Luchino Visconti

These screenings will be part of Italian film festival ‘Cinema Italian Style – Celebrating Tornatore And The Masters Of Italian Cinema

Oscar-winning Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore is set to visit India for the first time, collaborating with the Film Heritage Foundation. From September 27 to 29 in Mumbai, he will present his films and participate in a festival celebrating Italian cinema. The event includes screenings of restored classics and a Lifetime Achievement Award presentation.

Cannes Film Festival is set to fete French movie legend Alain Delon with an Honorary Palme d'Or.

Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui hit out at modern film critics for being caught up with marginal issues, rather than exploring the layers of meaning in a work.

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are teaming up to produce 'Carthage Must Be Destroyed,' an action thriller directed by Ted Griffin. The film, financed by Verdi Productions and Ketchup Entertainment, follows a stranger dismantling a corrupt city. Production is set to begin in Rhode Island in October, with casting underway.

Aplagiarist, a robot jewel thief, and some of the best talents of the world gear up to meet the cinema enthusiasts in the city at the 14th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival this October.

Swedish actor Björn Andrésen, famed for his role in 'Death in Venice' at 15, has passed away at 70. His early stardom, propelled by his grandmother, was later overshadowed by traumatic experiences during filming. Beyond acting, Andrésen was also a musician, achieving popularity in Japan. He is survived by his daughter.

Claudia Cardinale, the Tunisian-born actress renowned for her captivating performances in European classics like 8½ and Once Upon a Time in the West, passed away peacefully at her home in France at the age of 85. Discovered through a beauty contest, she chose complex roles over Hollywood, advocating for women's rights and environmental causes through her foundation.

Growing up in a wealthy Italian family, Pasolini is the nephew of legendary Italian film-maker Luchino Visconti.

Goutam Ghose, whose recent film Raahgir, featuring Adil Hussain, Tillotama Shome and Neeraj Kabi, was screened at PIFF on Saturday, isn’t a trained filmmaker. He learned on the job and through research and experimentation

In his later years, Delon grew disillusioned with the movie industry, saying that money had killed the dream. "Money, commerce and television have wrecked the dream machine," he wrote in a 2003 edition of newsweekly Le Nouvel Observateur. "My cinema is dead. And me, too."