Giovanni Battista Rigon directed a live recording of Rossini's Il turco in Italia in 2009 at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy) is a two-act comic opera by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Felice Romani, set in Naples.
A lot of us are emotionally impacted by the current pandemic. So, while we’re all stuck here in our homes, it’s great to put on a movie to ease the stress. With that, I made up a small list of some of my favorite feel-good movies.
The Invite is witty, dramatic, funny, and probably the best comedy released this year so far.
A recent look at gender and racial diversity in film shows some signs of progress. However, white men still make up the vast majority of actors and directors in top-grossing films.
Mulan had to struggle to feel like herself and see herself properly. Some of us have to strive to have our reflection mimic what’s inside. We have to crawl. We have to fight.
Not only does the system prevent upward mobility, but it makes it incredibly easy to slide from comfortably middle class to unhoused.
Telling a story about the French and Indian Wars from the perspective of the British prioritizes the perspective of the colonizers.
