Paolo Sorrentino's dazzling, daring "Il Divo" brings the cinematic bravado of Coppola and Scorsese back home
By Andrew O'Hehir Oct 28, 2009
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The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
By Glenn Greenwald
November 5, 2009
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That $134 billion in smuggled Treasuries? Counterfeit, says the U.S. government
By Andrew Leonard
June 19, 2009
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Can a nation of dudes whose sexual self-image was built on macho Jeeps survive the rise of the Little Mouse?
By Gary Kamiya
June 11, 2009
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Pasolini's "Salò" blends fascism, de Sade and upscale art cinema into the most notorious film in the medium's history. Watch it at home!
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 8, 2008
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Secret deficits, North Korean counterfeiters, religious cultists -- $134 billion dollars worth of conspiracy theory
By Andrew Leonard
June 15, 2009
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Two Japanese citizens are arrested attempting to leave Italy with $134 billion worth of U.S. Treasury bonds.
By Andrew Leonard
June 12, 2009
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An interview with David Maraniss, whose new book argues that many current Olympic issues can trace their roots to Rome.
By King Kaufman
August 7, 2008
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The Eternal City is too vast and ancient to grasp, and the harder you try, the more it slips away. So you have to dream your way into it.
By Gary Kamiya
July 22, 2008
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Italy's minister for equal opportunity thinks gay pride events are "pointless" because "homosexuality is no longer a problem" in the country.
By Catherine Price
May 20, 2008
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Spain's equality minister says Silvio Berlusconi is a chauvinist who needs psychiatric help.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
May 20, 2008
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My trip to Italy was perfect -- except for the part where I couldn't stop worrying about money, my children and the state of my marriage.
By Ann Bauer
May 16, 2008
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Abortion is legal there, but only 30 percent of doctors will do it.
By Lynn Harris
April 22, 2008
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An Italian politician suggests women wear tracking devices for rescue from rapists.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
April 22, 2008
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A man gets 10 days in jail for staring intensely at a female commuter.
By James Hannaham
April 22, 2008
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China is the latest to ban imports, citing dioxin concerns. But how did the seventh century barbarian nomad Avars get involved in this mess?
By Andrew Leonard
March 31, 2008
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Figuring out which (if any) organic wine to buy can feel like navigating dawn with a hangover.
By Rebecca Clarren
December 1, 2007
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Venice's first female gondolier is making waves -- and not everyone likes it.
By Catherine Price
May 15, 2007
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I'd been hurt before -- but then it happened: An amazing married Italian!
By Cary Tennis
December 21, 2006
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Man tries to kill himself on Italian program.
By David Puner
December 11, 2006
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The septuagenarian Italian film star is set to wed a man 34 years her junior. That's amore!
By Nona Willis-Aronowitz
October 20, 2006
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The grit -- and beauty -- of this land of Mafioso is captured in the mysteries of Leonardo Sciascia and the expat writings of Mary Taylor Simeti.
By Anna Monardo
October 9, 2006
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Italian law has long required that newborns get their dads' last names, but a new roster of female lawmakers is proposing some changes.
By Page Rockwell
August 28, 2006
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An excellent political biography of the former prime minister exposes the evil genius of the man who practically owns Italy.
By Farhad Manjoo
July 12, 2006
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Italy wins the World Cup as French legend Zidane is sent off. Let's do the same to the penalty-kick shootout. Plus: The Twins' side-arming blogger.
July 10, 2006
Critics' Picks: The dark prince of postwar Italy
Criminal convictions of 22 CIA agents in Italy
Mystery bond conspiracy theory letdown
The Fiat-ization of the American male
Torture porn, made beautiful
1960: The birth of today's games
Roman holiday
Italy: The new San Francisco?
How I misspent my European vacation
Does organic wine taste bad?
I'm a Brazilian girl -- why do I fall for French and Italian guys?
Terrifying TV
Destination: Southern Italy
Don Berlusconi
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
War Room