La7 Cinema

La7 Cinema does one thing: airs movies. That's it. No news blocks, no talk shows, no reality garbage. The channel leans heavily on Italian cinema, think Fellini, Scola, Moretti, alongside well-trodden American blockbusters dubbed into Italian. Programming is uneven. Some nights you'll get a masterpiece restored in HD; other nights it's a forgettable Euro-poliziotteschi from the 70s that looks like it was transferred from VHS. The best slot is the 21:15 prime-time slot, usually a stronger pick than the afternoon filler. Commercial breaks come every 20 minutes, like most Italian free-to-air channels, and the network's own promos clutter the interstitial space. If you're a cinephile comfortable with Italian dubbing, La7 Cinema live is a solid option. For everyone else? The quality control varies too much to recommend blindly. Still, for Italian speakers who miss the era when general TV Italy meant real movies, not just reality competitions, this channel holds up. You can watch La7 Cinema online via Tvivu, and it's worth bookmarking for rainy Sundays.