“DANTEmag,” based out of London, claims to be “the first international magazine with an Italian soul.” Most of the articles featured on the news and culture magazine relate to Dante in some way.
Explore the magazine online here.
Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
Vincent Ward’s 1998 film, What Dreams May Come, starring Robin Williams and Annabella Sciorra, explores the after-life. The film’s protagonist, Chris Neilson, finds himself in heaven after death. His wife, Annie, has committed suicide and resides in hell; when Chris sets out to find her, he travels through a representation of the first seven circles of Dante’s Inferno.
The New York Times Magazine published an illustrated column, “Dante at the Beach,” in August 2015. An interpretation of Dante’s levels of hell, the column is from Christoph Niemann’s Abstract Sunday.
To see the whole column, click here.
“Club Inferno, a Glam-Rock Musical based on Dante’s Divine Comedy, is ‘one hell of a good time’, blending sinful women and kick-ass rock with a classic story of the afterlife.” —Thrillpeddlers
The musical, which plays at the Hypnodrome in San Francisco, is put on by Thrillpeddlers and features a cast of characters like Dante, Xaron, and Cleopatra.
Read more about the show at SFGate.
Contributed by Bob Watt
As of August 19, 2015, it seems that Warner Bros. has bought a pitch for an Inferno film from screenwriter Dwain Worrell. Read more on Deadline.
Contributed by Tessa Smith, Stanford University ’18
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Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.