Italy’s ‘Caesar Must Die’ wins Berlin film festival’s top Golden Bear prize
taly’s Economic Overhaul Marked by Three Women Wrestling Over Labor Laws
In a country that for almost a decade was led by a man who publicly referred to his passion for female conquests, Italy is now relying on three women to help overcome the European debt crisis.
Italian Nobel medicine winner Dulbecco dies at 97
Renato Dulbecco, who shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in medicine for his seminal research on the interaction between tumors and cells, has died in California. He was 97.
“Does Italy Still Matter to the World?”
An interesting panel attended by many Italian and American distinguished speakers. Among them were Former U.S. Ambassador to Italy Ronald Spogli, President and CEO of Italian Business and Innovation Initiative Fernando Napolitano, Italian journalist Maurizio Molinari and Gianluca Galletto, Co-Founder of PINYC - Professionisti Italiani a New York (Italian Professionals in New York). Stefano Albertini, Director of Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, moderated the discussion.
Palmerini, il Messaggero
E' uscito “L’altra Italia” di Goffredo Palmerini. E’ una selezione di scritti e articoli (Gennaio 2010 - Luglio 2011) pubblicati in Italia e all’estero, un “annuario” di fatti e personaggi dedicato agli Abruzzesi e ai connazionali oltre confine che, nonostante la lontananza, mantengono il legame con le loro radici attraverso la stampa italiana all’estero.
Thinking of the Next Pope: the Red Biretta Goes to Timothy M. Dolan
New York's Archbishop was one of 22 Catholic churchmen who became Cardinals in a ceremony held in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI. Traditionally Americans are ruled out as papal contenders, with the argument that the world doesn't need a superpower pope. There actually is another American as well, Cardinal Edwin O'Brien.
Italy Triumphs at Berlinale
Two films shot in documentary-style that denounce some of the gravest issues of the Italian system win top prizes at the 62nd edition of the Berlin film Festival. Caesar must die by the Taviani brothers features the inmates of Rebibbia prison and Diaz. Don't clean up this blood by Daniele Vicari recounts Genoa's violent G8 Summit.
Sanremo all'indomani del NUN M’AREGGE DE GUARDARLO
Sebbene il Festival sia una delle più importanti manifestazioni televisive del Paese, negli ultimi anni sembra aver perso consensi soprattutto tra i più giovani: i blogger della rete non sembrano apprezzare lo show, si leggono infatti, tra i post, commenti inequivocabili come “NUN M’AREGGE DE GUARDARLO!!!!!!”, mentre i più volenterosi, quelli che si sono sentiti quasi in dovere di sintonizzarsi su Rai1 in previsione della pioggia di polemiche e di notizie relative allo spettacolo scrivono “quest'anno ho deciso di farmi del male e vederlo anche io”
Roma Amor: Hell and Smile. An Interview with Photographer Mino La Franca
An interview with photographer Mino La Franca on the occasion of his exhibition "Roma Amor: Hell and Smile" at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò from February 6 - 28, 2012.
Trovare rifugio negli studios
Si celebra oggi la giornata della memoria, in ricordo della tragedia della Shoah. Per l’anniversario, il Primo Levi Center di New York ha organizzato una serie di eventi, nel corso dei quali lunedì prossimo verrà presentato in anteprima assoluta il documentario Profughi a Cinecittà, diretto da Marco Bertozzi. Nel film si racconta un episodio misconosciuto relativo alla fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, quando gli studios romani vennero riconvertiti a campo profughi per decisione degli americani.
February 18, 2012
Sicilian Founders of Rome (revisited...again) – The Logic of Historiography (wonkish: hate philosophy?...forget-about-it!)
Sicilian by nature and nurture, naturally Toynbee’s short (four-page) Annex ‘note’ “Sicilian Light on Roman Origins” in his twelve-volume opus “Study of History”, ‘caught my eye’ and ‘piqued my interest’. However, after reading it, what I found to be most especially intriguing about the essay, and why I keep returning to it (this third time), was the clarity of his logical ‘schema’ (i.e.
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