Posted on March 24, 2022
From its humble beginnings in 753 BCE, Italy, formerly known as Rome, was once a tiny hilltop village overlooking the Tiber River before becoming the most powerful empire the Read More
Posted on March 24, 2022
Shows historical, geographical, and cultural aspects of various regions of Italy. Gabriella Bertolissi: It has a very long, long history and a very colorful one. Possibly, I could start with Read More
Posted on March 24, 2022
When Niccolò Machiavelli penned The Prince—a heartless guide to creating and retaining autocratic political power that has no place for idealism and lofty virtues—he came to be widely regarded Read More
Posted on March 24, 2022
The brutalized corpse of a Roman prostitute is found along the banks of the Tiber River. The police round up a handful of possible suspects and interrogate them, one Read More
Posted on March 23, 2022
Film critic Carlo Lizzani interviews Lina Wertmüller about her extraordinary career as an Italian film director. Few filmmakers have stirred up as much controversy as Lina Wertmuller. This six-disc Read More
Posted on March 23, 2022
Based on the stories of Luigi Pirandello, You Laugh tells the story of Felice, a man who faces life, death, separation, unification, hope and fear in his quest to Read More
Posted on March 23, 2022
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is a sparklingly original comedy that casts Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren in three different stories set throughout Italy. In Naples, they are poor but Read More
Posted on March 23, 2022
A tragic tale of brotherhood, Amelio’s ambitiously structured film spans six years (1958-64) in the lives of an illiterate Sicilian named Giovanni (Enrico Lo Verso, from L’america) and his Read More
Posted on March 23, 2022
Cora (Argento), an attractive, unstable girl in her teens with no stable job or home, is hired by a rich woman to follow her forgetful father (Piccoli) throughout Rome Read More
Posted on March 21, 2022
When his wife dies during childbirth, repairman Gianni (Kim Rossi Stuart) can’t accept the responsibility of his newborn son and gives him up. Fifteen years later, he meets his Read More
