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  • Art & Culture

    Oscar Nominations 2012: Italian Creativity is Still in the Game

    Natasha Lardera(January 24, 2012)
    Despite the elimination from the Foreign Film Category, Italy is represented at the Academy Awards in two important categories: Art Direction for Martin Scorsese's Hugo and Short Film Animation for Enrico Casarosa's La Luna. The former welcomes long-time favorites Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo while the latter introduces Pixar's story artist Enrico Casarosa.
  • Op-Eds

    Roberto Saviano and the Problems of Italian America

    Anthony Julian Tamburri(January 04, 2012)
    Along with the various observations that have been made by three of our esteemed colleagues (De Stefano, Gardaphé, Krase), and I must emphasize that I am in agreement as well with other sentiments that they raise, one must indeed recognize the merits of Roberto Saviano’s work these past four-plus years. He has put himself, literally, on the line, and we might readily agree that no “fame” or “wealth,” however significant or insignificant it may be, is worth the risk.
  • Art & Culture

    OPEN ROADS - Italian Cinema on Stage

    Francesca Giuliani(June 06, 2011)
    Lincoln Center has been busy with rolling screenings of this year’s most remarkable Italian movies, but last week Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò and the Italian Cultural Institute were equally busy with two related round tables
  • Passione di John Turturro
    Events: Reports

    John Turturro. Naples - Fact & Ficton

    Luca Delbello(January 12, 2011)
    January 20 (6.00 pm). John Turturro is scheduled to meet with Cardinal of Naples Crescenzio Sepe and Antonio Monda at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. Moderated by Stefano Albertini, they will speak about Naples. Clips from Turturro's latest film, Passione, will be shown
  • Remembering Suso Cecchi D'Amico and Mario Monicelli
    Art & Culture

    The Grande Dame of Italian Cinema

    Benedetta Grasso(December 20, 2010)
    The talented and beloved screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico remembered at the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. A documentary, a round table and a screening of Big Deal On Madonna Street, one of Mario Monicelli's masterpieces. Also announced - by Antonio Monda and Davide Azzolini - an event in January during the visit of the Cardinal of Naples Crescenzio Sepe in New York: Casa Italiana will host a conversation between the Cardinal and John Turturro about the representation of Naples in films. Stay tuned

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