The true protagonists of this successful Labour Day event are the songs of freedom, the labour songs, the songs of dissent, the songs of struggle, the protest songs, the liberation songs, the industrial folk songs, the e...
A look at the relationship between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the difficult production of Psycho in 1959.
Directed by Sacha Gervasi, starring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren...
Raimund Gregorius, a Swiss Professor, abandons a life of conformity to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.
Directed by Bille August, starring Jeremy Irons, M&e...
The Cinema Nuovo Sacher presents "Cinema Sales - Saldi di Cinema" from 18-29 April.
The initiative features both Italian and original language movies, all screened at discounted prices.
See programme fo...
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
Directed by Ethan and Joel Coen, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and...
Liberation day we This week in Italy we are between two celebrations: Liberation day (April 25th) and Labour day (May 1st), consequently we will have several nights with good music. Here it is my selection:
Thursday...
Solo piano recital. A rare occasion to hear this great pianist known for his astonishing performances. Grigory Sokolov, a true perfectionist, stopped recording albums back in 1995. He gives about 60 solo recitals a year,...
The exhibition examines the Etruscan city-state of Velzna, in the Orvieto area, including its ultimate demise when it fell into Roman hands after a long siege. The artefacts on show map out over a millennium of history,...
In parallel with its exhibition "Empire State. New York Art Now", which opens on 23 April, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni is showing a programme of movies by some of America's greatest directors.
A few of the films are...
Cinema with Friends in Rome on Friday 26 April: CARO DIARIO
19.30: an Aperitivo in the Cineclub Detour with the chance to socialise and network while mingling with an international crowd.
21.00: screening of 'Caro...
The 25 established and emerging artists in this exhibition come from different age groups but are united by their home town, New York. Curated by Norman Rosenthal and Alex Gartenfeld, the exhibition reflects on the rapid...
Sterling Ruby
22 May-15 Sept. Soft Work, an exhibition conceived by the Los Angeles-based artist as a single work, comprising large “soft sculptures". MACRO Testaccio, Piazza O. Giustiniani 4.
La stessa st...
The reonwned American photographer Jeannette Montgomery Barron is signing copies of her book "Scene" in Rome's S.T. Foto Libreria Galleria on Tuesday 23 April at 18.00. The book is a collection of black and white portrai...
The Casa del Cinema is screening Schindler's List in its original version with Italian subtitles on Monday 22 April at 16.00.
In Poland during world war two, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Je...
The Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation at Rome's John Cabot University presents a reading by journalist and writer Andrea di Robilant on Tuesday 23 April at 19.30.
Based between Rome and Venice, D...
Among the younger generation of violinists, Germany's Isabelle Faust has made a special impression as a deep, thoughtful, un-showy player, qualities that make her ideally suited to the great Bach solo works. As critics p...
This festival is one of the most important world events dedicated to the piano as both a solo instrument and as part of a great orchestra. Being the 50th edition, this year is obviously a special one and more than a them...
Every year Cremona honours its most famous son with an annual three-week festival featuring a mix of his own works and works of those he inspired and mentored. Acclaimed by musicologists as the first major figure in the...
This famous arts festival, which is one of the oldest in Italy, hosts an interesting programme with numerous star players including conductors Claudio Abbado and Daniel Barenboim and a Verdian calendar that includes Macb...
Described as a festival of folk and “itinerant” music, this is a new initiative that features Italian world music. At the base of it all is a project of the Orchestra Popolare Italiana directed by Antonio Spa...
Beautiful house located in a quiet and safe neighborhood, just around the corner from the National Archeological Museum of Palestrina. Facing South, this home offers breathtaking v...
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