Complimentary beer—while supplies last!—for L'AMORE ticket holders on Friday, September 1, courtesy our friends at Revolution Brewery! Must be 21+ to redeem.

“A bifurcated love letter to Anna Magnani.” - Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

Friday, September 1 & Saturday, September 9 | Made in the same decade as Rossellini’s remarkable “war trilogy” (ROME, OPEN CITY; PAISAN; and GERMANY, YEAR ZERO), L’AMORE is made up of two distinct short films, both starring the Italian powerhouse Anna Magnani. In THE HUMAN VOICE, an unnamed woman has a fraught conversation over the phone with her lover, and in THE MIRACLE the devoutly religious Nannina believes she has been impregnated by Saint Joseph. It was this second film that sparked outrage in the United States, and the film was yanked from its New York premiere and condemned by the National Legion of Decency and Catholic authorities for indecency. When the New York Board of Regents revoked the film’s license entirely, distributor Joseph Burstyn took the battle all the way to the Supreme Court, who, in a unanimous 1952 ruling, decided that film was a form of artistic expression, and therefore free speech protected by the First Amendment. Grazie mille, Rossellini.


Awards & Nominations

Winner - Best Foreign Language Film, New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Winner - Best Actress (Anna Magnani), Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Nominee - Grand International Award, Venice Film Festival


Revolution BreweryComplimentary beer—while supplies last!—for ticket holders to L'AMORE on Friday, September 1, courtesy our friends at Revolution Brewery! Must be 21+ to redeem.


Contra/Banned SeriesAs a disturbing wave of bans—on books, on bodies, on identities—continues to sweep across the United States, the Film Center declares: get your censorship off our cinema. With Contra/Banned, we present 10 films that have experienced, in varying absurd degrees, their own bans and outcries, their own protests and regulations. The films of Contra/Banned are at times subversive, controversial, taboo, provocative, and shocking. Sounds like a good time at the movies to us. View full series.


The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu