It’s nearly Christmas, the end to a disastrous year for the world as many countries are stepping in and out of various shades and types of lockdowns. With vaccines in arrival and virus mutations on the news, it’s a shady time in history. Italians are scrambling to do their Christmas shopping, preparing festive menus even…
Continue reading ➞ Why we need Cinepanettone
Calogero Ricciardello e' un talentuoso videomaker Siciliano che ha lavorato ampiamente in Europa e Australia durante il decennio passato. Attualmente si e' stabilito a Bologna dove ha studiato film making alla storica Universita' di Bologna. Nonostante abbia lavorato in tutto il mondo Calogero non ha mai dimenticato la sua isola nativa, e il suo nuovo…
Continue reading ➞ Momenti Siciliani
Sicilian Moments are little slices of life from video maker Calogero Ricciardello which will make you fall in love with the island..
Apart from the usual annual preparations for Christmas like the tediousness of gift buying, yuletide menu planning and gift wrapping there is the tradition of the Christmas movie. Everyone has their favorite whether it be a black and white Jimmy Stewart classic, a kitsch Father Christmas tale, the Grinch that stole Christmas or endless tired…
Continue reading ➞ The fantasy of Cinepanettone and Fantaghirò
Most language students who study Italian at university level are familiar with Giovanni Verga as his short stories in the simple realist style are a perfect introduction to Italian Literature as they are easy for first-year students to follow. Verga’s short tale Cavalleria Rusticana was made into an opera libretto which together with the…
Continue reading ➞ Literary Islands: Giovanni Verga
