A lightning bolt or a melodrama “full of old ingredients”? How Roberto Rossellini’s wartime drama Rome, Open City became a line-in-the-sand moment for world cinema.

Check out what’s new this week on streaming services such as Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, Crave, Paramount+ and BritBox, plus new DVDs/Blu-rays. The Fall Guy is the new champ at the ...

Discover the launch of the first Serpenti creations and the introduction of the distinctive cabochon cut, elevating Bulgari to the jeweller of the celebrities during that time.

Roberto Rossellini directed the Italian neorealist movie 'Rome, Open City' in 1945, shortly after the Nazi occupation of WWII. Re-released by the BFI.

Myths about Anita Pallenberg’s extraordinary story extend even to her place of birth. Throughout her life, she insisted she’d ...

Hoard, which tells a story of hoarding, grief and sexual coming-of-age, is the best British debut since Aftersun.

Twisting tales of growing pains, an urgent Italian classic and a cinematic page-turner. What are you watching this weekend?

As is the case every year, the second Sunday in May is a day dedicated entirely to mothers, to the women who gave us life, ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Paola Cortellesi’s There’s Still Tomorrow was 2023’s number one attraction at the Italian box office, beating even ...

Ada “Bricktop” Smith, who operated venues in Rome, Paris and Mexico City, brushed shoulders with the likes of Langston Hughes, Salvador Dalí and Gertrude Stein Tamara J. Walker Historian ...

Attilio “Babe” Magnani Resident of Oakland Born May 3, 1915; died peacefully at home in Oakland, CA on April 3, 2009; age 93. Preceded in death by his parents Alberto and Cristina Magnani ...

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