al Fresco brings Italian cinema to San Diego
By Glenn Heath Jr. Thanks to Convivio, a nonprofit seeking to be "San Diego's premier Italian cultural organization," locals will get a chance to see some of the best European imports of recent years. The series is entitled "Films Al Fresco," which debuts Saturday, June 13, at The Lafayette Hotel in North Park with an opening night presentation of...
Dentro lo Juventus Club della Silicon Valley, tra pizzaioli e boss di Apple
di Lorenzo Mannella Girando per Facebook ti puoi imbattere in cose davvero particolari. Per esempio, sapevate dell'esistenza di uno Juventus Club Silicon Valley? Già, se vivete in California e tifate per i bianconeri avete la possibilità di iscrivervi a un gruppo privato sul social network e mettervi d'accordo per guardare insieme le parti...
James Fiorentino contributes to Italian American baseball exhibit in San Diego’s Little Italy
Chaperoned by his parents after just becoming a teenager, James Fiorentino took an artist's leap of faith by bringing a prized Joe DiMaggio painting he had done of the legendary Yankee great to an autograph show that DiMaggio was appearing at. Fiorentino reminisced: "He was always tough at these things and usually didn't sign artwork. He l...
Alessandra Palazzotti and her Italian Delegation at the Special Olympics in L.A.
by Valerio Viale The 2015 Special Olympics World Games, hosted in Los Angeles from July 25 to August 2, is the largest sports and humanitarian event worldwide this year and the single biggest event in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympic Games, with 6,500 athletes and 2,000 coaches, along with 30,000 volunteers and an estimated 500,000 spect...
Dario Argento, il "maestro del brivido" presenta il suo Dracula in 3D a Los Angeles
di Luca Dell'Aquila Amare o non amare i film di Dario Argento è un segno di riconoscimento di un certo cinefilo. Se sia genio o follia non è del tutto chiaro, ma sicuramente il suo cinema non ha lasciato indifferenti intere generazioni. Dal suo debutto il regista ha lavorato principalmente all'interno dello stesso genere, "il giallo", in...
David O. Russell lavished with attention from leggy lady in red as he wins Italian-American Filmmaker of the Year
Director David O. Russell is known for his up close and personal style of filmmaking, but it was one of his fans who got hands-on at a screening of American Hustle in Hollywood on Sunday. The mystery lady, wearing a chic red dress, lavished attention on the filmmaker, clasping his hand and whispering in his ear after he had accepted the Filmmaker...
Film messicano, musica italiana, successo hollywoodiano
by Silvia Simonetti Non solo cinema italiano all'IIC di Los Angeles, ma sempre con l'obiettivo di promuovere il talento di connazionali di successo come il compositore Carlo Siliotto, autore delle musiche dell'acclamato Instructions not included. Il film messicano, diretto da Eugenio Derbez, sarà proiettato all'Istituto nella sera...
TCM Classic Film Festival: A Special Tribute to Gina Lollobrigida
Thursday, April 28, 2016 Organized by: TCM Film Festival in collaboration with IIC Entrance: With fee Location: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles - 1023 Hilgard Avenue - Los Angeles, CA 90024 - USA Held over four days in the heart of Hollywood, the TCM Classic Film Festival is a place where movie lovers from around the world...
Matteo Garrone - The Dark Side of Italian Cinema
After the success of Matteo Garrone's last film, Reality, Santa Barbara dedicates 3 nights to one of the most controversial yet admired Italian directors, with a retrospective organized by UCSB Professor Anna Brusutti and co-sponsored by the Carsey-Wolf Center and the Film and Media Studies department. After graduating from art school, Matteo Garr...
Come Celebrate Enrico Caruso at Santa Clara University
by Mauro Battocchi For a great night of music, come to the Louis B. Mayer Theatre at Santa Clara University on Friday, April 1, 2016 at 7:30PM. Attendees will be treated to a celebration of Enrico Caruso, the world acclaimed Neapolitan operatic tenor, delivered by tenor Pasquale Esposito, actor Dino Natali and soprano Julie Adams. The even...