TORONTO – Pupi Avati one of Italy’s Horror Film masters, best known for his Giallo masterpieces The House with Laughing Windows (1976) and Zeder (1983), has proposed that Italy’s Government should create a Ministry of Cinema. The news came via Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani who first circulated the notion on his X page last month.
TORONTO – The political situation at the federal level is increasingly chaotic: with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has resigned, now in his last days of office, the Liberal Party is in full swing for the leadership and the other parties are already campaigning for the probable early elections, the polls are once again giving mixed results. →
TORONTO – The prelude to the “economic warfare with the USA (Trump) is not over yet. The State of the Union Address tonight and the consequent fallout may determine how serious Trump may be or how resolute his commitment to put Americans ahead of any international obligations – real, implicit or implied – that make peace and harmony viable alternatives to street-gang ethics. →
TORONTO – With the 97th Academy Awards now in the can and the perennial “shock wins” and “snubs” recorded into history, we can reflect on the Italian perspective of the momentous evening. While Italian talents certainly weren’t the Belle of the Oscar Ball, there was one Italian icon nominated for the first time in her career. Daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini, Isabella Rossellini was recognized for her supporting role as Sister Agnes in the Vatican thriller and Best Picture nominee Conclave. The statuette however, inevitably went to Zoe Saldana for her performance in the critical darling Emilia Perez.
TORONTO – Democracy: The rule by the people, for the people – a most prized structure that we maintain is a fundamental principle of our national ethic; it is who we are. The “majority rules”, we say. That principle is the panacea for all socio-political ills. Yet we struggle to give it proof with numbers.
