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Italian American Romance in the Era Before Roe v. Wade

(04 04 2009) Laura E. Ruberto

The 1963 film Love with the Proper Stranger dealt with the limited choices faced by an Italian American woman a decade before abortion was legalized in the U.S.

Garment Workers and Union Activists in Tinsel Town

(04 10 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

My random encounter with a Hollywood Italian American labor activist.

Watching Mob Movies with my Fourteen-Year-Old Son

(29 07 2008) Joseph Sciorra

A “teachable moment” about mafia realities and representations.

Westward the Women

(07 07 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

What Frank Capra and an obscure William Wellman western might tell us about Italian American women.

Clemenza and Tessio are like Britain and France

(03 07 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

The Pax Corleone, or what happens when two political analysts offer a close reading of "The Godfather" in an effort to explain contemporary US politics.

Watching “Serpico” with my Thirteen-Year-Old Son

(01 07 2008) Joseph Sciorra

Musings on heroes, role models, and the Italian-American imaginative.

The Race Debate in America and Italy: Shall We Do the Right Thing?

(11 06 2008) Ottorino Cappelli

While the first African-American clinches the nomination for president, some Italian-Americans join in the Lee-Eastwood feud over racial prejudices in America. At the same time,...

Brigand or Emigrant, but Ultimately Film Protagonist

(25 05 2008) Joseph Sciorra

Representations of brigands have shaped and continue to reshape perceptions of Italy and its people throughout the world.

Linking the Diaspora Cinematically

(23 05 2008) Joseph Sciorra

Australia’s Federation of Italian Migrant Workers and their Families holds its “The Weird Mob 2: The Italian Invasion” Film Festival.

What Do Pizza, Mario Merola, and the Camorra Have to Do with Ikea?

(14 03 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

A long-lost relative from Brooklyn finds his way to an Italian kids' movie.

Italians in Hollywood

(05 03 2008) Joseph Sciorra

Anna Magnani's and Raf Vallone's portrayals of Italian-Americans seen anew in New York.

“Bitter Rice”, “The Earth Trembles” and “The Italian/American State of Mind”(culture)

(04 03 2008) Tom Verso

In film literature, the essence of the Southern Question is dramatically demonstrated by the juxtaposition of two late 1940’s Italian films “Bitter Rice” and “The Earth...

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