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2008
October 19, 2008

“Italians Are Better Than This”

George De Stefano
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Member of Parliament Jean-Léonard Touadi greets the press in Rome

Italy's only black member of Parliament this week denounced the government for inciting xenophobia and racism

October 17, 2008

Rushdie on Saviano: Camorra’s fatwa worse than Khomeini’s

George De Stefano
Roberto Saviano and that book...

Islamists less dangerous than the camorra, says the Satanic Verses author

October 11, 2008

Salve, Salvo

George De Stefano
Luca Zingaretti as Sicilian detective Salvo Montalbano

Sicilian sleuth Montalbano comes to New York (finalmente!)

October 6, 2008

Gomorra

George De Stefano
Marco and Ciro, teenage gangster wannabes, play with their toys in Matteo Garrone's Gomorra

Matteo Garrone's acclaimed Gomorra is like no other organized crime movie you've seen

September 25, 2008

Naked Music, Well Dressed

George De Stefano
Petra Magoni & Ferruccio Spinetti - Sacrifice

Vocalist Petra Magoni and bassist Ferruccio Spinetti make (beautiful) Musica Nuda

August 4, 2008

Guidos!

George De Stefano
Guido and Guidette

The mayor of a New Jersey shore town inflamed ethnic and borough passions when he complained about "guidos" from Staten Island. But how do you feel about them, and the media...

July 23, 2008

Mamma Mia, I Got Those Sexually Antagonistic Genetic Blues

George De Stefano
University of Padua researcher Andrea Camperio-Ciani

Researchers at the University of Padova think "sexually antagonistic" genes may influence male homosexuality

July 18, 2008

Justice Denied?

George De Stefano
Photo by The Guardian
Genoa police in action during the 2001 anti-globalization protests

Police, police officials, and politicians all were responsible for the atrocious violence perpetrated against nonviolent protesters at the 2001 G8 conference in Genoa. But it...

July 4, 2008

An Italian Minotaur in New York City

George De Stefano
Vinicio Capossela, cantautore and "enchanter"

Vinicio Capossela's Highline Ballroom concert was his biggest show here but not his best

July 1, 2008

Italian "Docs" on the Cutting Edge

George De Stefano
Marco Cappelli and Marc Ribot playing "Italian DOC Remix"
at the Italian Cultural Institute on June 30th

On the last night of June, the band Italian Doc Remix turned a space in the Istituto Italiano di Cultura into the hippest room in Manhattan

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