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Tanti Auguri Alle Attrici Più Belle!
Three Beautiful And Talented Italian Actresses Were Born Today! Watch them in my favorite of their performances: Terraferma: Donatella Finocchiaro, Terraferma Donatella Finocchiaro stars is a woman who...
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Happy Birthday Tilda Swinton
The “accidental” Italian movies star! Tilda Swinton has been Luca Guadagnino’s friend and GO-TO since the 1999 crime thriller The Protagonists. Swinton first met Guadagnino 25 years ago, and it turns...
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Happy Birthday Greta Scarano
Tanti Auguri to one of my favorite young actresses. I first noticed Greta Scarano in a film I saw at the 2014 Venice Film Festival called Senza Nessuna Pietà (without mercy). It also starred...
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Italian Actors Spread Their Wings
Take a look at the Italian actors that we’ll soon see on the big and small screen in casts of some of the most important international projects. Matilda De Angelis will star in “The Undoing”, an HBO...
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RIP Ilaria Occhini (1934–2019)
Actress Ilaria Occhini is dead at age 85. She worked with the greatest Italian directors, from Visconti to Ronconi, and was married for almost 60 years to the famous writer Raffaele La Capria. She won...
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Last Night In Chicago: An Evening With Director Francesco Prisco And Actress...
The amazing yearly film festival, Italian Film Festival USA is winding down and I was in Chicago last night to bid it arrivederci. As always, it’s FREE and the movies are subtitled! Director Francesco...
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Happy Birthday Michela Cescon
This talented actress has not shied away from the difficult roles. Born in Treviso, Italy, Michela Cescon is an actress who takes on the tough roles. Get to know her in films like these ones: She plays...
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Matilda De Angelis stars in HBO Series ‘The Undoing’
Matilda De Angelis to star in a new HBO series with Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman. READ ABOUT THE SERIES IN VARIETY If you don’t know the 23 year old actress yet, you are about to. At her young age...
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Celebrating great female roles, the day after International Women’s Day
I Love Italian Movies, but they are still a few steps behind when it comes to strong female roles. Here are some that should catch your attention… Celebrating great female roles, the day after...
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Happy Birthday Margherita Buy
She’s 57 and she is FABULOUS. Born in Rome, this unassuming and down to earth actress has won more Italian Academy Awards (David di Donatellos) than even Sophia Loren. I met her at the Venice Film...
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Valeria Golino Comes To Los Angeles
Actor/Director/Italian Super Star Valeria Golino will be honored at the upcoming AFI Fest in Los Angeles. You might remember her in the 1988 film Rain Man, Frida, Big Top Pee-Wee and Leaving Las Vegas,...
View ArticleWho’s Who In Italian Cinema
Here are the people that you need to know if you love Italian cinema! this is a work in progress, so be patient! Directors Matteo Garrone Birthdate: October 15, 1968 From Rome Married with 1 son Known...
View ArticleA Promising Future: Young and Talented Italian Actors
Where Do Italian Directors Find All These Talented Kids? At just 13-years-old actress Sharon Caroccia starred in the award-winning Il Cratere, and a few days she was recognized with the Premio...
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#WomenEmpowerment Courtesy of Paola Cortellesi
Paola Cortellesi is trying to tell us something. Thank you, Paola, for showcasing the struggle for gender equality, and doing it in so many entertaining ways! It started, very subtly in 2011, with Non...
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My Favorite At #Venice2017 Coming To #Tribeca2018: Nico 1988
The important part of the title is the 1988. This biopic about the enigmatic and self-destructive Nico, Andy Warhol’s muse and the protopunk Velvet Underground singer stars award-winning Trine Dyrholm,...
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Buon Compleanno Laura Adriani! ❤️
We adore this actress who is just 24. Happy Birthday Laura! The star of stage, screen and television, Laura Adriani has walked the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival for Giuseppe Piccione’s Questi...
View ArticleIn Honor Of International Women’s Day: My Favorite Kick-Ass Young Italian...
Amazing young women, changing the world, one film at a time. I love them, I’m proud of them, and I am excited about the future for these young women in Italian cinema. #TheKidsAreAlright How much do I...
View ArticleThe David Di Donatello Nominations: Some Happy News, Some HUGE snubs
What a let down! While I am very happy for Jonas Carpignano (A Ciambra), Susanna Nicchiarelli (Nico 1988), The Manetti Bros (Ammore E Malavita) and the directors of Gatta Cenerentola, so many of the...
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Hottest Italian Movie Moments For Your Valentines Day Enjoyment
Two things to keep in mind about these clips: 1) Raoul Bova is in a lot of these and 2) Don’t watch the Monica Bellucci with the kids around… Unsatisfied housewife Carla (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) gets...
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