BAM Cinèmatek’s Francesco Rosi series will end on August 21st. Upcoming films are Dimenticare Palermo, Diario napoletano, Tre fratelli and, on Saturday and Sunday respectively, Cadaveri eccellenti and Cristo si è fermato a Eboli. Cadaveri eccellenti is based on a Leonardo Sciascia novel and features an excellent Lino Ventura as a dogged police detective uncovering corruption while investigating a series of murders. Rosi’s best-known film is probably Cristo based on Carlo Levi’s novel about his exile, at the time of fascism, to a remote town in Lucania. Rosi recreates Levi’s evocative descriptions of the time, the area and its people beautifully.
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Corriere della Sera notes the opening of the last ten rooms to be renovated in Palazzo Barberini. This Roman Palazzo is the home of the museum of Italian art from the 12th Century through the Neoclassicist period and houses many masterpieces. The entire renovation has led to a more logical grouping and displaying of the works of art. Strangely for its size, location and contents, it is not a particularly crowded museum – especially worth a visit.
New Italian Cinema will be back at Lincoln Center. The Open Roads series runs from June 1 to June 8. The films featured are both from better-known directors and from newer ones. Included in the series is Mario Martone’s “Noi Credevamo,” an epic about the Risorgimento, which just won the 2011 David di Donatello for best film.
This story from NPR discusses how Italian food – or what is considered Italian food – has become a global phenomenon. In “How Italian Food Conquered The World” John F. Mariani tells the story of how what was once considered a very humble cuisine has become a global sensation. Once only known for cheese-saturated pizza and long-cooked red sauce, Italian food is now considered amongst the healthiest and, thanks to the wide accessibility of better ingredients, much more sophisticated.
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