Last night we went to see “Love in the City,” at the San Francisco Film Society, an Italian film of short vignettes exploring the “raw! revealing! shocking!” realities of love in Roma in the early 1950s: abandonment, suicide, death, lust and loss. Including shorts by Antonioni and Fellini, like most classic Italian films of...
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found a fantastic gem on netflix this weekend, fellini’s nights of cabiria. the 1957 film follows cabiria, a petite, snarky prostitute, on her adventures around rome with her hooker crew and abusive clientele. her searches for god, happiness, and most of all, true love, prove disappointing until she finally meets an eligible bachelor… starring...
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shebreathes is one of those blogs that’s always ahead of the curve, featuring lesser-known designers whose collections are much more refreshing than the same prada and marni and alexander wang that is perpetuated throughout the web ad nauseum. she recently posted the s/s 2011 collection from italian designer, marco corso, an unbelievable celebration of color...
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Francesco Hayez, The Kiss, 1859.
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