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Ed., March 27, 2024: This article was originally published in 2023 and has been updated to reflect this year’s dates and themes. Easter eggs aren’t just child…

The Rohrwacher sisters — director Alice and actress Alba — are already A-listers in contemporary Italian cinema, but look poised to raise their profiles across…

It’s looking to be a cold and wet Valentine’s Day on this side of the tracks, and what better way to spend the evening than snuggled up for a classic romantic…

Bologna still has faith in the big screen — and the brick-and-mortar spaces that house it. The city’s historic Modernissimo cinema, which first opened in…

Italian events and initiatives to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which falls on November 25, are expected to be…

Le Mie Cittá — “my cities” — is an appropriate title for the major new Gabriele Basilico exhibition held between the Triennale di Milano and the Palazzo Reale…

It was the discovery of a lifetime. In 1975, Paolo dal Poggetto, director of the Medici Chapels of San Lorenzo in Florence, was looking for a way to funnel the…

With summer holidays now well behind us, schoolchildren across Italy are all busily back at their banchi (desks). University students typically get a somewhat…

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…

The gloomy landscape of the Venetian lagoon has often surprised those who associate it with Venice and nothing else. “This damp expanse, speckled with islets,…