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Brigand or Emigrant, but Ultimately Film Protagonist

Joey Skee

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

Linking the Diaspora Cinematically

Joey Skee

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

Mafia Cheese

George De Stefano

Sometimes really bad gangster movies can make you appreciate the classics

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

Laura E. Ruberto

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

Italians in Hollywood

Joey Skee

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

Love Costs: Filipinos in Italy and the Movie, "Milan"

Laura E. Ruberto

What better place than Italy for immigrants to find both a job and a lover?

'Pane Amaro': The Bitter World of Italian Americans

Letizia Airos Soria

Presented by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (Queens College, CUNY) a documentary film by Gianfranco Norelli representing a rare tribute to Italian-American...

Cinema Piemonte on the Streets of San Francisco

Laura E. Ruberto

"Riso amaro" is screening in San Francisco soon, leading me to post about one of my favorite films.

Mary Reveals Her Secrets

Letizia Airos Soria

In “Nine Good Teeth” filmmaker Alex Halpern tells the life story of his one hundred year old Italian/American grandmother Mary Mirabito Livornese Cavalieri. It is a story...

"Nine Good Teeth". L'energia di Mary

Letizia Airos Soria

"Nine Good Teeth". Il regista Alex Halpern racconta sua nonna, la centenaria italo/americana Mary. Ne nasce una storia a più voci che smitizza utilizzando la realtà e che fa...

Rome. A Cinema Feast, not a Festival

FROM ITALY by MARIA RITA LATTO

Many parts of the Eternal City are deeply involved in the second edition of the Rome Cinema Fest (18-27 October) that will bring 167 titles including films, documentaries and...

Is Tornatore Getting an Oscar… Again?

The famous Italian Academy Award winner Giuseppe Tornatore might be able to take to the Bel Paese another Oscar. His newest movie 'La Sconosciuta' is going to be the Italian...

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