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Italian film showing today: Prendimi l’anima (2002)

The Italian film, Prendimi l’anima (Roberto Faenza, 2002) will be showing in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, at 6.30pm on Monday 19th November. A review, introduction and discussion will be led by Paola Visconti. Il film racconta la storia vera di Sabine Spielrein, una giovane ebrea di origine russa che viene ricoverata nella clinica di Jung nel 1904 per una grave forma di isteria. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Bellissima (1951)

The Italian film, Bellissima (Luchino Visconti, 1951) will be showing in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, at 6.30pm on Monday 12th November. A review, introduction and discussion will be led by Sandro Filipik. Bellissima è un film neorealista del 1951 diretto da Luchino Visconti. Questo film in bianco e nero è una satira dell’industria del cinema e mette a nudo i falsi sogni e le fantasie superficiali che Cinecittà stava producendo. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (1970)

The Italian film, Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (Vittorio De Sica, 1970), will be showing in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, at 6.30pm on Monday 5th November. A review, introduction and discussion will be led by Bianca Belgiorno. Ambientato a Ferrara durante la seconda guerra mondiale, il film di De Sica racconta la storia dei Finzi Contini, una famiglia aristocratica ebrea protetta dalle mura della loro idilliaca tenuta. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today: Che bella giornata (2011)

The Italian film, Che bella giornata (Gennaro Nunziante, 2011), will be showing in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, at 6.30pm on Monday 22nd October. A review, introduction and discussion will be led by Leonardo Provvedi. Il film di questa settimana è una commedia che ha per protagonista Checco Zalone, uno dei comici italiani di oggi di maggior successo. Continue reading →

Italian film showing today

The Italian film, Questione di cuore (Francesca Archibugi, 2009), will be showing in Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, at 6.30pm on Monday 15th October. A review, introduction and discussion will be led by Paola Visconti. Questa è una bellissima storia di amicizia tra due uomini che hanno solo due cose in comune: sono tutti e due quarantenni ed hanno seri problemi di salute. Continue reading →

Thousands of language apps!

A search on the word ‘languages’ in Google Playstore which provides apps for Android devices, gives 18,647 results. You can find apps from Arabic, Chinese and Czech to Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian. There are voice translator apps, dictionary and grammar apps and even languages in a month apps. A search on the iTunes App store under the Education category gives lower numbers but reveals many more when you search by language. Continue reading →

Thousands of language apps!

A search on the word ‘languages’ in Google Playstore which provides apps for Android devices, gives 18,647 results. You can find apps from Arabic, Chinese and Czech to Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian. There are voice translator apps, dictionary and grammar apps and even languages in a month apps. A search on the iTunes App store under the Education category gives lower numbers but reveals many more when you search by language. Continue reading →