Even by his phantasmagorical standards — Satyricon and La Dolce Vita — Federico Fellini’s 8 1⁄2 is a gorgeous headtrip. Whether you approach it as a parable of the effects of writer’s block on a ...

In 2012, the world’s film critics considered Federico Fellini’s 1963 Oscar-winning “8 ½” one of the 10 greatest films of all time. By 2022, Fellini’s landmark film had fallen out of the top 30. Once ...

Maybe life is not so sweet, and maybe art is not all escapist. Following the immediate success of “La Dolce Vita” (The Sweet Life), which introduced Italian films to global success and acclaim at the ...

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Oscar-winning Italian composer Nino Rota, who scored “La Dolce Vita,” “The Leopard” and “The Godfather” – among many other masterpiece movies – is set for “Nino” a high-profile documentary being ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Sandra Milo, an icon of Italian cinema who ...

This summer, the Wexner Center for the Arts will invite audiences on a trip of sorts. The route will run through Italy, but the destination cannot be found on any map — except cinematic ones. Starting ...

ARTS BRIEFING Arts Briefing column: British Academy of Film and Television Arts film committee chairman Duncan Kenworthy condemns decision by Motion Picture Assn of America to restrict distribution of ...

Sandra Milo, an icon of Italian cinema who played a key role in Federico Fellini’s “8½” and later became his muse, died Monday, her family said. She was 90. Milo, noted for her distinctive ...