If you have seen the Godfather, the Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece, you will remember the scene of the Sicilian wedding of Michael Corleone and the following scene with the car explosion that murdered Apollonia the Italian bride of the young Michael.   The atmosphere in that scene is so intense thanks to the place where the scene was filme...

by Helena Turnbull Monica Bellucci put on a sartorially stunning display as the Spectre promotional trail continued in New York City on Thursday. The Bond Girl was pictured leaving her hotel in the early hours of the morning dressed up to the nines for her appearance on the Today show. The Italian actress - who is the oldest actress to portr...

by Elena Vipera   The Hollywood Reporter described the 9th edition of the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival as 'The last major film event before the Oscars,' which wrapped up its last screening day on the evening of March 1st at the TLC Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.   The event - organized by the Istituto Capri nel Mondo, i...

The Italian American Museum presents: Marriage Italian Style (Matrimonio all'Italiana). Film Screening (Italian with English Subtitles). Directed by Vittorio De Sica, Starring Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren and The Clause (La Clausola), Live "Monologue" Performance (English). Script by Aldo...

The Italian Cultural Heritage Foundation of Santa Barbara announces two new appointments with Cinema Italiano Classico, the series of Italian films open to all the Italian film lovers! For 2013, the organization has chosen a mix of genres that goes from comedy to drama, and includes a homage to Spaghetti Western. Last March 8, the Fe Bland Theatre...

La cornice è quella imponente ed essenziale dell'Ambasciata italiana, progettata in stile vagamente neoclassico dall'architetto Piero Sartogo. L'occasione è l'Anno della Cultura italiana negli Usa, l'iniziativa del Ministero degli Esteri, sotto l'Alto Patronato della Presidenza della Repubblica, che nel 2013 porterà oltre 200 eventi culturali in ci...

The Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts (ICCWM) wishes to announce that starting with "Benvenuti al Nord (2012)," on March 6, it will begin a continuation of its Friday Night at the Italian Cinema celebration of Italian movies. There will be three movies that will be shown the first Fridays of March, April and May.   Benvenuti a...

The Dante Alighieri Society presents some wonders of the Italian landscape through the screening of "Maratona Infernale" by director Lamberto Lambertini, an uncommon cinematographic interpretation of the Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri which combines the power of Dante's lines with evocative images describing the complexity of ItalyMay 9, 2013Bo...

by Melissa Tunstall The Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival may still be six months away (Nov. 6-9), but the annual four-day festival salute to Italian cinema hosts a fundraiser to give us a preview of what to expect on Thurs. May 8. for La Grande Bellezza.   The event — an evening of food and film — takes its name from the 2014 Oscar Best...

In its 4th year, The Italian Film Festival USA of Indianapolis from April 24 - May 3, 2015. Admission is free. Indianapolis residents can glimpse Italian culture through the local premieres of six current Italian films. The films, three dramas and three comedies, are shown in Italian with English subtitles and are open to the public. All movi...