"La Sedia della Felicita" al cinema. E Carlo e Andy si mostrano
Esce nelle sale "La Sedia della Felicita," l'ultimo film di Carlo Mazzacurati, regista Italiano scomparso lo scorso gennaio. Espressione di arte e creatività che lo affiancano ai capolavori di Andy Warhol, in mostra a Roma nelle sale del Museo della Fondazione Roma, Palazzo Cipolla, dal 18 aprile al 28 settembre.
Just Like a Comet: Marco Bellocchio in New York
Marco Bellocchio, one of Italy's most celebrated film directors, was in town for two reasons: first a retrospective at Moma that celebrates 50 years of his career as a filmmaker (www.moma.org) and then the presentation of the book about him titled Morality and Beauty edited by Sergio Toffetti.
Human Capital: Paolo Virzi's Film @ the Tribeca Film Festival
We had a chance to meet and interview director Virzi after the first screening of his film latest film.
It is a multi-layered thriller, with some notes of comedy, that examines the value of human life. Starring Frabrizio Bentivoglio, Valeria Golino and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, it's a class critique, a look at the super rich and at the wannabes and at their greed.
There still is time to see the film at the Tribeca Film Festival
4/27 at 2.30 pm – AMC Lowes Village
Quella virtuosa identità italiana nel mondo
Alla vigilia della pubblicazione del suo nuovo libro “Roma è una bugia” Filippo La Porta, critico letterario, saggista e insegnante di tecniche di scrittura elabora una riflessione sull’Italia e il suo Made in Italy partendo da Roma e dalla sua “grande bellezza” in un incontro avvenuto presso la Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò a New York.
ITALIAN JAZZ Forget Sanremo...
Havoc at the idea of having Louis Armstrong at the Sanremo Italian Song Festival. On the one hand, a virtuoso who invented new ways of doing jazz, on the other, a cheerful, charming entertainer beloved by those who knew nothing about jazz through this doubleness has won him both adoration and scorn.
A ‘Casa’ that Makes New York Ever More Italian
From concerts to art exhibits, from academic lectures to conversations with writers, directors, actors, and singers, from film screenings to theatrical performances, the Casa’s calendar is studded with treats for people of all generations and backgrounds. From the outset, the Casa has promoted Italian culture in the broadest sense of the term. Its decision to focus on contemporary Italy is prompted by the desire to present New Yorkers with a country that is not an outdoor museum but rather a modern, complex place that remains pivotal to the international scene, whatever its shortcomings.
Pope may go to conflict zones
Vatican City, April 22 - Pope Francis may try to bring peace to conflict zones "with his presence, even in an impromptu way," Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin says in a new book.
Venetians fight to save historical, 'haunted' island from luxury developers
Andrea Barina, the owner of a no-frills restaurant on the Giudecca canal, serves up mouth-watering plates of seafood antipasti and exquisitely fresh fish to a loyal clientele.
April 22, 2014
Frank Lentricchia’s “The Italian Actress” – The Neurotic Creative Italian American
The high-brow literary character of “The Italian Actress” would not appeal to the vast majority of southern-Italian Americans who have not studied college (indeed graduate) level literature. The Post-Modern-esque non-linear plot line (i.e. time shifting past to present to past to present etc.), and the neurotic artist protagonist who rejects a life of luxury with a rich beautiful movie star to make a snuff film, would be absolutely meaningless to those unfamiliar with bourgeois art. //// /// The novel to my mind is symbolic of the tragedy of southern-Italian Americana – i.e.
2nd Saturdays with IAWA Welcomes Frank Lentricchia and Roberto Ragone at the Cornelia St. Cafe, Saturday, May 10
The Italian American Writers Association (IAWA) presents literary critic and mystery writer Frank Lentricchia and culture maven Roberto Ragone on Saturday, May 10, 2014, at the Cornelia St. Cafe, 29 Cornelia St., Greenwich Village, www.corneliastcafe.com. The reading takes place from 5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. and kicks off with Open Mic readings of five minutes after which the featured writers take the stage.
Two Popes, Two Saints in a Day
Rome is getting ready to welcome an unprecedented stream of pilgrims from all over the world, all gathering for an extraordinary occasion on April 27th: the canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II.
Italian Bank Increases Planned Share Sale to $6.9 Billion
ROME – Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Italy’s third-largest bank, plans to offer investors as much as 5 billion euros, or $6.9 billion, in new stock as it fights to avoid nationalization and braces for stress tests of its balance sheet by European regulators, the lender announced on Friday.
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