Fernando Di Leo is getting a retrospective screening of his most notable films at the Metrograph in New York City. The late Italian filmmaker is known for his kenetic crime and poliziotteschi (police procedural) films, has been repeatedly hailed by modern pulp master Quentin Tarantino as a major influencer on not only his style, but also in inspiri...
READ MOREThe 18 Italian films vying to compete for the Best International Feature Film nomination at the 2024 Oscars have been officially selected. These titles aspire to represent Italy at the 97th Academy Awards, in the prestigious International Feature Film Award category. The nominated films had their first distribution in Italy or abroad (excluding the...
READ MOREI’m going to keep beating this drum until I’m blue in the face. Prime Video’s big-budget Citadel spy series that reportedly cost $300 million may have flopped with critics as well as fans when it hit the streamer back in 2023, but the glossy, futuristic franchise is nevertheless moving forward with multiple international spinoffs, including the Ita...
READ MOREItaly is celebrating the centenary of the birth of legendary Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni whose career spanned more than five decades, up to his death in 1996. This year's Rome Film Fest, taking place from 16-27 October, will be dedicated to Mastroianni, one of Italy's most iconic and internationally recognised actors. Rome's Casa del Cinema,...
READ MOREFor three decades, actress Monica Bellucci has appeared in movies ranging from low-budget arthouse titles to major blockbuster flicks, and now she’s appearing in one of the most hotly-anticipated films of the year: the long-awaited Beetlejuice sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Alongside fellow franchise newbies Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe and Justin...
READ MOREWhat would Italian cinema be without the iconic actresses of the Dolce Vita Era? Sophia Loren! Monica Vitti! Claudia Cardinale! Their glamor graced international screens during the 1960s, not only creating a whole new definition for the word glamor but paving roads and breaking glass ceilings for generations of female actresses to come. In recent y...
READ MOREGet ready, Andrea Bocelli fans! The Italian tenor's highly anticipated concert film is almost here: watch the trailer for Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration. In the the opening of the trailer, a little boy appears onstage and he turns on a record player as a voice in the background announces, "ladies and gentlemen, Andrea Bocelli." Then, the traile...
READ MOREJoin us for an engaging and heartfelt journey through Italian American heritage and filmmaking. We were lucky to have this fascinating discussion with filmmakers Mary Lou and Jerome Bongiorno. In this podcast, they each shared their rich Italian roots, tracing back to the Veneto region and connections to Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” The conver...
READ MOREHollywood icon and action movie superstar Sylvester Stallone is now working on bringing back one of his most iconic creations, Rocky, in a prequel project. The actor revealed that he is now writing the project while appearing on the Inspire Me podcast, saying that the script “seems to write itself.” "The Rocky prequel is very near and dear to my he...
READ MOREWith head bowed, over clasped hands, Italian director Maura Delpero‘s quietly breathtaking “Vermiglio” unfolds from tiny tactile details of furnishings and fabrics and the hide of a dairy cow, into a momentous vision of everyday rural existence in the high Italian Alps. ar away, the Second World War is ending — an earthshaking event felt here only...
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