Cinema Italian Style

02/19/2024

In 3 weeks, at the 96th The Academy awards, Matteo Garrone’s “Me Captain » (Io Capitano) runs for Best International Feature Film.

This is Italy’s 30th nomination in the foreign film category, 11 of which won the golden statue. No other foreign country claims such record.

« Io Capitano » tracks the journey of two young men from Senegal, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to seek a new life in Europe.

As Garrone stated, it’s a “contemporary Odyssey” depicting “an epic journey, where life is at risk to seek a better future, to fulfill a dream.”

Congratulations Matteo! We cross fingers for you! Looking forward to the Academy Awards ceremony on March 10th!

Cinecittà Rai Cinema
Matteo Garrone
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles Italy in US Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles Italian Trade Agency Los Angeles Office

01/03/2024

Happy new year with Ennio Morricone’s unforgettable notes!

Visit at until January 8.

Info and tickets: moma.org/calendar/film/5658

and celebrate award-winning Maestro Ennio Morricone (1928-2020), one of the greatest film composers of all time, with a retrospective of more than 35 films spanning his nearly 60-year career.

Final days of the exhibition: more than 17 new digital restorations and 35mm archival prints, the exhibition presents a rich selection of movies featuring Morricone’s most famous film scores (including Sergio Leone’s The Man With No Name Trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West, John Carpenter’s The Thing, Roland Joffé’s The Mission, Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900 and Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso) alongside lesser-known titles (such as Sergio Corbucci’s Navajo Joe and The Great Silence, Sergio Sollima’s The Big Gundown, Mario Bava’s Danger: Diabolik and Mikhail Kalatozov’s The Red Tent).

Organized by Joshua Siegel, Curator, and Francisco Valente, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Filma at and Camilla Cormanni and Paola Ruggiero at .

Thanks to (Maria Bonsanti), Giovanni Morricone, and Marco Cicala.

12/22/2023

Matteo Garrone’s 𝑰𝒐 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒐 (Me Captain) is among the 15 titles shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at The Academy awards 2024.

To celebrate this La Biennale di Venezia Silver Lion award winning film, MoMA The Museum of Modern Art present an exclusive screening tomorrow Saturday 12/23 at 2 pm EST at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, Floor T2/T1, Theater 1, The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1.

Info & tickets : moma.org/calendar/events/9240?fbclid=IwAR1qksLZOxEs9-c69jxN7p6Nss25AQ9X9iRL1sPbegpoSWmwL6RzNkuB-0M

The Academy
MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
Rai Cinema
Matteo Garrone
American Film Institute
Cinecittà
Italy in US
Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles
Consulate General of Italy in New York
Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles
Istituto Italiano Di Cultura

12/22/2023

https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9240 Italy is in the shortlist for Best International movie thanks to Io Capitano (Me Captain) by Matteo Garrone ! If you are in NYC, don’t miss the opportunity to attend the screening on Sat. Dec 23rd at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

For members at the Explore category and above, tickets will become available two weeks before the screening date, starting at 10:30 a.m. Additional tickets will be available to members and the general public one week before the screening date, also at 10:30 a.m. Please note that space is extremely l...

12/20/2023

This holiday season discover Maestro Ennio Morricone at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art !

Info and tickets: moma.org/calendar/film/5658

Cinecittà and MoMA The Museum of Modern Art celebrate The Academy award-winning Maestro Ennio Morricone (1928-2020), one of the greatest film composers of all time, with a retrospective of more than 35 films spanning his nearly 60-year career.

Through January, 8 2024, more than 17 new digital restorations and 35mm archival prints, the exhibition presents a rich selection of movies featuring Morricone’s most famous film scores (including Sergio Leone’s The Man With No Name Trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West, John Carpenter’s The Thing, Roland Joffé’s The Mission, Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900 and Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso) alongside lesser-known titles (such as Sergio Corbucci’s Navajo Joe and The Great Silence, Sergio Sollima’s The Big Gundown, Mario Bava’s Danger: Diabolik and Mikhail Kalatozov’s The Red Tent).

Organized by Joshua Siegel, Curator, and Francisco Valente, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Filma at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art and Camilla Cormanni and Paola Ruggiero at Cinecittà.

Thanks to CSCcinetecanazionale (Maria Bonsanti), Giovanni Morricone, and Marco Cicala.

12/14/2023

Congrats to 𝑰𝒐 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒐 (Me Captain) for being nominated for 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 – 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 at the 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒.
Crossing our fingers for you, 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰!

This film is a modern fresco on 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚 that concern both Europe and Africa nowadays. Most of all it’s about people migrating to foreign countries for 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬. A hymn to 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 from 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰.

Soon in theatres in the US.

Golden Globes
Matteo Garrone
American Film Institute
Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles
Italy in US
Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles

12/01/2023

Tonight Ennio Morricone retrospective at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art kicks off with the exclusive screening of Giuseppe Tornatore‘s The Academy award winning Cinema Paradiso at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art Theatre Roy and Niuta Titus 1 (Floor T2/T1, Theater 1).

Info: https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9173

Cinecittà and MoMA The Museum of Modern Art celebrate The Academy award-winning Maestro Ennio Morricone (1928-2020), one of the greatest film composers of all time, with a retrospective of more than 35 films spanning his nearly 60-year career.
Starting December, 1st through January, 10th 2024, more than 17 new digital restorations and 35mm archival prints, the exhibition presents a rich selection of movies featuring Morricone's most famous film scores (including Sergio Leone's The Man With No Name Trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West, John Carpenter's The Thing, Roland Joffé's The Mission, Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900 and Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso) alongside lesser-known titles (such as Sergio Corbucci's Navajo Joe and The Great Silence, Sergio Sollima's The Big Gundown, Mario Bava's Danger: Diabolik and Mikhail Kalatozov's The Red Tent).

Morricone’s celebrations continue tomorrow Saturday, Dec. 2, with the screening Tornatore’s documentary Ennio at 3:30 p.m. EST at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art the Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2 (Floor T2/T1, Theater 2).

Tickets: https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9175

Organized by Joshua Siegel, Curator, and Francisco Valente, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Cinema, at the MoMA The Museum of Modern Art; and Camilla Cormanni and Paola Ruggiero, at Cinecittà.
Thanks to CSCcinetecanazionale (Maria Bonsanti), the Morricone family and Marco Cicala.

11/25/2023

Today Saturday 11/25 at 7:30 pm PST at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures last title of the exclusive series “Ennio Morricone: Essential Scores from a Movie Maestro” presented by Cinecittà and Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, “Once upon a Time in America” (1984) by the legendary Sergio Leone, starring ROBERT DE NIRO, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams.

The final film from Sergio Leone is a gorgeously crafted epic about four boys raised in New York’s Jewish slums in the early part of the 20th century who grow up to be gangsters. Robert De Niro and James Woods star as their adult incarnations, whose lives are marked by betrayal and unexpected twists of fate. Leone’s film was originally released in the US in a severely truncated form, but his expansive original vision has since been restored. Ennio Morricone’s achingly emotional score, a worthy final collaboration between the two filmmakers, features pan flute solos performed by Gheorghe Zamfir.

Advance tickets are no longer available, standby tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Info: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/detail/once-upon-a-time-in-america-01890d66-e57b-3d58-6b0c-22c83b620623

11/18/2023

Cinecittà and celebrate award-winning Ennio Morricone, one of the greatest film composers of all time, with a retrospective of more than 35 films spanning his nearly 60-year career.

Starting December, 1st 2023 through January, 10th 2024, more than 17 new digital restorations and 35mm archival prints, the exhibition presents a rich selection of movies featuring Morricone's most famous film scores (including Sergio Leone's The Man With No Name Trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West, John Carpenter's The Thing, Roland Joffé's The Mission, Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900 and Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso) alongside lesser-known titles (such as Sergio Corbucci's Navajo Joe and The Great Silence, Sergio Sollima's The Big Gundown, Mario Bava's Danger: Diabolik and Mikhail Kalatozov's The Red Tent).

Ennio Morricone retrospective kicks off with the exclusive screening of Giuseppe Tornatore‘s Cinema Paradiso on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. EST at , Roy and Niuta Titus 1 Theatre (Floor T2/T1, Theater 1).

Tickets: https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9173

Morricone’s celebrations continue Saturday, Dec. 2, with the screening Tornatore’s documentary Ennio at 3:30 p.m. EST at , Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2 (Floor T2/T1, Theater 2).

Tickets: https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9175

Organized by Joshua Siegel, Curator, and Francisco Valente, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Cinema, at and Camilla Cormanni and Paola Ruggiero, at .
Thanks to (Maria Bonsanti), the Morricone family and Marco Cicala.

11/17/2023

Tomorrow Saturday 11/18 at 7:30 pm PST at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Dario Argento’s cult “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage” featuring Maestro Ennio Morricone’s iconic score, part of the exclusive series “Ennio Morricone: Essential Scores from a Movie Maestro” presented by and Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

The feature directorial debut of legendary horror filmmaker Dario Argento is a stylish (of course!) mystery thriller about an American writer (Tony Musante) in Rome who finds himself stalked by a killer after trying to save a young woman from a brutal attack. A key film in the giallo canon of Italian thriller cinema, it boasts striking widescreen cinematography by three-time Oscar winner Vittorio Storaro. The first of five Argento films scored by Ennio Morricone, its wordless vocals helped define the musical voice of giallo.
Courtesy of Cinecittà, 4K digital restoration by Cinecittà.

Info & Tickets: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/detail/the-bird-with-the-crystal-plumage-luccello-dalle-piume-di-cristallo-01890d65-1cd0-d5d9-ae0f-a26bc8a46ba8

11/17/2023

Tomorrow Saturday 11/18 at 2:30 pm PST at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures “Allonsanfàn” by the Taviani Brothers featuring Ennio Morricone’s music, part of the exclusive series “Ennio Morricone: Essential Scores from a Movie Maestro” presented by Cinecittà and Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

The iconic Marcello Mastroianni stars in this surreal 19th century–set period piece as the political revolutionary Fulvio, a man of nobility who, in his advanced age, is second-guessing his commitment to anarchism. As directed by celebrated filmmaking brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Mastroianni remains grounded as the complex libertine whose fears of judgement by his comrades during the Italian Unification see him reluctantly sticking to the cause, at odds with his selfish desire to retire in comfort and leisure among high society. The stunning visuals, lensed by Giuseppe Ruzzolini (Teorema), are complimented by Ennio Morricone’s rousing score, the main theme of which will be immediately recognizable to fans of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (2009).
Courtesy of Cinecittà.

Info & Tickets: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/detail/allonsanfan-01890d64-5130-8368-dda3-a46ff76f2866

11/11/2023

Tomorrow Saturday 11/11 at 2:30 pm PST at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Bernardo Bertolucci's timeless masterpiece “1900” (Novecento, 1976) featuring Maestro Ennio Morricone’s musical composition, part of the exclusive series “Ennio Morricone: Essential Scores from a Movie Maestro” presented by Cinecittà and Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

Bernardo Bertolucci’s epic period drama about childhood friends Alfredo (Robert De Niro) and Olmo (Gérard Depardieu) as viewed across a widening class divide in mid-century Italy finds composer Ennio Morricone incorporating melodies by the beloved Giuseppe Verdi, whose death coincides with the births of both protagonists at the start of the 20th century. One of the longest films ever released commercially in both the US and internationally, “1900” sweeps across four decades in the lives of landowner Alfredo and peasant farmer Olmo, and boasts an impressive international cast, supported by Dominique Sanda, Burt Lancaster, and silent film actor Francesca Bertini in her final role. Courtesy of Cinecittà, 4K digital restoration by Cinecittà and Cineteca di Bologna.

Info & tickets: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/detail/1900-novecento-01890d60-50e9-a5ec-1a5a-ec1c4da96492