Movies

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary uprisings in the monarchist South, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's patriotic cause,...

In early 20th-century Naples, a theatrical parody lands beloved thespian and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta in court, facing a malicious lawsuit that...

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

Antonio Barracano is a respected man among the Neapolitan underworld, keeping order and administering justice according to his own criteria, beyond...

In 1914, with Italy on the cusp of joining World War I, a group of foreign artists establishes a commune on the rural island of Capri, catching the...

The life of a dying young man at the short age of only forty-one after playing the lead in Il postino. He was a brilliant stage actor before becoming...

When her elderly mother is found dead under sordid circumstances, Delia returns to her native Naples for the first time in years to attend the...

Naples, 1959. Pure Mathematics professor Renato Caccioppoli, Bakunin's grandson, is a tortured soul. Recently discharged from the psychiatric...

1965: Paris, London and Milan all move at the same fast pace, fueled by a fresh creative and rebellious impetus. Guido Crepax picks up on this energy...

A couple of bourgeois intellectuals, Carlo and Silvia, have been married for twenty years. While she lives in their flat in Rome, he spends most of...

A group of actors meet with little money in a unofficial theatre in Naples' Spanish Boroughs. Director's plan is to travel to Sarajevo, still under...

Hillary Clinton, Roberto Saviano, Jonathan Franzen and others weigh-in on the Elena Ferrante "craze" and what makes her work - and her mysterious...

Former theatre actress comes back to Rome and meets old and new friends.

Five Neapolitan directors depict life in the city under the shadow of Mount Vesuvius for this anthology film of comedy, drama, surrealism, and...

The film shot signed by Mario Martone of the Ten Commandments, the legendary Decalogue by Raffaele Viviani, in the version staged by Martone himself...

"Perfidi Incanti" is made up of three short episodes. The first, "Il Viaggio" ("The Journey"), is taken from Francis Scott Fitzgerald's diaries, and...

The documentary aims to tell the story of a director who managed to capture the attention of the whole world and, due to his political and aesthetic...

Sergio Citti talks about a video he shot in 1975 after Pier Paolo Pasolini's death.

Impressive and dramatic found-footage documentary about the worldwide issue of emigration and immigration.

A short film containing some of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival's storied history.