August 2014 – The American Mag

Satanic majesties

By Germano Zaini| 2018-03-21T19:02:06+00:00 August 31st, 2014|Da Germano|

Pope Francis has revived Vatican pilgrimages, but he's not the only recession-beater.

By Film Staff| 2018-03-21T19:02:07+00:00 August 31st, 2014|Noteworthy Titles|

Keith Ridgway takes detective fiction to a place it never knew existed.

By Marcia Yarrow| 2018-03-21T19:02:08+00:00 August 31st, 2014|Reviews|

Jonathan Glazer strays far afield of a bizarre novel and ends up getting lost.

By Christopher P. Winner| 2018-03-21T19:02:10+00:00 August 31st, 2014|Area 51|

History is mostly unfamiliar with the unprecedented. It recycles instead.

By Alexandra Bruzzese| 2018-03-21T19:02:10+00:00 August 31st, 2014|First Person|

Fluency in Italian (or any foreign language) is a lovely wish but a hard one to attain.

By Madeline Klosterman| 2018-03-21T19:02:12+00:00 August 31st, 2014|"American Girl"|

It doesn't take Proust to uncover the past. Just find an old box, and brace yourself.

By Letizia Mattiacci| 2018-03-21T19:02:10+00:00 August 30th, 2014|"In Provincia"|

If decorative pots and plates are your love, go for the kind that pays tribute to history.

By Marcia Yarrow| 2018-03-21T19:02:08+00:00 August 30th, 2014|Reviews|

Catherine Keener gives Mark Jackson's grief-stricken film a sense of purpose.

By Annie Gold| 2018-03-21T19:02:06+00:00 August 30th, 2014|Lifestyle Archive|

The ways and means of an Italian love affair has little in common with its American version.

By Patrick Masterson| 2018-03-21T19:02:06+00:00 August 29th, 2014|Music Archive|

FKA twigs and Merchandise make music that's headed in different directions.

By Eleonora Baldwin| 2018-03-21T19:02:04+00:00 August 29th, 2014|"In Cucina"|

The once-tawdry Rome neighborhood, known for working class food heavy on entrails, has expanded its reach.