Terre Rosse
Movie Screening CINEFORUM It’s 1944. A man and a woman meet in a train station during the Nazi occupation of Veneto. It’s the start of a touching story, an impossible love between a young teacher involved in the Resistance and the brilliant officer of a Fascist ministry during the partisan struggle taking place on the […]
Read moreore Diciotto in punto (At Precisely Six O’Clock)
Journey on the Screen A dusty office out of Time holds the files containing the most significant events that will mark the life of human beings. Paride has been working there for more than three thousand years. At six o’clock on a rainy afternoon, Paride has an appointment with Nicola, a homeless man defeated and […]
Read moreGREAT ITALIAN CLASSICS
AT THE AFI SILVER THEATRE MOVIE SCREENINGS Three cinema programs featuring Italian classics directed by Mario Bava, Sergio Leone, Mario Monicelli e Francesco Rosi. Join us and AFI Silver to support these great movie screenings! MARIO BAVA CENTENNIAL: HERE CINEMA AND GREAT CINEMA: HERE SERGIO LEONE: HERE ORGANIZED BY LOCATION AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural […]
Read moreTitian’s Danaë
at the National Gallery of Art From the Capodimonte Museum, Naples ABOUT THE PHOTO: Titian, Danaë (1544–1545), oil on canvas, Capodimonte Museum, Naples. Courtesy of the Photography Department of the Superintendency of Cultural Heritage for the City and the Museums of Naples and the Royal Palace of Caserta/Luciano Basagni, Fabio Speranza One of the most […]
Read moreBAARÌA
A Journey on the Screen Baarìa is an epic drama, which tracks down five decades of the life in the small town of Bagheria near Palermo, Sicily. The town in local dialect is known as Baarìa. Giuseppe Tornatore‘s film focuses on Peppino, a shepherd’s son. Peppino isn’t massively compelling as a character in his own right, […]
Read moreCINEFORUM: Mi Rifaccio Vivo (I’ll Be Back)
This film tells the hilarious story of entrepreneur Biagio Bianchetti – owner of BB stores and his eternal rivalry, which began at school, with the lucky, good-looking and charming Ottone Di Valerio. After a series of unfortunate events, dogged by bad luck and now on the brink of bankruptcy, Biagio makes a last and ultimate […]
Read moreHANNO TUTTI RAGIONE (Everybody’s Right)
Based on Paolo Sorrentino’s Novel PERFORMED BY IAIA FORTE Performed by Iaia Forte, leading actress in The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino (Academy Award, 2014, Best Foreign Language Film.) The play is a monologue based on Sorrentino’s 2010 novel, Hanno tutti ragione (Everybody’s Right,) which tells the story of Tony Pagoda, a singer from the […]
Read moreEUROASIA SHORTS 2014 *** SOLD OUT ***
EuroAsia Shorts proudly presents an annual week of short films from Europe, Asia, and the United States screened at embassies and cultural centers throughout Washington D.C. The theme for EAS 2014 is Travel and Journeys. From day to day, youth to adulthood, or home to abroad, we are all constantly on our own journeys. […]
Read moreProfessione: Reporter (The Passenger)
A Journey on the Screen Antonioni‘s frenzied psychological drama highlighting one of Jack Nicholson’s best interpretations of a reporter on the run. David Locke, an English reporter and news personality played by Jack Nicholson returns to his hotel room in an unnamed African desert country after unsuccessfully trying to contact rebel forces. Finding that a […]
Read moreOscar Winner Vittorio Storaro presents Il Conformista (The Conformist)
At AFI Silver Screening of Bertolucci‘s Il Conformista followed by a lecture and a Q&A with three-time Oscar winner Vittorio Storaro, and a screening of clips from the main movies the famous Italian cinematographer has worked on. Il Conformista is based on Alberto Moravia‘s novel by the same title. The desperate quest to belong undertaken […]
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