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Toni Servillo

The Clothing of Dreams

Pamela A. Ivinski

Last week, when Milena Canonero won a fourth Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work on “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” the world’s attention was drawn yet again to...

Viva la libertà

Stanislao Pugliese

Based on his novel Il trono vuoto (The Vacant Throne), Roberto Andò’s film Viva la libertà appeared last year in Italy at a propitious moment, just as Florence mayor Matteo...

Sorrentino & “The Haggard, Inconstant Splashes of Beauty”

Giulia Madron & Roberta Michelino

Once again, the Italian movie director and screenwriter Paolo Sorrentino, confirms himself as one of the greatest representatives of Italian cinema in the world. His "The Great...

Year of Italian Culture Celebrations Reach Chicago

I. A.

"Chicago is home to some of the main events of the Year of Culture," said the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Claudio Bisogniero. "Being able to count on an exceptional...

Power Plays, Italian Style

George De Stefano

Paolo Sorrentino's portrait of Giulio Andreotti is an investigation of post-WWII Italian politics

Happy Birthday, Divo

Judith Harris

One of the best known Italian politicians, former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, turns 90. Nicknamed "Il Divo" after the recent Italian film starring Toni Servillo, his...

Multi-awarded Gomorrah at the European Film Academy Festival. Next Step: Oscar Ceremony in Los Angeles

Vincenzo Castelli

Matteo Garrone dedicated his Prize for Best Director to “all those who fight every day against organized criminality in Naples"

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