Netflix Series 'Ripley' and Art-House Drama 'La Chimera' Offer Mesmerizing Views of Italy
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Seven Days— A Vermont spring is lovely, but how would you like to take a virtual vacation? A new film and series, both gorgeously shot on location in Italy, go beyond bland touristic views of the country to explore how its storied past impinges on the present. In these filmmakers' visions, you'll find American expatriates climbing endless stairs to rented rooms in stone seaside ramparts; young people frolicking on a beach pocked with ancient tombs beneath the blinking lights of an electrical plant;...
Fortune—London’s Royal Opera House plans a new renaissance starting with a name change — and potential Netflix series. To fill a multimillion-pound funding gap, the institution will begin streaming on social media sites such as YouTube and will team up with brands.
Barron's—Salernitana Relegated From Italy's Serie A. Rock-bottom Salernitana were relegated from the Italian top flight on Friday after a 3-0 defeat at fellow strugglers Frosinone.
Buffalo Rising—Five Cent Cine: La Chimera. La Chimera ★★1/2 (Out of 4 stars) Mr. In-Between Set against an Italian backdrop of small-time tomb robbers and grifters, Arthur (“maybe English, maybe Irish”) is the man from nowhere, []