For composer Alex Zhang Hungtai of Dirty Beaches, movies are motif and motive.

For director Sorrentino, Italy's best stories are hidden in the country's cracks and crevices.

An Italian author looks back on prewar Latvia and the Piedmont of her teens.

A chat with Sergio Castellitto, widely considered Italy's best male actor.

Veteran Italian filmmaker Cavani has always tried to do things her way.

Writer Charles Lambert uses his British background and Italian life to forge an identity.

Actress Buy has worked diligently over two decades to establish her screen presence.

The head of Italy's atheist and agnostic group seeks relief from Catholicism.

According to author David Ranan's controversial view of the Catholic Church, "faith" and "good" are not synonymous.

Italian architects and designers Massimiliano Fuksas and Doriana Mandrelli are all about places you can use.

Tim Parks on politics, abortion, "Gomorra," bad journalism, J.M. Coetzee, the Medicis, and Piero Fassino's churchgoing.