''Cinema Nuovo'' was a left-leaning Italian film magazine existed between 1952 and 1996. It was headquartered in

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''Cinema Nuovo'' was established by

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Guido Aristarco in 1952. The first issue was published in Milan on 15 December 1952. The founding company was La Scuola, Arzigliano. Guido Aristarco also directed the magazine, which first published fortnightly and from the July-August 1958 issue it became bimonthly. The magazine had offices in

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and

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. ''Cinema Nuovo'' had a

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stance and was one of the targets of the

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like other left-leaning publications. Guido Aristarco supported neorealist

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through his articles published in the magazine. Joseph Grieco was among the

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, and Rudi Berger was one of the contributors. From 1954 to 1956

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published photo-essays in ''Cinema Nuovo''. The magazine folded in 1996. Spanish film magazine '' Nuestro Cine'' modeled on ''Cinema Nuovo'' and followed the approach of Guido Aristarco. The other Spanish film magazine inspired from ''Cinema Nuovo'' and its founder Guido Aristarco was '' Objetivo''.

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