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Netflix unveiled a new lineup of Italian fiction series and feature films at the streamer’s “See What’s Next” event in Rome. Alongside previously announced shows and returning series, the upcoming slate includes two new feature films and a pair of drama series. The new films are Il treno dei bambini (The Children’s Train) from director Cristina Com...

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If you didn't go to Italy this summer, are you even trying to be a major blockbuster?! With the Friday release of Kenneth Branagh's latest Agatha Christie adaptation, A Haunting in Venice, there will now be four big movies that have memorably featured Italy in the last few months.  Haunting joins Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, Fast...

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Alfredo James Pacino, known in acting circles as simply “Al,” has been a powerhouse among the Hollywood elite since the early ’70s. His intense performances and captivating on-screen presence have solidified his status as one of the greatest actors of his time. From his iconic role as Michael Corleone in “The Godfather” to his unforgettable portray...

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 10:00 AM. Florham Park Public Library, 107 Ridgedale Ave, Florham Park, NJ. ‘The Italian-American Experience,’ a film and literature minicourse, by Dr Gloria Pastorino, Fairleigh Dickinson U, has been organized by the Friends of the Madison Public Library, a 501c3 organization. This minicourse will run for five cons...

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When you think about film advertisements, you likely think of posters, trailers, websites, behind-the-scenes videos online, and, if you’re old enough, display ads in newspapers. What probably does not come to mind in this regard is the film’s title. In music, you can get away with calling something by Beethoven “Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor...

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Alejandro Monteverde, the director of 2023’s surprise box office hit “Sound of Freedom,” has set his next film, “Cabrini,” for a theatrical release on March 8, 2024. From “Sound of Freedom” indie distributor Angel Studios, “Cabrini” tells the story of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian American religious sister who founded the Missionary Sisters of the...

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Giuliano Montaldo, the prolific Italian director, actor and film industry executive, whose works comprise powerful political drama “Sacco and Vanzetti” about the Massachusetts trial and execution in 1927 of accused Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, has died at his home in Rome. He was 93. His death was announced Wednesday by...

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Two decades ago, one jilted heart found its way to Italy as part of the iconic, genre-redefining film “Under the Tuscan Sun.” Starring Diane Lane as Frances, a San Francisco writer who jets to Europe after realizing her soon-to-be ex-husband is cheating on her, the 2003 film cemented the early aughts’ obsession with starting over again. “Under the...

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Originally started as an informal, one-time only presentation of Italian movies in a college lecture hall, the Italian Film Festival of Marin County has grown over its 46 years into a perennial favorite in the San Francisco Bay Area. From the beginning it has been a labor of love for its longtime director, Lido Cantarutti. Under his direction the p...

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Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera is adamant about his decision to place six Italian movies in this year’s 23-title festival lineup. “Nobody accused the French of chauvinism because they had seven French films in competition in Cannes this year,” Barbera quipped to a snarky Italian reporter when the Venice lineup was announced...

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