Today, The Center For Italian Modern Art announces a series of ten rare Italian films — some of which have been rarely seen in the US — tied to the institution’s current exhibition, “Staging Injustice: Italian Art 1880-1917.” All film screenings will be held in person at CIMA, 421 Broome Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10013 (see CIMA’s Health & S...
READ MOREThere is Frank Sinatra who had a Sicilian grandfather, Madonna with her parents from Abruzzo and Bruce Springsteen whose mother was born in the province of Salerno. The firmament of the stars of the US show has always been studded with Italian-Americans born in the United States but descendants of people who, between 800 and 900, emigrated from the...
READ MOREThe Academy Museum honors the centennial of poet, philosopher, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini with a complete retrospective of his narrative films interspersed with some unique short and documentary works from his prolific career. Though he was a filmmaker for just over a decade, Pasolini’s impact on cinema is profound. An openly gay man and out...
READ MOREDid you know Italy holds the record for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscars with a total of 14 since 1956? Since the invention of cinema, names like Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rossellini, and Michelangelo Antonioni continue to inspire and influence filmmakers around the world. From neorealism to post-modernism, the evolution of Italian cinema has...
READ MOREAverage Americans – including fellow Italian Americans – often express puzzlement, even frustration, with myself and others via our strong opposition to endless “mob movies.” Their responses are fairly predictable: “They’re just movies,” “No one believes everything they see,” and “[Italian Americans] aren’t overly sensitive, we can take a joke.” ...
READ MOREThe Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis / St. Paul is proud to announce the 13th edition of its annual Italian Film Festival (IFF) which will be held in a hybrid format this year. The festival will be held in-person as well as on-line, in collaboration with the MSP Film Society. IFF2022 will bring ten beautiful films to our Minnesota audience. M...
READ MOREWe can reveal that Oscar nominee Adam Driver, Oscar winner Penélope Cruz and Emmy nominee Shailene Woodley are newly aboard for the big-budget biopic of racing mogul Enzo Ferrari. Star Wars and House Of Gucci actor Driver is replacing Hugh Jackman in the title role while Parallel Mothers star Cruz will play Enzo’s wife Laura. Big Little Lies star W...
READ MOREIn Luca Guadagnino’s self-described ‘Desire Trilogy,’ the idea of love and lust are manifested in a variety of forms. The trilogy — which consists of 2009’s I Am Love, 2015’s A Bigger Splash, and 2017’s Call Me by Your Name — uses the backdrop of the Italian countryside to explore the lives of wealthy foreigners who struggle with understanding what...
READ MORERecognised as the best Italian director, Federico Fellini would have just turned 102. And yet, despite almost 30 years have passed since his death, his art continues to fascinate us and to transport us in a whirlwind of emotions that very unlikely we will be able to forget. Defined as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema worldwide...
READ MOREItaly was brought back among the protagonists of international cinema with the nomination for Best Foreign Language Film of Paolo Sorrentino with his It was The hand of God. But he will not be the only Italian to participate in the most awaited movie night of the year. Among the nominees also stands out the name of Massimo Cantini Parrini in the Be...
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