We have 10 Italian directors who are leading an international revival for cinema from the land shaped like a boot. The old adagio of "Italians do it better" does not pertain to romance alone. Neorealism, also known as the Golden Age of Italian Cinema, is still remembered in the history of motion pictures as one of the most important and influe...

by Nick Vivarelli   Gabriele Ferzetti, the silently seductive Italian actor who rose to international prominence during the 1950's and 60's, when he played a dissolute playboy opposite Monica Vitti inMichelangelo Antonioni's melancholy masterpiece "L'Avventura," died in Rome on Wednesday.   He was 90. Ferzetti's stage, screen and...

by Silvia Donati   Italian-American director Jonas Carpignano is the author of the film Mediterranea, which tells the story of two African migrants, Ayiva, played by Koudous Seihon, and Abas (Alassane Sy), as they try to make better lives for themselves in Italy, after traveling from Burkina Faso to Rosarno, in the southern region of Calabri...

When: Doors open at 6:30pm and close at 6:55pmWhere: Embassy of Italy - Auditorium, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008   In 2014 the Istituto Luce turned 90, its decades-long history intertwined with that of Italy itself, through cinema and the unique treasure of images stored in the Luce Archives. To celebrate its anniversary,...

SculptureCenter is pleased to announce the simultaneous presentations of new work by four artists, Rossella Biscotti, David Douard, Radamés "Juni" Figueroa, and Jumana Manna, each artist to have a solo project in an U.S. institution for the first time.   SculptureCenter will present the U.S. premiere of Rossella Biscotti's film The Undercove...

By Kathryn Carse   If "The Godfather" is at the top of your favorite movie list, HBO has an offer you can't refuse. "The Godfather Epic" is a seven-and-a-half version of Francis Ford Coppola's films about the Italian-American Corleone family's rise in organized crime based on Mario Puzo's best seller. It cuts together "The Godfather" an...

Giornata speciale al Giffoni Experience che, sabato, ha visto sfilare i primi ospiti internazionali con Paul e Mira Sorvino. L'attore italoamericano si è lasciato intervistare dai giovani giurati a Valle Piana, dove è arrivato per raccontare la sua carriera insieme alla figlia, Premio Oscar nel 1996. "Per me l'Italia è bellissima - dice - è la patr...

Un viaggio indietro nel tempo che porta lo spettatore a rivivere la cultura cinematografica italiana dei grandi classici degli anni '60.   Attraverso l'esecuzione dal vivo di celebri brani musicali e suggestive proiezioni video, il quartetto dell'Italian Surf Academy ha messo in scena il suo "American dream" presso la galleria Emerald Tablet...

  WTI Magazine #67    2015 September, 4Author : Edoardo Peretti      Translation by:   In these very days the 72th edition of the Venice Film Festival is taking place, one of the key events on the agenda of film fans and professionals from every corner of the globe; if only for the fact that it was the first international festival in history (an...