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...

The most important Italian emigrant to the US, a marvelous person who spent her whole life helping their fellow Italians and not only them, and then acquired the American citizenship later becoming the first American saint ever: we're talking about Francesca Xavier Cabrini, the Patron Saint of Immigrants and Hospital Administrators. After being fun...

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...

“Call Me By Your Name” won the big prize, Best Picture, at the 27th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on Monday night. Luca Guadagnino‘s coming-of-age tale also won Breakthrough Performance for newcomer Timothee Chalamet. These awards bestowed by the Gotham Filmmaker Project were handed out in a star-filled ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street. (Se...

Italian-American director Jonas Carpignano will be honored with the Capri Hollywood Rising Star Award for his latest film A Ciambra, which is Italy’s submission for consideration for the best foreign-language film Oscar. Carpignano will present a special screening of the movie at the upcoming 22nd edition of the festival. A Ciambra won best Europea...

All the signs were there that Italian director Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name would have a robust opening, and the film, starring Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet and Michael Stuhlbarg came through fabulously this Thanksgiving weekend. The Sony Pictures Classics feature had the year’s highest per theater average opening at $101,219. Call Me...

When: Thursday, December 14, 2017 7:00 PM - Where: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD As part of the 30th Edition of the AFI European Union Film Showcase, Italy presents the screening of Franca: Chaos and Creation. Intro and Q&A with filmmaker Francesco Carrozzini.

When: From Friday, December 08, 2017 to Monday, December 11, 2017 At 9:30 pm - Where: AFI Silver - Organized by : AFI Silver, IIC Washington - Entrance : Ticket Purchase Required As part of the 30th Edition of the AFI European Union Film Showcase, Italy presents the screening of A Ciambra.  Pio Amato is a canny 14-year-old growing up fast in an ext...

E' 'Gatta Cenerentola' il miglior film europeo di animazione dell'anno e sarà premiato alla 22.ma edizione di 'Capri, Hollywood'. Ad annunciarlo è il produttore Mark Canton chairman onorario dell'International film festival'(26 dicembre- 2 gennaio). Per l'opera di Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri e Dario Sansone, prodotta da Mad Ent...

When: From Thursday, December 07, 2017 to Sunday, January 07, 2018 - Where: The Museum of Modern Art NY - Organized by : Moma In collaboration with : Luce Cinecittà - Entrance : With fee The Museum of Modern Art organizes a retrospective of the late Italian world-famous director. Antonioni (1912–2007), whose fascination with mediated reality only d...