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As the Writers Guild of America (WGA) approaches its fifth month on strike, with the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) right behind it, few moments have been so significant in the history of American film and television. While the United States does have its own proud history of protest, few nat...

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When Pixar veteran Jim Capobianco was working on features such as Ratatouille, Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo, he spent his free hours developing a 2D hand-drawn short about one of his favorite artists, Leonardo da Vinci. That 2009 short became the launch pad for a much more ambitious, challenging and rewarding labor of love for the artist, who is...

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Frank Capra has long been considered one Hollywood’s most successful, influential and complex film directors and, in the new feature documentary Frank Capra: Mr America, which is premiering at the Venice Film Festival later this week, audiences will get a chance to view previously unseen archives that examine the Sicilian-born director’s rags-to-ri...

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One of Italy's most famous actors, Pierfrancesco Favino, on Wednesday said Italian actors should be given a chance to play Italian roles in big international movies. He didn't mention any names but his plea came just a day before "Ferrari" was due to debut at the Venice Film Festival, with U.S. actor Adam Driver playing Italian carmaker Enzo Ferrar...

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The New Horizons film series is a collection of recently released Italian films so new that they have not yet made it to United States theaters or streaming. These films deal with characters at different stages of life leaving home to explore new horizons and diverse parts of Italy, including the Friuli hills, the forests of Sicily, and roadways tr...

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Three years ago, in August 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic in Europe, as we were all getting used to words like "social distancing" or the "R" reproduction rate, the Venice Film Festival defied the odds and held an in-person celebration of cinema. It was an odd affair — temperature checks outside hotels, masking in the screening rooms — b...

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In the heart of Sicily, equidistant from Palermo and Agrigento, stands Palazzo Adriano. Many are surely familiar with this village because it was one of the locations for Giuseppe Tornatore's Oscar-winning Nuovo Cinema Paradiso in 1990. Indeed, the beauty of this village at the foot of Monte delle Rose, part of the Sicani Mountains, has been inspir...

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Sun-kissed landscapes, relaxing and chatting on the beach, the crystal-clear sea, the army of tourists in bathing suits, the light dresses: a series of almost clichéd images that nevertheless represent a far too recognizable imagery, the one of our summer vacations. Because, no matter what your custom is for the summer, for most Italians summer cal...

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The Cleveland Italian Film Festival 2023 will be showcasing award winning films from Italy Sept. 14 – Sept. 28, 2023 at the Cedar Lee Theater and Atlas Cinemas Eastgate. All films are $12 each and screen on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m.  The Cleveland Italian Film Festival, sponsored by Italian Tours & Travel by Diana, is the first independent fil...

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Italy has embarked on a major campaign to promote its filmmakers and movies around the world and to attract international productions to the country. Last week, the country hosted the Audiovisual Producer’s Summit in Trieste, inviting leading US producers and studio executives as well as a significant French delegation to meet with Italian producer...

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