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Ha preso il via nei giorni scorsi a Chicago una rassegna dedicata alla vita e alle opere di Pier Paolo Pasolini. La kermesse, organizzata in collaborazione con il nostro Istituto di Cultura, presentera' fino al 15 maggio una serie di dodici film per commemorare il poeta italiano, scrittore, pensatore politico e regista, la cui vita e' stata stronca...

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by Doug Knoop   Tickets are on sale now for "A Passion for Beauty: Cinema Italian Style," a new film series at the Seattle Art Museum. The series kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8 with "Ossessione/Obsession," Luchino Visconti's 1942 take on "The Postman Always Rings Twice." The series plays select Thursdays through March 19, when it closes with...

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by Alessandra Magliaro   Four Italian directors are in competition at the 72nd Venice Film Festival, plucked from a wider selection of others that weren't chosen, including films by big names such as Paolo Sorrentino, Nanni Moretti, and Matteo Garrone.   In response to the inevitable controversy over the films by those directors being...

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Si è conclusa la 14ª edizione del Tribeca Film Festival, con un grande successo di pubblico (quasi tutte le proiezioni erano infatti sold out), una selezione di film varia e piuttosto interessante per stili, visioni e soggetti trattati, un'ottima selezione di documentari, e con buon risultato per i film italiani presentati al festival. Partendo...

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Experience a trip through Italy during a day centered around the country's culture and traditions. To start, an exhibition of well-known Sicilian photographer Giuseppe Leone will open the event through the anachronistic images of the island together with internationally renowned Italian pianist, Laura Magnani. To follow a series of events...

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by Rob Bailey   "Staten Italy" takes on new meaning this summer at Casa Belvedere — and not in the insulting way so often portrayed in American media. That's because the Italian cultural foundation's third-annual al fresco film festival, "Cinema Sotto Le Stelle," is once again celebrating true Italian culture with a series of films from the...

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When the name Giancarlo Esposito appears on the credits of any movie or tv series, those who don't know what the actor looks like, always look for a typical Italian-American face. When they think they know who it is, they always later find out their guess was wrong. That's because Esposito doesn't have your typical Italian appearance.   Espo...

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On this day, April 7, 1939 in Detroit, Francis Ford Coppola was born. He grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician; his mother, Italia Coppola, had been an actress.   Francis Ford Coppola graduated with a degree in drama from Hofstra University, an...

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By Dennis Cozzalio   When he spoke these words, Italian film director Sergio Sollima, who died this week at age 94, was referring to his love of travel, of the ability to visit far-flung parts of the world, observing and absorbing varied and unfamiliar cultures afforded to him by his career.   But he always seemed to translate that lo...

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INSIDE THE MIND OF LEONARDO is a new feature film based on the private journals of Leonardo da Vinci, the renowned inventor, philosopher, artist and genius.   In a powerful and haunting performance, Peter Capaldi (best known for BBC's Doctor Who) portrays Leonardo, dramatically narrating passages and monologues extracted from over 6000 pages...

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