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Italian Critics Don’t ‘Love’ Allen’s Roman Holiday
Apr 20th
After shooting in London, Barcelona and Paris, Woody Allen made his latest European backdrop Rome. To Rome With Love opens Friday in Italy — in Italian. The movie is a magnificent postcard of the eternal city — a carefree romp along cobblestone streets nestled between ancient ruins and Renaissance palaces. A soft yellow glow pervades every scene. It projects an image of the sweet life with all the charms under the Italian sun, set to the tune of old standbys like “Volare” and “Arrivederci Roma.”
Allen has said he grew up watching Italian cinema and was influenced by its grand masters. While there’s nothing neorealist in his latest movie, it has an echo of Fellini’s The White Sheik, and Penelope Cruz’s performance in one segment calls to mind Sofia Loren’s high-end call girl in Vittorio de Sica’s Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
Centurions and police clash in Rome
Apr 13th
Tourists in Rome yesterday may have felt they had stepped back in time as Roman centurions – complete with red skirts, tunics, armour, swords and feathered helmets – fought in front of the Colosseum.
This time, however, it was with a modern enemy, as Rome’s city police arrived at the ancient amphitheatre to enforce an eviction notice for the men, who ask for money to have their picture taken by tourists.
Allen’s quirky To Rome With Love trailer out
Apr 6th
The first trailer of Oscar winner Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love released recently, featuring an all-star cast including the director himself back on screen.
In the follow up to Midnight in Paris, Allen’s biggest-ever box office hit, the director moves to another European capital with his classic humorous and farcical form. Previously titled Nero Fiddled, the footage opens with an introduction by a Roman policeman telling the camera he is witness to a lot of stories, which then begin to unfold.
Rome Drives Away Photogenic Gladiators
Mar 30th
Performers in Rome who dress like the ancient combatants earn money by posing in photos with tourists. As of Friday, they’ve been driven away from the Colosseum. Roman officials say gladiators will no longer be able to peddle pictures outside their classic arena.
To Rome With Love, says Woody Allen
Mar 23rd
Woody Allen is now in love with Rome, after his trysts with London, Barcelona and Paris. His next film will be called To Rome With Love, which will capture the mood, the flavour, the history and the tradition of a great city, said to have been built by Romulus and Remes, twins suckled by a she-wolf. More >
Mueller named director of Rome film festival
Mar 16th
Marco Mueller, the longest-running creative director of the Venice Film Festival, is moving to the Rome International Film Festival.
The Rome festival’s president Paolo Ferrari announced the appointment Friday, saying Mueller was “esteemed in Italy and abroad.”
Rome woman charged with DWI after crash
Mar 9th
A Rome woman was injured this week after a one-car crash in which alcohol and excessive speed were both factors, the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office said.
Valerie Ross, 31, was headed northeast on Bartlett Road when she lost control of her Honda Civic on a curve where the pavement was wet. Her vehicle struck a ditch, a utility pole a mailbox and a culvert before coming to rest in the front yard of a nearby residence, deputies said.
Rome’s withdrawal doesn’t phase IOC
Feb 17th
If the International Olympic Committee is feeling dejected by Rome’s eleventh-hour decision to withdraw its bid to host the 2020 summer Games, it is not letting on. More >
Mary Murphy heads back to Rome
Feb 10th
Mary Murphy has been in the TV business for 28 years, but she’s finally landed her first international assignment.
On Sunday, the WPIX/Ch.11 correspondent will head to Rome to cover the elevation ceremony for Archbishop Timothy Dolan. “The challenge [news director] Bill Carey is giving me is to make this different from all the other coverage,” Murphy says. “You have to find perspectives on stories others may not find.”
Roman Colosseum closes as snow blankets city
Feb 3rd
A rare mantle of snow blanketed the historic centre of Rome Friday, forcing the closure of schools and tourist sites such as the Colosseum as Pope Benedict XVI took a peek at the snowflakes. More >
