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The Museum of Modern Art celebrates Italian cinema with two film series in December: Antonio Pietrangeli: A Retrospective (December 3-18, 2015), with long-term partner Luce Cinecittà, and Italian Film, 21st-Century Style: A Tribute to Rai Cinema (December 4-18, 2015).   Exploring the director's career from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s, A...

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Italy, and specifically the cities of Rome and Parma, have received major recognition from UNESCO. The UN agency for education, science and culture today declared Rome a "Creative City for Film." This prestigious international endorsement was officially announced in Paris. The the capital – which is already part of UNESCO's Heritage of Mankind...

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Which should be exciting news for those unaware we even had an annual Italian Film Festival here in St. Louis. We do, and it's been going on for ten years now. It's not well-promoted in general but it must be in the local Italian community because I've attended on the past and they always draw huge crowds (the free admission probably doesn't hurt)....

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by Ryan Lattanzio   The American Film Institute announced today that luminous Italian movie icon Sophia Loren will receive a special Tribute on the penultimate night of AFI FEST 2014, which runs November 6 through 13 in Hollywood.   AFI FEST will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of her glamorous, Oscar-nominated role in Vittorio De...

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This year's New Italian Cinema Events (NICE) offers several distinct elements in the competition section, including the first-ever animated feature, an Italian production entirely in Arabic and a suspense-oriented film in the giallo tradition, among other extremely impressive first or second features.   Opening Night features a very special...

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di Chiara Barbo   Film Forum, istituzione cinematografica tra le più prestigiose a New York e negli Stati Uniti, rende omaggio al grande Mario Monicelli. Non solo Neorealismo, possiamo finalmente dire. Sì perché spesso Neorealismo è sinonimo stesso di cinema italiano, di una stagione meravigliosa e lontana del nostro cinema: un cinema i...

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By Bill Lohmann   Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that best-selling Virginia author Adriana Trigiani will return to her hometown of Big Stone Gap to shoot the film version of her 2000 novel about the mountain town in Southwest Virginia. Filming is scheduled to begin this fall. Virginia Film Office Director Andy Edmunds said his...

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Rossano Brazzi was born on September 18, 1916 in Bologna, Italy. His family moved to Florence when he was still a child. While in middle school, Rossano was in his school's operetta. He scored the lead – singing, dancing, acting – and the show toured Italy for several months.   He began studying law at the University of San Marco. While at c...

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The Cleveland Italian Film Festival 2014, showcasing award-winning films from Italy, is open from September 18 - October 9, 2014, at the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights, the Atlas Cinemas Eastgate in Mayfield Heights and the Capitol Theatre in the Gordon Square Arts District.   The films promise moviegoers comedy, drama and romance. A...

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HUMAN CAPITAL opens in theaters January 14thWatch the trailer: http://bit.ly/1v4mQHd   "Captivating from start to finish" -- The Hollywood Reporter"Engrossing, stinging...The performances are flawless" – Variety Directed by acclaimed Italian director Paolo Virzi, the award-winning film, HUMAN CAPITAL is a nuanced account of desire, greed an...

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