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Camille Saviola, an actress known for her work on shows like “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Entourage,” “Younger” and in roles on Broadway, has died. She was 71. Saviola played religious leader Kai Opaka in four episodes of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” and her passing was first noted by a “Star Trek” Wiki page, as well as mourned on social media b...

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Actress Jennifer Esposito will make her directorial debut with the independent feature film Fresh Kills, a gripping drama that tells the story of the loyal women of an organized crime family that dominated some of the boroughs of New York City in the late 20th century. Like every mob movie you’ve never seen before, Fresh Kills follows the women beh...

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Lady Gaga is set to make her follow-up to 2018's A Star Is Born with House of Gucci's arrival on Nov. 26. With just one month left before the star-studded film premieres, a new teaser released Wednesday (Oct. 27) shows the "Rain on Me" singer as Patrizia Reggiani having her first encounter with fashion house mogul Maurizio Gucci. In the sneak peek,...

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Val Bisoglio, an actor best known for his roles in “Saturday Night Fever” and “The Sopranos,” died last week at 95. The Italian American character actor passed away Oct. 18 at his home near Los Olivos, California, his wife, Bonnie Bisoglio, said to NBC Monday. However, she didn’t specify the cause of death. “He was my darling man,” said his widow....

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Italy has picked Paolo Sorrentino’s autobiographical drama The Hand of God to represent the country at the 2022 Oscars in the best international film category. Produced by Fremantle’s Italian subsidiary The Apartment for Netflix, Sorrentino’s film premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the runner-up grand jury prize and lead Filippo Sc...

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The Hand of God is a movie made from memory. Paolo Sorrentino’s Naples-set coming-of-age draws directly from his childhood, from epic family gatherings and sexual awakenings to life-altering losses and the grief that follows. The film follows Fabietto (Filippo Scotti), a young man who grows up with loving parents and is drawn, largely as a result o...

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The Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival, in partnership with the College of Charleston, is proud to announce the 15th edition of the annual celebration of contemporary Italian cinema and culture. The 2021 event will take place Nov. 4-6, 2021, at the Queen Street Playhouse and will feature 10 award-winning films. “We are very happy to have a real pr...

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Quentin Tarantino was at the Rome Film Festival last night to receive a lifetime achievement award from the festival and Italian horror legend Dario Argento. During a wide-ranging on-stage talk about his career with fest head Antonio Monda, Tarantino discussed his influences, behind-the-scenes anecdotes from his movies and his appreciation for Ital...

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On Tuesday, October 26th, 2021, the 22nd annual Newport Beach Film Festival will present its Italian Spotlight, an evening celebration of Italian cinema and culture. The event will screen the US Premiere of the Italian feature film When Mom is Away…With the Family (‘10 GIORNI CON BABBO NATALE’), followed by a festive post-screening celebration. Sin...

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Five years after the death of renowned screenwriter and filmmaker Ettore Scola, a scholar of Italian culture at the University of Kansas is contributing to a renewal of interest in Scola’s cinematic career. Edward Bowen, assistant teaching professor of Italian at KU, has contributed an article on the critical reception of Scola’s films in the Unite...

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