Inspired by Fellini's classic “La Dolce Vita” (The Sweet Life), Paolo Sorrentino uses better cinematography and beautiful music to tell the story of a confused journalist in Rome who turns 65. This ironic story goes over the heads of some viewers. Pay attention to what the old man says in the context of where he is living.

Lina Wertmuller's tragi-comic masterpiece set mostly in Italy before, during, and just after World War Two. English subtitles.

The police state in Fascist Italy uses violence to get rid of dissenters. Sound familiar? Bernardo Bertolucci's film of Alberto Moravia's novel. (English subtitles)

A classic of Italian cinema.

An overview of Italian hostility against Americans in general and President Trump in particular.