La Notte (The Night)
(1962) [PG]

LA NOTTE, one of a trilogy of films by Michaelangelo Antonioni that also includes L'AVVENTURA and L'ECLISSE, is a stand-out classic in the New Wave genre. Exploring the ennui of the Italian aristocracy, through a story of failing marriage and the rise of industrialization, LA NOTTE draws a...  More

The Tiger and The Snow
(2005) [M]

In 1997’s LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, Roberto Benigni found international success by accomplishing the seemingly impossible task of making a moving comedy set during the Holocaust. Nearly a decade later, he similarly uses Dante’s INFERNO as a template to mold a romantic comedy around the early days of...  More

Italian Film Festival 2004: Disc 2 (Caterina in the City / After Midnight)
(2004) [R]

Caterina In The City When her parents move from a small town in Tuscay to an apartment in Rome, fifteen-year-old Caterina is ready for something new. Her father (Sergio Castellitto), a teacher in a tech school, has undisguised social ambitions and is delighted to see a list of famous names...  More

Italian Film Festival 2004: Disc 3 (Good Morning, Night / The Miracle)
(2007) [R]

Good Morning, Night A multi award-winning, unsettling drama based ont he true story of the kidnapping of Italy's former Prime Minister Aldo Moro in 1978, a crime which stunned the nation, and a story which chillingly resounds in a time when terrorist cells and funamentalism are proliferating...  More

Italian Film Festival 2004: Disc 4 (The Wedding Dress / My Brother In Law)
(2007) [R]

The Wedding Dress:
Maya Sansa (The Best Of Youth, Good Morning Night) gives a lacerating performance as Stella Algeri, a twenty-five-year-old veterinary student who is engaged to be married. Her wedding plans are shattered, though, when a violent event changes her life. She calls off the...  More

Italian Film Festival 2004: Disc 5 (The Cruellest Day / The Spectator)
(2004) [R]

The Cruellest Day: On March 20 1994, RAI TV news reporter Ilaria Alpi and her cameraman Miran Hrovatin were killed in ambush in Mogadishu, Somalia. Their investigative reporting had brought them too close to a truth they were not supposed to uncover. The Cruellest Day is a powerful drama which...  More

Italian Film Festival 2004: Disc 6 (The Consequence of Love / Certain Children)
(2007) [MA]

The Consequence Of Love:

An ice-cool existential thriller that premiered in Official Competition at the recent 2004 Cannes Film Festival to great acclaim. Titta, an aloof former stockbroker, lives anonymously in an anonymous hotel. His days are spent in the hotel lobby, playing cards,...  More

Journey in Italy
(1954) [PG]

Catherine and Alexander, wealthy and sophisticated, drive to Naples to dispose of a deceased uncle's villa. There's a coolness in their relationship and aspects of Naples add to the strain. She remembers a poet who loved her and died in the war; although she didn't love him, the memory...  More

Manual of Love, The (Manuale d'amore)
(2005) [M]

Tommaso and Giula are falling in love. Barbara and Marco are falling out of love. Ornella's husband is with another love. Geffredo has been abandoned by his love. A box-office smash in Italy, The Manual of Love is a charming, bittersweet comedy about the mysterious nature of love. The ups and...  More

An Italian Romance
(2004) [MA]

Set in Tuscany in 1936, this is the story of two lovers, Giovanni (Stefano Accorsi) and Maria (Maya Sansa). Their first meeting, as teenagers, was a brief infatuation in the seaside town of Livorno, but it isn’t until a chance encounter, years later, that their romance kindles. Giovanni, now...  More