https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Cinemas and theatres in Italy's 'yellow' zones could reopen on March 27th, the culture minister announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20210227/italy-to-reopen-cinemas-and-theatres-next-month Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:07:34 +0100 italy-to-reopen-cinemas-and-theatres-next-month The Venice Film Festival will go ahead in September, and the 2020 edition will have a focus on homegrown talent with Italian cinema featuring strongly among its usual eclectic offering of international films. https://www.thelocal.it/20200730/how-this-years-venice-film-festival-was-saved-by-italian-cinema Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:16:30 +0200 how-this-years-venice-film-festival-was-saved-by-italian-cinema As Italy remembers legendary composer Ennio Morricone, who has died at 91, here are some of his most memorable film moments. https://www.thelocal.it/20200706/ennio-morricone-italian-composer-greatest-film-scores Mon, 06 Jul 2020 13:58:10 +0200 ennio-morricone-italian-composer-greatest-film-scores Ennio Morricone, one of the world's best-known and most prolific film composers, died in Rome on Monday at the age of 91. https://www.thelocal.it/20200706/famed-italian-composer-ennio-morricone-dies Mon, 06 Jul 2020 11:14:52 +0200 famed-italian-composer-ennio-morricone-dies For years it was only American filmmakers who glorified mafiosi, while Italian cinema showed the grittier reality of organized crime. Now that's starting to change. Italian film expert Dana Renga traces the shift. https://www.thelocal.it/20200206/why-italian-cinema-is-starting-to-glamorize-the-mafia Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:24:14 +0100 why-italian-cinema-is-starting-to-glamorize-the-mafia Italian resort Rimini this week marked 100 years since the birth of director Federico Fellini, whose visual dreamscapes revolutionised cinema in a career spanning almost half a century. https://www.thelocal.it/20200122/rimini-celebrates-centenary-of-legendary-italian-director-federico-fellini Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:06:41 +0100 rimini-celebrates-centenary-of-legendary-italian-director-federico-fellini Italy has picked the real-life story of a mafia informant to represent it at the 2020 Oscars. https://www.thelocal.it/20190924/the-traitor-sicilian-mafia-movie-italy-entry-for-the-oscars Tue, 24 Sep 2019 17:26:32 +0200 the-traitor-sicilian-mafia-movie-italy-entry-for-the-oscars Over the years, Italy's cities, mountains, and countryside have formed the backdrop to some of the best films in cinematic history, from Roman Holiday to Under the Tuscan Sun. https://www.thelocal.it/20190428/movie-film-scene-locations-in-italy Sun, 28 Apr 2019 11:15:49 +0200 movie-film-scene-locations-in-italy The glitzy Venice film festival opens on Wednesday with fury over the inclusion of controversial directors Roman Polanski and Nate Parker adding to criticism about a lack of women directors in the running for its top prize. https://www.thelocal.it/20190828/star-studded-venice-film-festival-opens-under-cloud-of-controversy Wed, 28 Aug 2019 09:54:31 +0200 star-studded-venice-film-festival-opens-under-cloud-of-controversy James Bond is back in Italy, this time shooting – what else – a breakneck car chase through the southern city of Matera. https://www.thelocal.it/20190826/watch-new-bond-film-begins-filming-in-southern-italy-with-a-car-chase Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:07:10 +0200 watch-new-bond-film-begins-filming-in-southern-italy-with-a-car-chase The Venice film festival is facing major backlash for including controversial directors like Roman Polanski and Nate Parker in their line-up this year. https://www.thelocal.it/20190821/venice-film-festival-backlash Wed, 21 Aug 2019 17:22:52 +0200 venice-film-festival-backlash As Venice gets ready to host the 76th edition of its world-famous film festival, there has been fresh criticism of its lack of films by female directors. https://www.thelocal.it/20190726/venice-film-festival-under-fire-over-lack-of-films-by-women Fri, 26 Jul 2019 11:17:17 +0200 venice-film-festival-under-fire-over-lack-of-films-by-women Is there any better way to spend a warm summer night in Italy than at an outdoor cinema? Summer film screenings are popping up everywhere from the big cities to beachside towns, and we've got the complete guide to catching them this summer. https://www.thelocal.it/20190701/where-to-catch-outdoor-cinema-in-italy-this-summer Mon, 01 Jul 2019 12:05:18 +0200 where-to-catch-outdoor-cinema-in-italy-this-summer A film telling the incredible story of the Sicilian mafia's most famous informer has wowed Cannes, but its Italian director lamented that such astonishing courage has failed to deal the mob a fatal blow. https://www.thelocal.it/20190524/true-story-of-mafia-turncoat-cannes Fri, 24 May 2019 18:33:54 +0200 true-story-of-mafia-turncoat-cannes Part of James Bond's latest adventure will be filmed in one of Italy's most distinctive landscapes: the ancient southern city of Matera. https://www.thelocal.it/20190214/new-bond-film-shoot-italy-matera Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:11:13 +0100 new-bond-film-shoot-italy-matera A new film is shining an uncomfortable light on the fate of thousands of Italians killed in massacres on the Yugoslav frontier at the end of the Second World War. https://www.thelocal.it/20181122/italian-film-red-land-rossa-istria-wwii-massacres Thu, 22 Nov 2018 13:09:07 +0100 italian-film-red-land-rossa-istria-wwii-massacres Italy is to introduce a law requiring films to show in cinemas before streaming on Netflix and other online platforms in a move the government says will protect the Italian film industry. https://www.thelocal.it/20181119/italy-targets-netflix-with-new-streaming-law Mon, 19 Nov 2018 10:16:36 +0100 italy-targets-netflix-with-new-streaming-law Cate Blanchett, Martin Scorsese, Sigourney Weaver and Michael Moore will all be attending this month's Rome Film Fest, Italy's 'other' cinema gathering after Venice. Just don't call it a festival. https://www.thelocal.it/20181006/italys-other-film-fest-to-kick-off-in-rome Sat, 06 Oct 2018 07:17:22 +0200 italys-other-film-fest-to-kick-off-in-rome Dogman, the latest film by Italian director Matteo Garrone, was selected this week as Italy's candidate for the foreign language Oscar. Here's why it's well worth a watch. https://www.thelocal.it/20180926/things-to-know-about-dogman-italy-oscar-nominee Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:37:41 +0200 things-to-know-about-dogman-italy-oscar-nominee Sophia Loren was the first actress to win an Oscar, in 1962, for a foreign-language performance. She has worked with most of the great Italian directors and a plethora of star actors, and is arguably Italy's most famous on-screen face. Here are some glimpses of her iconic life in pictures. https://www.thelocal.it/20180920/in-pictures-17-iconic-snaps-of-the-italian-actress-sophia-loren-as-she-turns-84 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:57:27 +0200 in-pictures-17-iconic-snaps-of-the-italian-actress-sophia-loren-as-she-turns-84