Italian Media: Movies, Music, TV, Radio
Born in Rome on September 20, 1975, Asia Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento’s life has never been without controversy or drama. The local registry office would not acknowledge her as Asia due to a law remaining from Mussolini’s Fascist Italy in which no child could be named after a foreign country or […]
Demoni: A Review of Lamberto Bava’s Film Demoni poster Demons (Demoni), which was released in 1985, is a rip-roaring good horror movie for those of us who like blood, gore and not a whole lot more. Lamberto Bava, the son of famed horror film director, Mario Bava, directed co-wrote this […]
In Italy, as in North America, the 1990s saw a huge jump in popularity for two types of programs: information shows and reality shows. In the 90s Mediaset launched their own newscasts and both RAI and Mediaset added socio-political talk shows and informational programming to their daily schedules with the […]
Daria Nicolodi – Italian Scream Queen Extraordinaire Daria Nicolodi and Dario Argento Daria Nicolodi was born on June 19, 1950. She is the daughter of a lawyer and philologist. (A philologist is a person who studies ancient languages.) Her younger sister became a university professor. That’s not the usual […]
A Review of this theatrical black and white film Edoardo de Filippo in Questi Fantasmi This is a film featuring fascinating pieces of magic! It is classified as theatrical, and was put into black and white film by Eduardo de Filippo in 1954. The production of “The Ghosts” leads its […]
Italian Television History: The end of 2000 sees the beginning of the the TV show format that will dominate the decade: the reality show
Profile and Filmography of Rosalba Neri Rosalba Neri Rosalba Neri was born on June 19, 1939 in Furli (Emilia Romagna), Italy. When she was very young, she won a beauty pageant and attended il Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (The Center for Experimental Cinematography). In 1956, she received an offer […]
Serena Grandi Serena Grandi was born Serena Faggioli on March 23, 1958 in the town of Bologna, Italy. This Italian bombshell with the voluptuous measurements 39.5- 23.5 – 39.5 was once voted the sexiest woman in Italy. She is often referred to as the Italian Dolly Parton due to […]
Benigni: Il Mostro – A Very Funny Film Clip from Il Mostro Roberto Benigni is best known in the United States for his Academy Award winning masterpiece Life is Beautiful (La Vita e’ Bella). Benigni’s comedy is probably best-described as the kind you’d see if Robin Williams and Peter Sellers […]
Cinecittà Cinecittà Studios SpA, refounded in 1997 (Mr. Luigi Abete president), is a complex of theaters and studios, located on the eastern outskirts of Rome. Here movies and TV shows are made. In the past were mostly movies but, due to the TV outbreak, most of the movie studios […]