Millicent Marcus is a professor of Italian Studies and Film & Media Studies at Yale University.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: An OverviewMafias 1. Toward a New Language of Engagement for the New Millennium:Marco Tullio Giordana’s The One Hundred Steps, 20002. The Anti-Mafia Martyr Film Takes an Unexpected Turn:Pierfrancesco Diliberto’s The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer, 20133. "This Is Not a Crime Film": Michele Placido’s Crime Novel, 20054. "The Normality of Devastation":Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah, 2008Neo-regionalism5. "Non per vacanza, ma per viverci!" (Not to Vacation, but to Live Here!): Giorgio Diritti’s The Wind Blows Round, 20056. The Child as the "Custodian of Future Memory":Giorgio Diritti’s The Man Who Is to Come, 2009Migrants7. Channeling the Geographic Unconscious:Federico Bondi’s Black Sea, 2009 8. "Your Position Please":Gianfranco Rosi’s Fire at Sea, 2016Leadership9. The Ironist and the Auteur:Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo, 200810. Liberating the Left: Toward a Humanist Language of Engagement for a Post-Political Age:Roberto Andò’s Long Live Liberty, 2013  11. The Pontiff and the Shrink:Nanni Moretti’s We Have a Pope, 2011Women12. "It Ended the Way It Should Have":Francesca Comencini’s The Blank Space, 200813. Comic Relief:Riccardo Milani’s Don’t Stop Me Now, 2019 In a Category unto Itself14. Hidden Beneath the "Blah Blah Blah":Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty, 2013BibliographyIndex

Millicent Marcus is a professor of Italian Studies and Film & Media Studies at Yale University.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: An OverviewMafias 1. Toward a New Language of Engagement for the New Millennium:Marco Tullio Giordana’s The One Hundred Steps, 20002. The Anti-Mafia Martyr Film Takes an Unexpected Turn:Pierfrancesco Diliberto’s The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer, 20133. "This Is Not a Crime Film": Michele Placido’s Crime Novel, 20054. "The Normality of Devastation":Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah, 2008Neo-regionalism5. "Non per vacanza, ma per viverci!" (Not to Vacation, but to Live Here!): Giorgio Diritti’s The Wind Blows Round, 20056. The Child as the "Custodian of Future Memory":Giorgio Diritti’s The Man Who Is to Come, 2009Migrants7. Channeling the Geographic Unconscious:Federico Bondi’s Black Sea, 2009 8. "Your Position Please":Gianfranco Rosi’s Fire at Sea, 2016Leadership9. The Ironist and the Auteur:Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo, 200810. Liberating the Left: Toward a Humanist Language of Engagement for a Post-Political Age:Roberto Andò’s Long Live Liberty, 2013  11. The Pontiff and the Shrink:Nanni Moretti’s We Have a Pope, 2011Women12. "It Ended the Way It Should Have":Francesca Comencini’s The Blank Space, 200813. Comic Relief:Riccardo Milani’s Don’t Stop Me Now, 2019 In a Category unto Itself14. Hidden Beneath the "Blah Blah Blah":Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty, 2013BibliographyIndex

Millicent Marcus is a professor of Italian Studies and Film & Media Studies at Yale University.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: An OverviewMafias 1. Toward a New Language of Engagement for the New Millennium:Marco Tullio Giordana’s The One Hundred Steps, 20002. The Anti-Mafia Martyr Film Takes an Unexpected Turn:Pierfrancesco Diliberto’s The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer, 20133. "This Is Not a Crime Film": Michele Placido’s Crime Novel, 20054. "The Normality of Devastation":Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah, 2008Neo-regionalism5. "Non per vacanza, ma per viverci!" (Not to Vacation, but to Live Here!): Giorgio Diritti’s The Wind Blows Round, 20056. The Child as the "Custodian of Future Memory":Giorgio Diritti’s The Man Who Is to Come, 2009Migrants7. Channeling the Geographic Unconscious:Federico Bondi’s Black Sea, 2009 8. "Your Position Please":Gianfranco Rosi’s Fire at Sea, 2016Leadership9. The Ironist and the Auteur:Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo, 200810. Liberating the Left: Toward a Humanist Language of Engagement for a Post-Political Age:Roberto Andò’s Long Live Liberty, 2013  11. The Pontiff and the Shrink:Nanni Moretti’s We Have a Pope, 2011Women12. "It Ended the Way It Should Have":Francesca Comencini’s The Blank Space, 200813. Comic Relief:Riccardo Milani’s Don’t Stop Me Now, 2019 In a Category unto Itself14. Hidden Beneath the "Blah Blah Blah":Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty, 2013BibliographyIndex