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Post-World War II Italian Immigrants in Cinema

(14 09 2016) Laura E. Ruberto

An evolving list of U.S.- and Italian- produced films featuring Italian immigrants to the United States from 1945 to the present.

Roberto Saviano and the Problems of Italian America

(03 01 2012) Anthony Julian Tamburri

Along with the various observations that have been made by three of our esteemed colleagues (De Stefano, Gardaphé, Krase), and I must emphasize that I am in agreement as well...

Hollywood, Italian Americans, and the Golden Coast

(30 07 2010) Laura E. Ruberto

John Fante’s and Richard Quine’s 1956 film, "Full of Life," constructs California Italian culture, one brick at a time.

Photographs of Jack Salvatori, the British Valentino

(21 03 2010) Laura E. Ruberto

On having received an envelope mailed to Berkeley, California from Cornwall, England with photographs of the Italo-British filmmaker and actor, Giovanni “Jack” Salvatori.

Alice nel paese delle meraviglie gotiche

(05 03 2010) Simone Spoladori

Alice in Wonderland di Tim Burton non è un adattamento dei romanzi di Lewis Carroll bensì una sorta di terzo capitolo di esse, con cui il regista californiano si candida alla...

Frank Capra Films Italian-San Francisco

(03 02 2010) Laura E. Ruberto

Capturing Italy’s encounter with California in Frank Capra’s documentary "La visita dell’ Incrociatore Italiano Libia a San Francisco, Calif., 6-29 Novembre 1921"

The Film Festival of Positive Italian-American Images

(29 11 2009) Joseph Sciorra

Positive images of Italian-Americans that aren’t.

Giuseppe Gagliardi and Peppe Voltarelli Take San Diego

(08 11 2009) Pasquale Verdicchio

Film maker Giuseppe Gagliardi and actor/musician Peppe Voltarelli visit the San Diego Italian Film Festival in occasion of the screening of their film, La vera leggenda di Tony...