Rome celebrates comic strip hero Diabolik
Rome pays homage to one of the most loved Italian comic strip heros of all time: Diabolik. I don’t know if the word really suits him, after all we are talking about a thief, but a thief , mind you,…
Italian films: After "I'm not scared" Gabriele Salvatores directs "Come Dio Comanda", based on Ammaniti novel
“Come Dio Comanda” or ‘God’s Will’ is a film by Italian filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores, with Elio Germano, Filippo Timi, Fabio De Luigi, Angelica Leo and Alvaro Caleca. The film is based on the book by Niccolò Ammaniti who is famous…
Touring Italy: literature readings on the Naples-Amalfi Coast trip
Touring Campania from Naples to the Amalfi Coast, might seem like a romantic trip, but not if you’re travelling on the Circumvesuviana Campania train line. While it passes some of Italy’s most beautiful landscapes, with views to take your breath…
Dustin Hoffman "butchers" the Italian language: L'Infinito English translation
Dustin Hoffman speaks Italian in this video where he tries his hand at reciting a poem by famous Italian poet, Giacomo Leopardi. The poem in question is described as Leopardi’s greatest work. Called “L’infinito”, it is about eternity and from…
Roberto Saviano interview: Gomorrah and mythologising the mafia
I have yet to read Roberto Saviano’s Gomorrah, the best-selling Italian book which has become a famous film. The book examines the depth of the mafia control of Italy: Italian life, Italian families, and business in this country, in a…
San Mauro di Romagna hosts exhibition dedicated to the Pascoli surname
Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912) is one of the greatest Italian poets. Italian children know his most famous poems by heart and adults, though ages have passed since their school days, still remember a few lines of his best poems, but today…