Fellini's 8 ½ on the Big Screen
A new restored version of Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 is opening on March 22nd at the Quad Cinema (34 W 13th St.). Corinth Films is responsible for bringing one of the masterpieces of our time to the big screen once again, in a beautiful new 35mm restoration.
Pope Benedict Evokes Difficult Moments in Final General Audience
VATICAN CITY — He circumnavigated St. Peter’s Square in the popemobile for the last time. He gave his final waves to cheering masses. And most profoundly,Pope Bendedict XVI bestowed his valedictory words to the world in a heartfelt, sometimes wistful address that highlighted the price of being a pope — and its rays of happiness.
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Analysis: Tough times for soccer, and Italy
LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom -- About a week before the Euro 2012 Soccer Championship was due to get underway in Poland and the Ukraine last summer Mario Monti, the outgoing prime minister of Italy, stood alongside his Polish counterpart, Donald Tusk, at a news conference in Rome and proposed that professional soccer in Italy be suspended for up to three years.
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Italy centre-left rejects government alliance with centre-right
The junior partner in Italy's centre-left coalition on Wednesday rejected forming a governing alliance with the centre-right after neither side won enough seats to govern in this week's election.
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Euro little changed vs dollar on Italy fears
The euro is little changed against the dollar as investors wait to see if a new government can be formed in Italy after a general election found no clear winner.
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Italy president snubs German candidate over clown gaffe
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano cancelled a dinner with the German opposition's chancellor candidate in Berlin on Wednesday after he described Italy's former premier Silvio Berlusconi and comic-turned-politician Beppe Grillo as "clowns".
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Italy's political crisis deepens, Grillo refuses to support government
Populist leader Beppe Grillo slammed the door on overtures from center-left boss Pier Luigi Bersani with a stream of insults while Nichi Vendola, Bersani's junior coalition partner, ruled out a government alliance with the center-right.
Political Suicide in New York City and Italy: Part I - Italy
New York City and Italy have a great deal in common, starting and ending with self-destructive electorates; voters who are intent on putting into office people who, in one way or another, hold them in contempt. In both democracies, The People are generally too ignorant and self-absorbed to notice that the pain they feel is self-inflicted. How does this happen?
Shock Waves from Italian Elections
In a globalized world, the gigantic wave laps on distant shores, and
never have Italian voters generated so much outside interest as during the two days of national general elections Feb. 24-25. For their part, Italian commentators have borrowed the phrase "Tsunami Tour", as actor-politician Beppe Grillo dubbed his campaign, as a larger metaphor for the stunning results.
February 26, 2013
Why Monti Lost – "Don’t be mess’n wit de peoples bro!"
If a Gangster stops you on the street, puts a gun into your face and demands the money in your wallet; it is a crime punishable by imprisonment ... If, on the other hand, government officials pass pension ‘reform laws’, thereby taking pension money from your wallet and giving it to international ‘Banksters’; no crime is committed, no penalties accrue ... In both cases your money is taken from your wallet, against your will (under duress), and given to another person. In both cases your ability to pay for your family’s material needs are compromised.
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