Our updated guide to "Italian Culture Today" is packed with cultural insight and engineered for understanding. Think of it as your smart and trusted friend who's been living in Rome for ten years! Carefully curated and distilled into a one-hour read by our team of Italian reporters, correspondents and researchers, backed by our global and regional editors, "Italian Culture Today" unpacks and explores the topics and issues that matter most, including literature, TV, cinema, music, perception, visual art, fashion, cuisine, drinks, belief, heritage, architecture and nature. Through concise life stories and interviews, you'll also meet some interesting characters, including writers, musicians, designers, hip-hop fans and more.Highlights from the guide include the importance of truth and realism in Italian cinema; Marco, a scriptwriter on Netflix’s Italian Original hit “Baby”; the science behind Italy’s amazing sunlight and the art it has inspired; why drinking wine each day is democratic; and Francesco, an olive oil maker from Sardinia.We also publish guides to “Italian Society Today” and “Italian Politics Today.”Thalby guides help travelers appreciate and connect with cultures around the world. Each one offers the perfect blend of concision, utility and reliability. We are reframing travel as an act of understanding. Thanks for reading and enjoy the guide!