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Countdown to "Milionari" - Director Alessandro Piva
Every now and then, someone comes along and changes the way things are done. They raise the bar to a higher standard and offer a different way of looking at life. In the case of Italian cinema, that...
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The European Film Market at this Year's Berlin Film Festival is Fully Stocked...
The Berlin Film Festival’s European Film Market has some serious Italian contenders this year. Heading the pack is “Summertime”, Gabriele Muccino’s return to filming in Italy after spending years in...
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Interview: Valentina Lodovini on her role in Alessandro Piva's "Milionari"
Last week, "Milionari" opened in theaters across Italy. Inspired by one of the Camorra's most notorious Neapolitan crime bosses, the film is an action-packed, emotionally-charged drama, which offers a...
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Interview: Sebastiano Filocamo of Marco Bellocchio's "Blood of My Blood"
The Film Society of Lincoln Center's "Film Comment Selects Series" kicked off tonight and will run through February 24. The series will close with Marco Bellocchio's 2014 mystery, "Blood of My Blood"...
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Interview: Director Massimo Gaudioso on his new film "Un paese quasi...
For decades Massimo Gaudioso has given voice, personality, idiosyncrasies and life to some of the most memorable and fascinating characters in Italian cinema. His 17-year collaboration as a...
View ArticleHow many legends can Dolce & Gabbana fit into one spot?
Watch Dolce & Gabbana's new spectacular spot directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, music by Ennio Morricone, starring Sophia Loren
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Basilicata: Terra di Cinema - Interview with Filmmaker Andrea Filardi
At just 23-years-old, Andrea Filardi is getting international recognition for his poetic style of storytelling inspired by his southern Italian roots.His short film, “Tutti gli uomini hanno un prezzo”...
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Interview: Antonietta De Lillo on her Nastro d'Argento win with Gianfranco...
This morning, the winners of the Nastri d’Argento for Best Documentary were announced. Among the winners is Antonietta De Lillo, a director I’ve admired for years. I first saw her work at the 2005...
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Basilicata: Terra di Cinema - "The Young Messiah" in American Theaters March 11
Shot on location in the Sassi district of Matera and in Rome at Cinecittà studios, "The Young Messiah" will be released in American theaters on March 11. Adapted from Anne Rice's 2005 novel Christ the...
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Good luck Italy at the 2016 Academy Awards
The Cast of "Youth"In addition to Ennio Morricone's Oscar nomination for Best Musical Score for Quentin Tarantino's "Hateful Eight", Paolo Sorrentino's "Youth" is also on the ballot tonight for Best...
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Interview: Actor Jack Gallo - Just Being Himself
One aspect about contemporary Italian filmmakers that I have appreciated since I started interviewing them over a decade ago is the respect and gratitude they show for their predecessors. Whether I’m...
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“Montedoro” in the words of Pia Mann
“Montedoro,” is the fascinating, true story of an Italian-American woman named Pia Mann, or Porziella Boffilo as she was originally named, whose journey to find her birth mother led her to Craco, a...
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Five Italian Documentaries in the lineup for Lincoln Center's Art of the Reel...
Last week, Italian documentary filmmaker Roberto Minervini received a special mention Nastro d'Argento (Il Nastro Speciale) for his film, "The Other Side." Today, it was announced the film will be...
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Inaugurazione in anteprima al Meeting Internazionale del Cinema Indipendente...
Girato nel paese fantasma di Craco e diretto da Antonello Faretta, "Montedoro" uscirà nelle sale il 15 aprile Il film Montedoro, scritto e diretto da Antonello Faretta è stato scelto per inaugurare –...
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The New Season of "Il Commissario Montalbano" Hits the Ground Running
"Il Commissario Montalbano" is one of Italy's most popular television series and its record-breaking new season is underway with ten million people having tuned into the premiere last week. The series...
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Our Vegan Festa to mark the release of Fausto Brizzi's "Forever Young" - in...
Italian Cinema's Vegan Power Couple (Vanity Fair)With a new book and new film, there has been a lot of talk lately about one of Italy’s power couples in cinema, director Fausto Brizzi and his wife,...
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Basilicata: Terra di Cinema - Cinque Domande per Nicola Ragone
“La pelle umana delle cose, il derma della realtà, ecco con che cosa gioca anzitutto il cinema.” (A. Artaud)Questo è il momento della Basilicata nel mondo del cinema. La sua bellezza è tra le migliori...
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Interview: Director Marcello Brecciaroli of "Italian Offshore"- on exposing...
A 12 miglia a largo Termoli sorge la piattaforma Rospo Mare, gestita da Edison, produce petrolio ed è collegata alla nave cisterna Alba Marina(Intervista anche in italiano)Here’s a statistic you may...
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"Part One" of my Visual Adventure Through the Early Days of Italian Cinema
Actress Assia Noris in a 1938 "Telefono Bianchi" filmMy discovery last December of the Italian silent film by Francesca Bertini made me curious about other lesser known genres of Italian cinema. That...
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"Anime Nere" director, Francesco Munzi to make an American film
It was announced this week that Francesco Munzi will shoot a film in America. Munzi was hired by Studio 8 and Battle Mountain Films to direct a crime movie set in New York, in the underworld of cargo...
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