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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then what is the worth of a book? Books are valuable in that they help us escape from our everyday lives and open up new worlds where we can learn about new things, people, and cultures. Italy has produced a plethora of writers who have penned novels which range from the classics to more contemporary authors...

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The 24th edition of New Italian Cinema Events presents three days of free screenings of new and original Italian feature films from Dec. 6 to Dec. 8 at the Penn Museum, 3260 South St. From the festival’s inception, organizers have chosen cutting-edge, thought-provoking cinema that presents fresh perspectives on the issues of the day. This year’s of...

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Italian drama ‘La Storia’ has been picked up for the U.S. and Israel. The series, adapted from the iconic Elsa Morante bestseller, is set in Rome during and soon after World War II. It stars Jasmine Trinca (The Gunman) in the lead role. MHz Choice, the SVOD service that majors in bringing prestige international television to North American viewers,...

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In the world of sport there is constant debate over who qualifies as the Greatest of All Time. In basketball, is it Jordan or LeBron? In soccer, Messi or Maradona? In Formula 1 racing, Lewis Hamilton or Ayrton Senna? In the world of glassblowing, however, there is no debate. The GOAT title unquestionably goes to an amiable Italian by the name of Li...

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Andrea Iervolino, the Italian producer of sports car biopics Ferrari, Lamborghini: The Man Behind The Legend and the upcoming Maserati movie, is revving up a biopic of Ettore Bugatti. Bugatti is slated to film late next year in Italy and France for Iervolino’s new banner, The Andrea Iervolino Company. The movie is set to tell the life story of Buga...

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Cinema Italian Style returns to SIFF Cinema Uptown November 7-14 to celebrate the best in Italian cinema with a broad selection of 15 films to celebrate its 16th year. Tickets for the festival, a celebration of the best Italian films of the year, are on sale now. “Cinema Italian Style is one of SIFF’s most beloved annual events, and we’re so gratef...

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“Marcello Mastroianni was known, all around the world, as the Latin lover, the Italian seducer, especially after he starred in La Dolce Vita, Federico Fellini’s masterpiece,” says Fabrizio Corallo, the director of the new documentary Ciao Marcello, Mastroianni l’antidivo.  “Mastroianni did not like this image. He didn’t want to be seen as an icon,...

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Luca Guadagnino, the Italian film-maker, will bring a new interpretation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel American Psycho to the screen. The acclaimed director of Call Me by Your Name and Challengers will work with screenwriter Scott Z Burns to find an updated way into the material. Burns is known for his many collaborations with Steven Soderbergh incl...

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Ferrara has been welcoming a new space of cultural attraction since last spring: it is the Antonioni Space, a museum dedicated to Michelangelo Antonioni (Ferrara, 1912 - Rome, 2007), a great filmmaker and intellectual known for his ability to explore human emotions and social change through his refined cinematic language.  The opening of the Antoni...

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The value of Italian audiovisual productions crossed €2 billion for the first time in 2023, according to figures from the APA, Italy’s producers association. Production for TV, film and online platforms, including both scripted and unscripted, hit €2.04 billion, up from €1.8 billion in 2022 and nearly double the €1.06 billion recorded in 2017. Film...

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