Culture – The Venice Film Festival grabs the limelight in the foreign press’s reporting on Italy. El País offers a round-up of the various feature films, in an edition that “confirms interest in current issues” (September 2 – Las noticias encienden Venecia), and attention to “social issues (September 2 – Reyes y proletarios se enfrentan en el festival de Venecia), with a documentary in particular dedicated to the people from ONG Emergency “fighting against war” (September 3 – Emergency, combatientes contra la guerra). The Washington Post covers the major figures in American movie-making arriving in the lagoon (August 31 – Joaquin Phoenix discusses preparing for role in ‘Joker*; 1 August – Filmmaker Nate Parker apologizes for being ‘tone deaf’*). Also in film, the Tunisian daily La Presse dedicates an article to Tunis-born Claudia Cardinale, an “icon of Italian and world cinema” (August 30 – Claudia Cardinale à Hergla: l’icône du cinéma italien et mondial n’a jamais oublié son pays natal, la Tunisie.) Lastly, in theatre, El Mundo reviews Barbarossa e la beffa di Alessandria by Dario Fo – a text “difficult to classify” and still unperformed in Spain (September 2 – Las mil y una noches de Dario Fo).
Style and Italian-made quality – In fashion, Financial Times publishes an interview with Alessandro Michele, Gucci’s “majestic ” creative director (August 30 – Alessandro Michele — National treasures*), while Bloomberg profiles the “supercar” market where Italian makers are the leading players, also in the electric vehicle sector (September 3 – Have We Hit Peak Supercar?).
Wine & Food – In wine & food, coverage is devoted to the innovation of Italian winegrowers grappling with the effects of climate changes that are forcing them to “break with tradition” (The Wall Street Journal, August 31 – Europe’s Winemakers Break With Tradition as Temperatures Rise*). Financial Times, on the other hand, reviews the restaurant Mascalzone in Newcastle, where you can enjoy the “food you dream of finding in a small family-run place” (August 29 – Mascalzone, Newcastle: ‘you won’t believe you’re not in Italy’ — restaurant review*). There is also coverage of the culinary traditions of Ancient Rome, with the exhibition Oxford is staging on Pompeian frescoes dedicated to food (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 31 – Leben wie Gott in Pompeji).
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