In the final scene of “The Godfather Part III,” Michael Corleone, the aged protagonist of this epic crime drama, is left in solitude to contemplate his sins, gripped with guilt over actions that have devastated his family and the knowledge that he cannot change what he has done. Francis Ford Coppola, the director and co-screenwriter of the “Godfath...
READ MOREThe Italian Cultural Institute Los Angeles (IIC LA) will be concluding their 100th anniversary celebration of Federico Fellini, organizing an online photo exhibit: FELLINI IN ACTION, 8 ½ SET PHOTOGRAPHY BY PAUL RONALD in collaboration with Centro Cinema Città di Cesena and Regione Emilia Romagna.The exhibit celebrates the 100th anniversary of Feder...
READ MOREFrom Tuesday, December 08, 2020 to Sunday, February 28, 2021. Organized by IIC Los Angeles in collaboration with Centro Cinema Città di Cesena, Regione Emilia Romagna. Entrance: Free. Location: IIC Gallery and Online (IIC YouTube channel). View the exhibit here. After years in the photographer Paul Ronald’s attic, these rediscovered images taken on...
READ MORETuesday, December 8, 2020. 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT. Presented via Zoom Webinar. $25 Sustainer | $15 Regular | $10 Reduced / SIFF Member. Registration fees offered at a sliding scale; proceeds support both the instructor and SIFF Education programming. Excellence in film and food have always been associated with Italy and Italian culture. From post W...
READ MOREWe are pleased to share with you the Seattle International Film Festival’s 12th annual "Cinema Italian Style” going virtual for 2020, from December 10-17. The festival is an event uniting the Italian community in Seattle like no other - and now, virtually, we can share with other Italian Sister City communities. We invite your participation in this...
READ MOREIf the name Bagheria does not suggest you anything, you will surely know Baarìa, the Sicilian name of the village chosen by the director Giuseppe Tornatore for the homonymous cinematographic masterpiece. Bagheria is also known by famous characters and designers. Bagheria, in sicilian Baarìa, is a village near Palermo. Not everyone knows that the li...
READ MOREItaly has selected Gianfranco Rosi’s observational documentary ‘Notturno’ as its candidate for the Oscar in the international feature film category. “Notturno,” which launched from the Venice Film Festival and has since played at a slew of other top international fests, including Toronto and New York, was selected out of a roster of 25 titles by a...
READ MOREYou know that feeling when you look around Hop and feel incredibly detached from what life was like at home? Then your mind shifts back, and you remember your home friends, your family, your spot on the couch and that one food you love that just doesn’t taste the same in Baltimore (currently missing good pizza). It's a warm nostalgia trip that I th...
READ MOREHome is where the love is. And ideally, home is also where you find the best meals, and by the end of A Taste of Christmas, Natalie found love, home, family, and some delicious food. It doesn't get any better than that. Christmas came early in the form of a sweet little movie about a restaurant that starred Gilles Marini and had casual Italian spok...
READ MORETheatres may be closing again at a rapid pace, but the power of being on Netflix during this worldwide pandemic certainly appears to be good news for those whose awards hopeful films have been debuting on the streaming service at virtually a weekly pace. For cinema legend Sophia Loren that means the biggest opening of her seven decade career. Re...
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