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 SPECIAL REPORT: This year's Venice film festival was trumpeted as a sign of hope and renewal for the beleaguered city, but many locals say things haven't improved for them - and they now face a tough winter ahead. https://www.thelocal.it/20200909/venice-struggles-to-recover-from-flooding-and-lockdown-despite-film-festivities Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:05:21 +0200 venice-struggles-to-recover-from-flooding-and-lockdown-despite-film-festivities US director Spike Jonze's Her will be one of the hotly-awaited premieres at the Rome film festival, including movies starring Scarlett Johansson and Christian Bale, the festival's director has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20131015/us-films-dominate-rome-festival-line-up Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:35:00 +0200 us-films-dominate-rome-festival-line-up US film-maker William Friedkin, who petrified cinema-goers with The Exorcist, was awarded a lifetime achievement award by organizers of the Venice film festival on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130830/venice-award-for-the-exorcist-film-maker Fri, 30 Aug 2013 09:26:00 +0200 venice-award-for-the-exorcist-film-maker Italian-French director Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, the sister of France's former First Lady Carla Bruni, relived a painful chapter of her family history in a film presented at Cannes on Tuesday in which she cast her real-life mother and ex-lover. https://www.thelocal.it/20130522/italian-director-bruni-tedeschi-gets-personal-at-cannes Wed, 22 May 2013 12:08:00 +0200 italian-director-bruni-tedeschi-gets-personal-at-cannes