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Italian cinema on American shores.
Wed, Nov 18 2009 1:41 PM

There's never been a better time to indulge in a little Italian cinema, at least if you live on the coasts. For New Yorkers, that's meant classics from the likes of Visconti, Rossellini and Pietro Germi at the Italian Neo-Realism series at the Lincoln Center, and a new 35mm print of Vittorio De Sica's "The Bicycle Thief" at the Lincoln Plaza... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Marco Bellocchio, Vincere, Events, Michele Placido, Veronica d'Agostino, Marco Amenta, The Sicilian Girl, Giulia Doesn't Date at Night, Romanzo Criminale

Cannes 2009: "Vincere."
Tue, May 19 2009 5:19 AM

If Giovanna Mezzogiorno wants to be Italy's answer to Angelina Jolie, "Vincere" is her "Changeling," and how unfortunate. "Vincere," directed by Marco Bellocchio, is the story of Ida Dalser, the first wife of Benito Mussolini and mother to his first son, Benito Albino Mussolini. By World War I, Mussolini had finished with her... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Cannes 2009, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Mussolini, Ida Dalser, Marco Bellocchio, Vincere