This year’s lineup includes impressive debuts, a return of favorite filmmakers as well as several award winners. Italian cinema regularly takes on the most divisive issues and offers its own perspectives on contemporary Italy.
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A comprehensive retrospective of the acclaimed Italian auteur, including all 12 of his feature films on 35mm, plus 2 shorts.
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John Fante’s and Richard Quine’s 1956 film, "Full of Life," constructs California Italian culture, one brick at a time.
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People often ask, "How do you break into show biz?" I think I've discovered the answer.
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On having received an envelope mailed to Berkeley, California from Cornwall, England with photographs of the Italo-British filmmaker and actor, Giovanni “Jack” Salvatori.
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Positive images of Italian-Americans that aren’t.
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“...there is an old quarrel between philosophy and poetry” Plato
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Jack Salvatori, an almost-forgotten Italian American director, made a film about Cinecittà’s role as a camp for WWII refugees.
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The 1963 film Love with the Proper Stranger dealt with the limited choices faced by an Italian American woman a decade before abortion was legalized in the U.S.
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Spike Lee's controversial movie "The Miracle at St. Anna"
