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Screen legend Gina Lollobrigida, the former sex symbol once billed as the world's most beautiful woman, has died at the age of 95, her family said Monday. On her 95th birthday on July 4, Lollobrigida told ANSA she was determined to stay creative with the photography and art projects she turned to after her decades as a sex symbol. The 'Bersagliera'...

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Italian cinema has long been known for its extravagant and passionate romance films, and for good reason. From the classic La Dolce Vita to the more recent Call Me By Your Name, Italian directors have a way of capturing the essence of love and all of its complications in a way that is both beautiful and heart-wrenching. These movies transport you t...

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In the month of January, Huntington’s Cinema Arts Centre will host a celebration of Italian Cinema. The three day series will feature new restorations of several of Italian cinema’s most enduring classics: Giuseppe Tornatore’s Academy Award winning Cinema Paradiso, Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, and Bernardo Bertolucci‘s The Conformist. As well...

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Few genres delve deeper into the mythos of the American dream like the mafia drama, and no Italian-American mafia tale is more iconic than "The Godfather" saga. Adapted from Mario Puzo's bestselling novel by the same name and premiering in 1972, the first "Godfather" film was the highest-grossing film of all time until supplanted by "Jaws" in 1976....

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Speaking of the brief nude scene in the 1968 “Romeo and Juliet,” movie directed by Franco Zeffirelli, as recently as in 2018 Olivia Hussey stated, “If you see it, the reality is these two young kids married against their parents’ wishes and have this one night together and then they die… And it wasn’t really banned in any country… And we shot it at...

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A girl walks into a diner and goes straight for the jukebox, and the song she puts on is a strange one: a wordless, off-centered jazz number that slinks around, snapping its fingers and occasionally erupting in fits of woodwind and brass. "God, I love this music," the girl sighs. "Isn't it too dreamy?" In the middle of the restaurant she begins to...

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The buzz of mopeds fades as we pass between marble pillars. The children stop chattering. Incense fills the air. 'It smells like church,' whispers Felix, 10. He's right. Only we're not in the house of God but the hushed emporium of another big G. Giorgio Armani, that is, and his flagship store on Via Sant'Andrea, Milan's hub of high fashion. Immacu...

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Michael Cavalieri is an Actor/Writer/Director originally from New York. His Directorial Debut “RITORNATO” was awarded a special grant by the Russo Brothers, the Directors of Avengers: Endgame (the highest grossing film of all time), the National Italian American Foundation and the Italian Sons and Daughters of America. Based on a true story about f...

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Women in Cinema-Inclusive Project (WICIP) is an international project that was developed by Angela Prudenzi and Federico Spoletti to promote accessibility in film and advance the involvement of women in film. The project began in June 2022 and is the first international project dedicated to introducing films written, produced, and directed by Itali...

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“Iconic” is a word that suffers gross misuse these days, but the Trevi Fountain scene in Federico Fellini’s 1960 film La Dolce Vita is a rare example of its appropriate use. Marcello Mastroianni plays disillusioned journalist Marcello Rubini, who finds himself squiring a Swedish-American film star named Sylvia, played by Anita Ekberg, alone through...

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