Salvatore’s life is centered in the Cinema Paradiso movie house, where projectionist Alfredo instills in the boy a love of films. Salvatore grows up, falls Continue reading Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
Film divas and volcanoes rumble in the documentary “The War of the Volcanoes,” one of the biggest jet-set love scandals of all times. Roberto Rosselini Continue reading The War of the Volcanoes (La guerra dei vulcani)
Rated R for Adult Content …On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his Continue reading Malèna
Giulietta Masina won Best Actress at Cannes as the title character of one of Fellini’s most haunting films. Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Continue reading Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria)
An eloquent exploration into the human heart. Shun Li works in Chioggia, a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon. Shun and Bepi, an older fisherman, Continue reading Shun Li and the Poet (Io sono Li)
Forty-something Irene had a dream job: undercover luxury hotel inspector. Her work carries her to wonderful, elegant settings, from Paris to Gstaad to Berlin to Continue reading A Five Star Life (Viaggio sola)
Bruno, a middle age bachelor, makes a living of sorts. He wanted to be a great writer but now survives by ghost writing books for Continue reading Easy! (Scialla!)
Luciano, a Neapolitan fishmonger, endures a low-key existence with his wife and young children, enthusiastically hawking fish from his tiny stand and running cheap scams Continue reading Reality
Date: Saturday, July 4 Location: Amici Park Doors open at 7:30 PM, film begins at 8:00 PM Oreste from Rome and Giovanni from Milan meet Continue reading The Great War (La grande Guerra)
Date: Saturday, June 27 Location: Amici Park Doors open at 7:30 PM, film begins at 8:00 PM Never the front runner and completely caught off Continue reading We Have a Pope (Habemus Papam)