Author: Massimo Volpe

Cabrini’s Legacy, An Empire of Hope

TORONTO – Angel Studios’ film, “Cabrini”, tells the true story of a 19th century Nun who overcame overt racial discrimination and fierce political resistance in her quest to create a network of hospitals and orphanages across the globe. Under the overbearing and watchful eye of the Vatican and New York’s ruling class, Francesca Cabrini started her mission [impossible] in New York’s notorious Five Points neighbourhood. 

Johnny Depp Directs Amedeo Modigliani Film

TORONTO – Johnny Depp has certainly made the most of his Hollywood hiatus while in Hungary, France and now Italy, and for more reasons than one. Just a week ago Depp shared the stage in an open-air amphitheatre with Andrea Bocelli in Lajatico, Tuscany, the singer’s hometown. Bocelli performs annually at the amphitheatre – called the Teatro del Silenzio – of which he is the honourary president, having aided in its consctruction.

CORRIERE CANADESE / Una conversazione con Silvia Giulietti

TORONTO – Ho avuto il privilegio di sedermi a Toronto con Silvia Giulietti, produttrice e regista di “Fellinopolis”, “La morte legale” e “Gli angeli nascosti di Luchino Visconti”, per citare solo alcuni dei suoi lavori. Giulietti è stata una delle prime donne, se non la prima, in Italia a lavorare su un set cinematografico come assistente alla macchina da presa, operatrice alla macchina da presa e, infine, direttrice della fotografia… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

A conversation with Silvia Giulietti

TORONTO – I had the privilege of sitting down in Toronto with Silvia Giulietti, Producer and Director of “Fellinopolis”, “Legal Death” and “Luchino Visconti’s Hidden Angels” – to name a few of her works. Giulietti was one of the first women – if not the first – in Italy to work on a film set as a Camera Assist, camera operator and eventually Director of Photography.