From “House of Gucci” to the engines of “Ferrari,” Adam Driver channels his Italian accent once again. The Academy Award nominee stars as Enzo Ferrari, the real-life former race car driver whose tumultuous marriage to Laura Ferrari, played by Penelope Cruz, leads to him betting it all on one last race. Michael Mann directs the biopic “Ferrari,” usi...

Thursday, October 13 at 7:30pm - UWM Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts - 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI. FREE Presenting a CineConcert featuring the groundbreaking 1911 silent film L’Inferno, accompanied live by Stefano Maccagno (piano) and Furio Di Castri (double bass) on the mesmerizing musical score composed by Maestro Maccagno....

Few storytellers have shaped the modern American Western than, ironically, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone, who approached the genre with an outsider's view and pioneered the Spaghetti Western. Unlike his predecessor John Ford, Leone portrayed his "heroes" as morally ambiguous and argued that survival and greed shaped the American frontier more than...

This year, the New York Film Festival (NYFF) returns to Lincoln Center from Sept. 30 through October 16, and Campari is the official sponsor for the fourth consecutive year. “The renowned Festival is an integral piece of the cultural fabric of New York City,” Andrea Sengara, Campari USA’s vice president of marketing told Forbes. The celebration is...

When: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 at 6:00 pm - Where: SFIAC, 1630 Stockton St, San Francisco - Free admission for IIC and LDV members, General public: $10 - REGISTER HERE Giorgio Perlasca was an Italian businessman and former fascist who, with the collaboration of official diplomats, posed as the Spanish consul general of Hungary in the winter of 1944. During...

In Collaboration with Cinecitta, Cinema Italy will bring a series of five films that participated to the David di Donatello Awards in 2021 FREE and open to the public in the weekend of October 7th to the 9th 2022. This is a Special Event, stay tuned for the full festival in 2023.The Coral Gables Art Cinema, 260 Aragon Ave. Coral Gables 33134, will...

Mario Martone’s Cannes competition title Nostalgia has been selected to represent Italy in the Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars. Based on the book of the same name by Ermanno Rea and written by Martone with Ippolita Di Maio, the film follows Felice Lasco, played by Pierfrancesco Favino, who, after living 40 years abroad, retur...

Some call it “the factory of dreams”. Federico Fellini described it as his “ideal place, the cosmic void before the Big Bang”. Through moments of glory, international fame and deep crisis, Cinecittà–the City of Italian Cinema–has shaped the perception of Italy around the world. And like many other modern cultural institutions in this country, its b...

Rocky Balboa is one the most enduring characters in movie history and that legacy has continued for nearly five decades. But before Sylvester Stallone takes on his iconic role on screen again in "Creed III" later this year, 2022 also marks the 40th anniversary of "Rocky III". Going back all the way in time to his boxing days in the 1976 Academy Awa...

Though she rose to fame thanks largely to her looks, Italian superstar Sophia Loren more than proved her acting chops with a series of international hits and an Oscar win for Best Actress. But how many of her titles remain classics? Let’s take a look back at 15 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best. Born in 1934 in Rome, Loren began appearing...