december 16–31, 2025

Books

  • John Dickson Carr, The Hollow Man
  • Leonard Barkan, Satyr Square: A Year, a Life in Rome
  • G. Franco Romagnoli, A Thousand Bells at Noon: A Roman’s Guide to the Secrets and Pleasures of His Native City
  • William Murray, City of the Soul: A Walk in Rome
  • Francesco Pacifico, The Story of My Purity, translated by Stephen Twilley
  • Alan Epstein, As the Romans Do
  • Georges Simenon, Betty, trans. Ros Schwartz
  • Georges Simenon, The Man from London, trans. Howard Curtis

Films

  • Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, directed by David Hinton
  • Delicatessen, dir.
  • Oh . . . Rosalinda!!, dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
  • 晩春 (Early Spring), dir. Yasujirō Ozu
  • Kon-Tiki, dir. Thor Heyerdahl
  • Wake Up Dead Man, dir. Rian Johnson
  • Witness to Murder, dir. Roy Rowland
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? dir. Joel & Ethan Coen
  • The Phoenician Scheme, dir. Wes Anderson
  • Parenti serpenti (Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations), dir. Mario Monicelli
  • Caro diario, dir. Nanni Moretti
  • Modern Times, dir. Charlie Chaplin
  • The Tales of Hoffmann, dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

Exhibits

  • Galleria d’arte moderna, Roma

december 1–15, 2025

Books

  • Elizabeth Bowen, A Time in Rome
  • Amie Barrodale, Trip
  • Chester Himes, All Shot Up
  • John D. MacDonald, The Deep Blue Good-By
  • Giulia Caminito, The Lake’s Water Is Never Sweet, translated by Hope Campbell Gustafson 

Films

  • Sullivan’s Travels, dir. Preston Sturges
  • Movie Movie, dir. Stanley Donen
  • Moonfleet, dir. Fritz Lang
  • We Were the Scenery, dir. Christopher Radcliff
  • Bad Santa, dir. Terry Zwigoff
  • The House by the River, dir. Fritz Lang
  • Black Narcissus, dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
  • Gone to Earth, dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
  • Schizopolis, dir. Steven Soderbergh

Exhibits

  • “La Grecia a Roma,” Musei Capitolini, Roma
  • “Kaarina Kaikkonen: Unfolding Hope,” Z₂O Sara Zanin, Roma
  • “Emilia Estrada: Permanently Shadowed,” Cantadora, Roma

november 16–30, 2025

Books

  • Stewart Home, Conspiracies, Cover-Ups & Diversions
  • Rex Stout, Might As Well Be Dead
  • Stewart Home, Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists and the New Order in Wellness
  • Ethan Coen, Gates of Eden
  • H. V. Morton, A Traveller in Rome

Exhibits

  • Museo dell’Ara Pacis, Roma
  • Musei Vaticani, Roma

Films

  • Miller’s Crossing, directed by Joel & Ethan Coen
  • The Big Lebowski, dir. Joel & Ethan Coen

november 1–15, 2025

Books

  • Avram Davidson, Vergil in Averno
  • Elizabeth Taylor, Angel
  • Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
  • Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Claimed
  • Olivia Laing, The Silver Book
  • Rex Stout, Three Witnesses

Exhibits

  • “Beato Angelico,” Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze
  • Complesso monumentale di Santa Croce, Firenze
  • Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
  • Scavi di Ostia e Museo Ostiense, Ostia
  • “Maria Barosso, artista e archeologa nella Roma in trasformazione,” Centrale Montemartini, Roma
  • “Antiche civiltà del Turkmenistan,” Musei Capitolini, Roma
  • Museo della Scuola Romana, Casino Nobile, Musei di Villa Torlonia, Roma
  • Complesso della Serra Moresca, Musei di Villa Torlonia, Roma

Films

  • Blood Simple, directed by Joel & Ethan Coen
  • Raising Arizona, dir. Joel & Ethan Coen

october 16–31, 2025

Books

  • Barry Gifford, Sailor & Lula: The Complete Novels
  • Rex Stout, The Black Mountain
  • Barry Gifford, Perdita Durango
  • Jakuta Alikavazovic, Like a Sky Inside, translated by Daniel Levin Becker
  • Avram Davidson, The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy
  • Rex Stout, Before Midnight
  • Claire-Louise Bennett, Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • K. C. Constantine, Bottom Liner Blues
  • Susan Howe, Penitential Cries

Films

  • Black Bag, directed by Steven Soderbergh
  • Bugonia, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Ocean’s Eleven, dir. Steven Soderbergh
  • Presence, dir. Steven Soderbergh
  • We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, dir. Jane Schoenbrun

october 1–15, 2025

Books

  • Mario dell’Arco, Day Lasts Forever: Selected Poems of Mario dell’Arco, translated by Marc Alan Di Martino
  • Georges Simenon, A Man’s Head, trans. David Coward
  • Rex Stout, Three Men Out
  • Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
  • Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde

Films

  • Noroît, directed by Jacques Rivette
  • The Small Back Room, dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
  • Love’s Labour’s Lost, dir. Kenneth Branagh

Exhibits

  • Musei Capitolini, Roma
  • Museo della Forma Urbis, Roma

september 16–30, 2025

Books

  • Delacorta, Vida, trans. Victoria Reiter
  • Delacorta, Alba, trans. Catherine Texier
  • Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Italian Days
  • K. C. Constantine, Joey’s Case
  • Avram Davidson, Limekiller
  • K. C. Constantine, Sunshine Enemies
  • Amie Barrodale, Trip
  • Ed Park, An Oral History of Atlantis

Films

  • Pépé le Moko, directed by Julien Duvivier
  • Ossessione, dir. Luchino Visconti
  • One Battle After Another, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Ishtar, dir. Elaine May

september 1–15, 2025

Books

  • M. John Harrison, The Course of the Heart
  • Delacorta, Diva, translated by Lowell Blair
  • Rex Stout, The Golden Spiders
  • Avram Davidson, The Phoenix and the Mirror
  • Delacorta, Nana, trans. Victoria Reiter
  • Delacorta, Luna, trans. Victoria Reiter

Films

  • Diva, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix
  • Sacro GRA, dir. Gianfranco Rosi

Exhibits

  • “Tina Modotti. Donna, Fotografa, Militante. Una vita fra due mondi,” Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Roma
  • “A mano Libera. Arte e cinema d’animazione 1957–1977,” Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Roma
  • “Frigidaire. Storia e immagini della più rivoluzionaria rivista d’arte del mondo,” Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Roma
  • Musei Capitolini, Roma
  • “Roma 1975. Città, volti e storie nell’anno giubilare nelle fotografie di Fabio De Angelis,” Drugstore Museum, Roma
  • “Caravaggio: La conversione di Saulo,” Palazzo Barberini, Roma

august 1–15, 2025

Books

  • Iris Murdoch, The Bell
  • Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang
  • Edward Abbey, Hayduke Lives!
  • Iris Murdoch, A Severed Head
  • Antonio Tabucchi, Dreams of Dreams and The Last Three Days of Fernando Pessoa, translated by Nancy J. Peters
  • Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
  • Rex Stout, Curtains for Three

Films

  • Contraband, dir. Michael Powell
  • Crumb, dir. Terry Zwigoff
  • I soliti ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street), dir. Mario Monicelli
  • One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, dir. Emeric Pressburger
  • Night Moves, dir. Kelly Reichardt
  • How to Blow Up a Pipeline, dir. Daniel Goldhaber

Exhibits

  • Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
  • Capella Brancacci, Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmine, Firenze