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Luchino Visconti was one of the greatest artists in the history of cinema. He had a fascinating life, which was intertwined with many different strands of European art and culture.   Visconti came from the Milanese branch of one of Europe's oldest families, whose roots can be traced back to the early 13th century. He might have appeared as a...

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Martin Scorsese loves his "Mean Streets" — and he doesn't want them messed up by shiny condo towers or pricy boutique hotels.   The legendary director of gritty Big Apple films like "Gangs of New York" and "Taxi Driver" is going to war over new development along the Bowery. He's terrified it will turn his beloved old neighborhood into a blan...

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di Maurita Cardone   È il frutto di una storia talmente eccezionale che perfino l'autore stenta a crederci. Il libro Trovare l'America (nella meno poetica versione inglese, Explorers Emigrants Citizens), a cura di Linda Barrett Osborne e Paolo Battaglia, nasce dalla collaborazione tra Battaglia, editore e graphic designer modenese, e la Libr...

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by Nick Romano   On Saturday night, April 25th, the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival closed out its festivities with a Goodfellas reunion. While director Martin Scorsese couldn't attend, writer Nicholas Pileggi — who cowrote the screenplay with Scorsese and penned the book Wiseguy which was the basis for the film — joined principal cast members Ro...

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by Kevin Jagernauth   With so many projects on the go at once, perhaps it's not surprising to hear Martin Scorsese share the following sentiment: "... I've never been on vacation. I began with my wife Helen. And with my daughter Francesca, who's turning fourteen. Now I'm taking a break for a week, a week and a half.   We might go and...

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Italian Americans have had an indelible impact on the fabric of American culture which manifests itself in diverse ways, both encompassing veritable attributes of the culture and also promulgating enduring stereotypes. Today, let's take a look at the Italian American influence on American film and some great opportunities you have to understand thi...

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No art more than cinema has helped to shape the relationship between Italy and the United States. Cinema has been for the relationship between the two countries a fundamental vehicle of cultural exchange, an imaginative means of historical and social description, and a very strong device of communication and mutual influence. Cinema is also one of...

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Described by Martin Scorsese as "the most precious moment of film history," Rome Open City (Roma città aperta) is filmmaker Roberto Rossellini's revelation—a harrowing drama about the Nazi occupation of Rome and the brave few who struggled against it. New 4K digital restoration! (Italy, 1945)    Date: Friday, February 20, 2015 - Thursda...

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What follows is a selection from a "Request for Evaluation" sent to the Landmarks Preservation Commission last week to calendar 239 Elizabeth Street for landmarking. Author of the pitch, building resident Beth Joy Knutsen-Papaleo, even received letters of endorsement from Debbie Harry and Martin Scorsese.   "I am dead sick of tasteless devel...

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by James Pasto   I was not one of those kids who sang on the street corners. I didn't have a good voice and by my teen years I tended to hang out less than I did when I was younger. But I remember the kids singing in the park during the day or on cold fall nights around fire-lit barrel. Just like in the movies, as the saying goes. In doing...

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