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Session I: Italian American Cinema. This session aims to discuss a variety of topics concerning Italian American Cinema. Topics may include some of the following themes:-Food in Italian American Cinema-Influences on Italian American Cinema-Comparative discourses among Italian and Italian American Cinema-Images of Organized Crime in Italia...

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by Cookie Curci   With the exception of a few films or TV series, today's Italian-American actors have become little more than a cookie-cutter image of the nefarious mobster. Italian American film characters have been limited to the roll of mob boss or Mafia hit men. With the popularity of HBO's "The Soprano's" and the constant resurgence of...

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Patti Ann LuPone was born on April 21, 1949, in Northport, New York. Her family came to the United States from L'Aquila and Sicily. As a child, she knew she wanted to act. She was in the first graduating class at the Julliard's Drama School in 1972. Patti was also one of the founding members of John Houseman's The Company, and toured with the organ...

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The Academy Awards are Hollywood's biggest celebration of the year and so, to celebrate, avid movie fan, food blogger and Tuckahoe resident Annette Zito has segued from the traditional Oscar party she usually throws at home to an extravaganza complete with a red carpet. Her first annual "Red Carpet Celebration of the Oscars," to be held at the Wes...

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Federico on My Mind, an Art Exhibition by Annamaria Suppa, is now for the first time in the United States for the Year of Italian Culture.   This Exhibition – a tribute to the Maestro Fellini's masterpieces – has been featured as one of the official side events of The 4th Bif&st Bari International Film Festival (March 16-23, 2013 Bari, I...

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  Sono 20 milioni i visitatori attesi ad Expo Milano 2015, di cui 6 milioni dall’estero. È partita, dunque, la positiva competizione dei territori italiani per attrarre turisti e promuovere le proprie bellezze. L’Emilia-Romagna per farsi vedere nel mondo utilizzerà anche il cinema.   Nell’ambito del festival Visioni Italiane, vuole off...

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CINEMA ITALY Miami: October 8th-13th at Regal Cinema South BeachTen new, current season films will be screened in competition for the Best Film Award at the Regal Cinema South Beach from October 8th to the 13th. A diverse mix of romance, comedy and drama features the lineup, showcasing this year's most awarded films such as: Noi e la Giulia,...

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Le vicende italiane giudiziarie degli ultimi anni, e soprattutto lo scandalo negli Usa relativo al motivi di sicurezza che ha spinto l'Fbi a esigere un controllo stretto su milioni di telefoni, fanno da cornice alla pre-produzione de L'orecchio del potere, film tratto da un romanzo di Giulio Andreotti (Operazione Via Appia, Rizzoli, 1998) e che sar...

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"And the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film goes to... Paolo Sorrentino, La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)."   Not everyone has the opportunity to sit and watch the Oscars as their mentor (and colleague) wins an award. Stage 32 member Andrea Lodovichetti had that opportunity last week when Director Paolo Sorrentino stepped on stage to...

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Nell'ambito dell'accordo tra Unical e Cuny (City University of New York), sottoscritto dal Magnifico rettore, Gino Mirocle Crisci, lo scorso 6 ottobre, da domani sarà ospite dell'Università della Calabria Anthony Julian Tamburri.   Lo studioso statunitense sarà impegnato in una settimana di lezioni intensive sul cinema nell'ambito del nuovo...

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