Tag: Film at Lincoln Center
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Edoardo Ponti Celebrates the First NYC Retrospective Devoted to His Legendary Mother, Sophia Loren
It’s shocking but apparently true: Film at Lincoln Center is currently presenting the first-ever New York City retrospective of one of the greatest movie stars in history, Sophia Loren. Over the course of her seven-decade career, the native of Naples enjoyed success in both Italy and Hollywood, in both comedies and dramas, co-starring with the…
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Edoardo de Angelis’s ‘Comandante’ Tells an Epic Tale of WWII Humanism
Film at Lincoln Center’s 24th annual “Open Roads” series of new Italian films launched in spectacular fashion with Comandante/The War Machine, the incredible true story of an Italian submarine crew during the early years of World War II. What makes the epic stand out is its humanism: After the Cappellini sinks the ostensibly neutral Belgian freighter Kabalo, Italian captain…
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Lincoln Center’s 23rd ‘Open Roads’ Offers Another Welcome Look at Today’s Italian Cinema
Film at Lincoln Center is once again providing a welcome New York showcase for new Italian films with its 23rd annual “Open Roads” series, running May 30 to June 6, 2024. Thirteen films will be screened, and I’ve had the chance to preview four of them. The opening-night attraction, Comandante (aka The War Machine), tells…
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