MOMA to Celebrate Italian Cinema with Two Film Series

The Museum of Modern Art celebrates Italian cinema with two film series in December: Antonio Pietrangeli: A Retrospective (December 3-18, 2015), with long-term partner Luce Cinecittà, and Italian Film, 21st-Century Style: A Tribute to Rai Cinema (December 4-18, 2015). Exploring the director's career from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s, Antonio Pietrangeli will feature 11 feature films, from Pietrangeli's best-known work-including the international premiere of the restored version of I Knew Her Well (which will play in New York theaters from February 2016)-to a number of rediscoveries. The nine films screened as part of Italian Film, 21st-Century Style focus on contemporary filmmaking in Italy, spanning the years 2000 to 2015, with all nine films having recently entered MoMA's collection. The series is highlighted by an appearance from director Matteo Garrone, who introduces his film Tale of Tales on December 4.

Antonio Pietrangeli: A Retrospective is presented by MoMA in collaboration with Luce Cinecittà, Rome, and is organized by Dave Kehr, Adjunct Curator, Department of Film, MoMA, and Camilla Cormanni and Paola Ruggiero, Luce Cinecittà. Italian Film, 21st-Century Style: A Tribute to Rai Cinema is organized by Antonio Monda, Film Professor, New York University, with Rajendra Roy, The Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, MoMA. These exhibitions will also be joined by a one-week presentation of Simone Rapisarda Casanova's The Creation of Meaning, from December 17 to 23, 2015, organized by Joshua Siegel, Curator, Department of Film, MoMA.