It feels like Italian Studies reinforces a notion about people who use marijuana being unintelligent—though I won't state that directly, since I don’t consider it an accurate portrayal. There's a character in the film with a stash spot for their weed because their mother searches their room. The hiding place? A book at a public library. Seriously. It resembles Poe’s “Purloined Letter,” if Poe had been completely i…

Italian Studies arrived in 2022. The premise involves being in Manhattan without any recollection of who you are. It’s the beginning of a strange exploration. Alina Reynolds, portrayed by Vanessa Kirby—an Academy Award nominee—is a writer visiting New York City from London when she unexpectedly suffers an amnesia episode and finds herself wandering the streets of Manhattan, completely detached from her surroundings, …