The Italian film industry has produced a range of great movies throughout the 20th century and into the 21st. The country's cinematic output began to gain worldwide attention with the Italian Neorealism Movement in the 1940s, and then found further international recognition with Federico Fellini's 1950s/1960s output, the rise of the Spaghetti Weste...

Radar Pictures has secured the feature film rights for Geronimo Stilton, the best-selling children’s book series about the crime-solving adventures of a mouse journalist and his eccentric gang of family and friends. Canadian animation writer, director and voice actor David Soren – whose credits include Turbo, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movi...

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: food is more than just food. It’s identity, culture, family, home. And movie directors know it too. As such, food is often imbued with some pretty strong symbolism and is an agent for stories of poverty and wealth, comedy and tragedy, love and lust. Here, the 11 best scenes, featuring Italian foods, in b...

Recent whodunit “Glass Onion” centers around tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) inviting an array of acquaintances to his private island. In one memorable scene, the group gathers by a resplendent pool. There, a foam lounge chair stands in stark contrast to the monochromatic seating and sculptures it is surrounded by. It’s a brief moment....

Kino Lorber has picked up all rights in the U.S. to a trilogy of stylish Italian crime movies — Diabolik, Diabolik – Ginko Attacks! and Diabolik – Who Are You? — based on the popular Italian comic book of the same name. The series follows the adventures of Diabolik, an infallible, ruthless master thief. All three films are directed by Italian broth...

The third Maryland edition of the film festival Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour (Re-discovered Cinema on Tour) takes place from March 9 through March 12, 2023 on campus at College Park (ASY 2203), and at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. It features historic films about revolutionary movements for national independence from around the world...

Giancarlo Giannini on Hollywood's famous "Walk of fame." Initially scheduled for 2020 and then postponed due to the pandemic, the footprint ceremony will be held on March 6 in Los Angeles. This is the sixteenth Italian star: an important recognition for one of the greatest protagonists of Italian cinema.The occasion will be the eighth edition of Fi...

November 25th, 2020: the New York Times draws up a list of the greatest actors of the 21st century. The only Italian, ranking seventh, is Toni Servillo. According to their reasoning, the actor had been “the central avatar in Sorrentino’s excavation of the corruption and hypocrisy, but also of the improbable glory and absurd resilience of modern Ita...

Actresses Jacqueline Fernandez and Violante Placido will receive the “Women Excellence Award - In the Name of Lina Wertmüller” at the 18th edition of the Los Angeles Italia – Film, Fashion and Art Festival. Taking place between March 5-11, 2023, the event is promoted by the Italian Ministry of Culture, DG Cinema and Intesa Sanpaolo, and was support...

Dear friends, things are going good here in Italy, and we hope the same for you. Once again there’s many things happened in this February for We the Italians, and many more will be coming in the close future. A few days ago We the Italians had the honor of being called among the speakers at an event celebrating a wonderful project involving five di...