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By Nikola Grozdanovic   "Of course, if you go in intellectually, you hate it. But if you let yourself go with it, something happens about 40 minutes into the movie. You say to yourself, 'Hey, this isn't going to be the colossal downer of all time.'" That's Sylvester Stallone talking about "Rocky," in a 1976 interview with Roger Ebert.  ...

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by Bruce Fessier   In the 24 years leading to tonight, no festival has opened with a better splash than the inaugural opening night film, "Cinema Paradiso." In the daily video series running on mydesert.com, I asked more than 25 people involved with the festival for their festival highlights and the most common response was seeing "Cine...

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Once again, the Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul brings Twin Cities audiences enough culturally vibrant movie premieres to fill a Roman amphitheater.   Opening Thursday, the seventh annual Italian Film Festival runs through March 1 at the St. Anthony Main Theatre in Minneapolis. This year's lineup includes rare early works by...

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by Mark Hinson   Given Italy's recent history, thanks mainly to former prime minister Silvio "Bunga Bunga" Berlusconi's sex scandals, the nation's crazy politics are ripe for mockery.   The political satire "Viva La Liberta," which is being shown this weekend at All Saints Cinema by the Tallahassee Film Society, takes a few good shots...

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You know him as Rocky and Rambo. But put aside Sylvester Stallone's signature characters, how well do you know the man behind the muscle? On his 69th birthday today, we bring you 10 interesting facts about the Hollywood action star that you might not have known 1. Sylvester Stallone's trademark droopy eyes and slurred speech are the result of para...

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Testa Dura Media company has begun production for Lobster fra Diavolo, a comedy film which focuses on a modern Italian-American family's Christmas Eve celebration. Lobster fra Diavolo is based on the true story of a young vegan named Angie who reluctantly purchases a live lobster for Nonna's traditional Christmas Eve dinner.   When Nonna goe...

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Three dates, three movies at the beautiful La Paloma Theatre in downtown Encinitas! Don't miss any of these great films - all were tremendous hits at SDIFF's feStivale 2012. All films are in Italian with English subtitles. Forward this email to your North County friends! Saturday April 13: Si puo fare (We Can Do It)This hilarious film is based on...

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When we think of Italian cinema, we think of undisputed old masters - Fellini, Visconti, Rossellini, Antonioni, De Sica, Bertolucci and so on. But for the longest time, Italian cinema had fallen out of favor. Sure, there have been flourish of genre films in the 60s - 80s.   But the Italian public's national pride and interests in their film...

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Presented by Associazione Napolicinema and supported by MiBACT DG Cinema 5:00pmI bambini ci guardano (The Children Are Watching Us)Italy, 1944 • 84 minutes • Italian (English subtitles)director Vittorio De Sicascreenplay Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Giulio Viola, Gherardo Gherardi, Adolfo Franci, Cesare Zavattini and Margherita Maglionewith Emilio Cig...

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Due settimane di riprese, un affare milionario per Firenze. Il primo ciak di Inferno, colossal diretto da Ron Howard, è fissato per il 2 maggio a Palazzo Vecchio, dove le macchine da presa lavoreranno fino al 7 maggio. Solo di affitto il Comune incasserà una cifra molto importante, già calcolando al rialzo l'indennizzo per il mancato incasso dei bi...

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