In this edition
Ron Perlman Revisits The Name of the Rose, and the Novel Italy Gave the World
The Guardian's account of filming The Name of the Rose reopens the question of how Italian fiction travels when a foreign production carries it.
Eleonora Vanzetti · 520 words
Recent headlines from this bureau
- Ron Perlman Revisits The Name of the Rose, and the Novel Italy Gave the World
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- A Venice Pavilion That Never Was, Reassembled in Boston
- Autumn's Awards Season Opens, and Italian Cinema Watches From the Wings
- Gaza Documentary Tops Italian Box Office, Beating Hollywood's Encore Titles
- In the Venetian Lagoon, a Biennial Turns Its Spotlight on Craft
- A Crouching Child, Red Chalk, and a Private Italian Collection
- A Biennial of Hands: Es Devlin Curates 500 Artisans in the Venetian Lagoon
Geography & climate
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Italian books, music, film, art, design and food as the world's critics and culture pages receive them.
Economy & culture
Publishing, cinema, music, museums, fashion and design — the cultural economy as foreign coverage frames it.
The world's reviewers reading Italy — the Venice Biennale from New York, Italian fiction in translation, Italian cinema at the festivals.