When did fascists become acceptable romantic heroes? The first instance was “The English Patient,” where we were meant to go all swoony at the romantic nobility of Ralph Fiennes’ saving Kristin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to novelist Louis de Bernières, Nicolas Cage endured a time of turmoil while filming “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.” The ...

Way out of tune. Running time: 127 minutes. Rated R (violence, sex, profanity). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Beekman, others. WE began this dismal movie season with one lethally bad World ...

A former Italian soldier regarded as the model for the hero of Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis de Bernières's bestselling novel set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the second world war - ...

In 1941, Italy allies with Germany and ruthlessly conquers the much weaker country of Greece. On a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One Italian ...

Selling millions of copies and adapted into a 2001 film, Louis de Bernières' epic wartime novel, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, is a literary tour de force. Now inventively, if not entirely faithfully, ...

The discovery of the long-lost report has reopened an investigation into the killings which inspired Louis de Bernieres’s book. The find has raised hopes in Italy that there might finally be some ...

Books change their covers with alarming regularity these days, as publishers target new markets. It is, however, sometimes possible for bestsellers, due to their huge popularity and the publisher’s ...

To judge by Captain Corelli's Mandolin, the Greek isles were the most popular wartime posting for the Italian invaders. Easy to see why. The "girls" come over on the troopships, too. Marching through ...

When our title-role star's scheduled pre release publicity appearances began, Nicolas Cage seemed too distracted or befuddled to rationally discuss "Captain Corelli's Mandolin." My antenna went up. I ...

Things start on an intriguing note as World War II invades the quiet Greek island of Cephallonia, and Corelli (Nicolas Cage), an Italian captain, is billeted at the home of Dr. Iannis (John Hurt) and ...