These days I have roughly an hour commute time between 8AM-9AM, so I find myself spending the time listening to Italian live radio broadcast (thank you TuneIn Radio app). This is one of the blessings of broadband streaming; your views and surroundings are rooted in the US, but your real-time soundtrack is coming from elsewhere… Continue reading Terraferma (Emanuele Crialese – 2011)
Watch our 8/11/14 cafe Pellicola Live Hangout featuring Italian cinema expert, Professor Pasquale Verdicchio
It’s been something we wanted to do for a while now. You know that feeling, your passion, technology and great people you meet along the way that make it possible to do great things. Cafe Pellicola Live is such initiative. We are happy to invite you to join our monthly live video hangouts as we… Continue reading Watch our 8/11/14 cafe Pellicola Live Hangout featuring Italian cinema expert, Professor Pasquale Verdicchio
Open Roads 2014: Via Castellana Bandiera – A Street in Palermo (Emma Dante – 2013)
It’s that time of the year, an absolute treat. I am obviously talking about the annual Italian Cinema festival, Open Roads, that takes place every June at Lincoln Film Center. It’s a rare opportunity to get access to some of the freshest voices in Italian cinema with veteran as well as new surprises. This year, unfortunately,… Continue reading Open Roads 2014: Via Castellana Bandiera – A Street in Palermo (Emma Dante – 2013)
ItalianDocsOnline 2014: i fantasmi di San Berillo – The Ghosts of San Berillo (Edoardo Morabito – 2013)
Italian Cinema London has launched today a week-long online festival dedicated to Italian documentaries, aptly called ItalianDocsOnline. It’s a quite innovative program that exposes audiences around the world with some of the latest Italian documentaries. And what’s more it’s free with audience voting to add a bit of a sizzle to the event. Holly, one… Continue reading ItalianDocsOnline 2014: i fantasmi di San Berillo – The Ghosts of San Berillo (Edoardo Morabito – 2013)
Il magnifico cornuto – The Magnificent Cuckold (Antonio Pietrangeli – 1964)
In this classic Italian comedy director Antonio Pietrangeli juxtaposes extra indulgence with absurdity as key ingredients that drive rich couple from northern city Brescia to completely lose it. Claudia Cardinale and Ugo Tognazzi The husband, Andrea Artusi, played by Ugo Tognazzi is the owner of a hat factory. He has a beautiful young wife, Maria… Continue reading Il magnifico cornuto – The Magnificent Cuckold (Antonio Pietrangeli – 1964)