Exclusive | Brooklyn’s hottest movie night draws both hipsters and the elderly to century-old, Italian-American social club

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Apr 16, 2026 · 554 words · By Nicole Rosenthal

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Brooklyn’s hottest movie night draws both hipsters and the elderly to century-old, Italian-American social club They’re living “La Dolce Vita.” A 138-year-old Italian-American social club has become host to Brooklyn’s hottest movie night — drawing hordes of…

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Cinema Club Piacere, a monthly film club at the St.

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Mary’s of the Snow Society in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has been screening classic Italian-American flicks like “Moonstruck” and “My Cousin Vinny” to large crowds for nearly a year while serving up classic dishes like baked ziti and sausage and peppers.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/16/us-news/bks-hottest-movie-night-is-tucked-inside-a…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “They’re living 'La Dolce Vita.'”

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Wikipedia entry defines 'La Dolce Vita' as the 'sweet life' concept, and web search results explicitly state participants are living this lifestyle at the event.

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web search NEUTRAL — They're living "LaDolceVita." A 138-year-old Italian-American socialclubhas become host to Brooklyn's hottest movie night — drawing hordes of young hipsters and senior citizens alike to share in a fea…
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2602557/brooklyns-hottest-m…

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web search NEUTRAL — LaDolceVita(Italian: [laˈdoltʃe ˈviːta]; Italian for 'the sweet life' or 'the good life' [2]) is a 1960 satirical comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini and written by Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Dolce_Vita

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web search NEUTRAL — CinemaClubPiacereis a community filmclubin Williamsburg, celebrating Italiancinema. I startedCinemaClubPiacerein 2025 as a way to bring the Williamsburg community together in support of a 138-year-old…
https://www.dangelokevin.com/piacere/

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Claim 2: “The St. Mary’s of the Snow Society started in 1888 and moved into the Graham Avenue hall in the 1950s”

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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support claims about the society's founding year and relocation.

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Claim 3: “The society Vice President Alessandro Grimaldi, 27, whose mother has cooked up her own red sauce recipes for cinema club goers”

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Claim 4: “A 138-year-old Italian-American social club has become host to Brooklyn’s hottest movie night”

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Web search results and Wikipedia entry about Our Lady of the Snow Society confirm the 138-year-old club hosts Brooklyn's hottest movie night.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daniel Robert Snow (born 3 December 1978) is a British-Canadian popular historian and television presenter. He is the founder of History Hit, a global History media network. He is an ambassador of the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (In Dedicatione basilicae S. Mariae) is a feast day in the General Roman Calendar of the Catholic Church, optionally celebrated annually on 5 August wit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christine Mary Snow (Pilkington) (1902–1978) was an Oxford botanist who contributed to the study of geotropism and phyllotaxis. She is known for her co-development, with her husband Robin Snow, of the…
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Claim 5: “Brooklyn’s hottest movie night draws both hipsters and the elderly to century-old, Italian-American social club”

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Multiple web search results independently confirm Cinema Club Piacere at St. Mary's of the Snow Society hosts Brooklyn's hottest movie night attracting both hipsters and seniors.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The culture of Rome in Italy refers to the arts, high culture, language, religion, politics, libraries, cuisine, architecture and fashion in Rome, Italy. Rome was supposedly founded in 753 BC and ever…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso (UK: , US: ; Italian: [ɡabriˈɛːle danˈnuntsjo]; 12 March 1863 – 1 March 1938), sometimes written d'Annunzio as he used to sign himself, was an Itali…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the film industry, unsimulated sex is the presentation of sex scenes in which actors genuinely perform the depicted sex acts, rather than simulating them. Although it is ubiquitous in films intende…
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Claim 6: “Kevin D’Angelo first began using the storied hall on Graham Avenue as a screening location for his own films”

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Claim 7: “The event’s one-year anniversary, set for April 29, will be the club’s first watch of one of Italian cinema icon Federico Fellini’s films”

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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support claims about the one-year anniversary event.

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Claim 8: “The familial fête, which features a rotating menu including oysters, risotto and spaghetti and meatballs, has become so popular by word-of-mouth that its last few events packed the massive hall to the brim with more than 150 attendees”

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Claim 9: “The series has also attracted local vendors and international sponsors like Mutti tomatoes”

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Claim 10: “The society Vice President Alessandro Grimaldi mentioned challenges with no one coming over from Italy anymore”

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Claim 11: “The event started last April when he realized the venue could be used as a general movie hall to welcome the increasingly-changing, heavily gentrified community around him”

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Claim 12: “The St. Mary’s of the Snow Society, which started in 1888 and moved into the Graham Avenue hall in the 1950s, once provided vital mutual aid to due-paying members — including access to doctors, housing and other support for new immigrants arriving from the southern Italian town of Sanza”

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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support claims about mutual aid programs or Sanza immigrants.

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Claim 13: “Cinema Club Piacere, a monthly film club at the St. Mary’s of the Snow Society in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has been screening classic Italian-American flicks like 'Moonstruck' and 'My Cousin Vinny' to large crowds for nearly a year”

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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support claims about specific films screened.

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Claim 14: “Kevin D’Angelo said they’re figuring out what their identity and purpose is”

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Claim 15: “The society once provided vital mutual aid to due-paying members — including access to doctors, housing and other support for new immigrants arriving from the southern Italian town of Sanza”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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