Movie: “Paradiso”

The United Theater 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, United States

The 1990 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Movie: “Life is Beautiful”

The United Theater 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, United States

When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.

Movie: “The Godfather Part II”

The United Theater 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, United States

1974 film, set in the 1920's, won 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture.

Movie: “Paisan”

The United Theater 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, United States

This 1946 film spans one and a half years of the liberation of Italy towards the end of World War II.  The movie consists of 6 episodes, starting with the American invasion of Sicily in the first episode.  Subsequent episodes include Naples, Rome, Florence, and the Apennines mountains. The movie is included in the Italian

Movie: “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”

The United Theater 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, United States

The first movie for the film series in 2024 is "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" (released as "Ieri, Oggi, Domani" in Italy), a 1963 Oscar winning romantic comedy staring Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, and Aldo Giuffrè.  The film consists of 3 short stories, each of a woman (all played by Sophia Loren) living in different financial circumstances

Movie: “Spettacolo”

The United Theater 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, United States

The town that plays itself:  This is a 2017 documentary of a small hill-town in Tuscany where every summer the citizens become actors, playing themselves.  They dramatize and debate the town's problems in the piazza, which has become the stage for the event. The film is in Italian, with subtitles.  It runs approximately 1½ hours

Movie: Il Sorpasso

The United Theater 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, United States

Il Sorpasso is considered one of the best examples of the Commedia all'Italiana, a cinematic form which, through comedy, offered a critique of Italian social and cultural changes.

Movie: “Rome, Open City”

The United Theater 5 Canal St., Westerly, RI, United States

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the leader of the Resistance is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.