Events for October 28th, 2011
Passione
Directed by John Turturro. Italy. 2010. NR. 90 min. Cinetic Media. 35mm.
Fri, Oct 28 thru Thu, Nov 3 -- Roll over to view showtimes.
“No great city signifies just one thing, least of all a multimillennial melting pot like Naples, Southern Italy’s cradle of fine architecture, world-beating pizza and (as seen in 2008’s corrosive Gomorrah) organized crime. But to watch actor John Turturro’s Passione, a thorough and thoroughly enjoyable documentary about Neapolitan folk music old and new, you might have to give the city the edge on tuneful contributions to world culture. From these narrow streets came opera giant Enrico Caruso, as well as the first six-string guitar and hundreds of years of passionate balladeering. More»