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Articles by: Stanislao Pugliese

  • Frank Serpico behind the scenes with Antonino D’Ambrosio. Photo: Trevor Tweeten
    Art & Culture

    The Past is Never Dead. It's Not Even Past

    Stanislao Pugliese(May 10, 2017)
    For the first part of his life, Frank Serpico had to deal with the corruption of the New York City Police Department. Once he agreed to testify at the Knapp Commission in 1971 and then after the Peter Maas book and Sidney Lumet film (1973) starring Al Pacino, he had to deal with the mythical figure of Serpico.
  • Art & Culture

    Remembering Pino Daniele

    Stanislao Pugliese(January 12, 2017)
    We are delighted to re-publish an article by Stanislao Pugliese in memory of the renowned singer-songwriter Pino Daniele. Daniele passed away two years ago, but during the course of his career, he brilliantly combined rock, African-American blues, and Neapolitan music.
  • Life & People

    Viva la libertà

    Stanislao Pugliese(November 10, 2014)
    Based on his novel Il trono vuoto (The Vacant Throne), Roberto Andò’s film Viva la libertà appeared last year in Italy at a propitious moment, just as Florence mayor Matteo Renzi stormed to national political prominence and assumed the office of prime minister (the youngest in Italian history) in early 2014. Both the film and the reality deal with a moment of crisis of the left; but perhaps that is where the similarities end.
  • Life & People

    Matera. Candidate for European "Capitale of Culture" 2019

    Stanislao Pugliese(October 01, 2013)
    The competition is fierce: Torino, Venice, Bergamo, Ravenna, Urbino, Siena, PerugiAssisi (as they style themselves for this), Terni, L’Aquila, Amalfi, Bari, Brindisi, Catanzaro and Palermo. Against these “pezzi grossi” the city of Matera in Basilicata has put itself forward as a candidate for the title of European Capital of Culture for 2019.
  • Life & People

    Una tragedia ridicola

    Stanislao Pugliese(November 15, 2009)
    Francesco Durante’s "Scuorno" (Milan: Mondadori, 2008) offers an enlightened and enlightening brief introduction into the cultural mindset of Neapolitan culture