by Bill Dal Cerro | Jun 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
In the 1987 film Matewan, based on a true story in 1920s West Virginia, filmmaker John Sayles dramatizes the stand-off between corrupt factory bosses and the coal miners whom they exploited: poor whites (Appalachians, largely of Anglo or Scottish stock), African...
by John Mancini | Jun 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
It isn’t often that I reminisce about this enterprise we call the Italic Institute. Now in our 37th year with a modest following across the nation, I was recently surprised to learn of the passing of someone upon whose shoulders the Institute depended. ...
by John Mancini | Jun 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Someday there may be a monument to The Godfather, where the corpses of its founding fathers will be interred and worshipped. Gone now are Mario Puzo, author of the original bestseller and co-screenwriter of the film; Marlon Brando (Don Vito Corleone), James Caan...
by John Mancini | May 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
The other day on the Laura Ingram Show (FOXNews), Ingram and comedian Jimmy Failla (Fail-la) mocked cable network AMC for putting what is called a ‘trigger warning’ on the Mob movie Goodfellas as it contains “language and/or cultural stereotypes” that may be offensive...
by Bill Dal Cerro | May 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Boston’s late Mayor Thomas Menino Mayor Thomas Menino presided over what has been called the “Boston Renaissance” (1993-2013). The state of Massachusetts itself also produced two Italian American governors: John Volpe, who later became...
by John Mancini | May 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
This is a follow-up to last week’s blog on the movie Cabrini. A few of our subscribers have seen the film and confirmed the fact the theaters averaged only a handful of viewers. So, is Cabrini a financial success? If you try Googling the answer, you may...
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