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21/08/2026

Claudia Cardinale

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21/08/2026

Dean Martin alongside Italian-born actress and soprano Anna Maria Alberghetti on a Piaggio Vespa scooter in Rome.

Taken by renowned photographer Pierluigi Praturlon in late 1956, the candid moment occurred during a production break for the MGM musical-comedy film Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957), directed by Richard Thorpe

21/08/2026

Happy 67th birthday to Catherine Mouchet!

Catherine Mouchet became internationally known for her extraordinary debut in Alain Cavalier’s Thérèse (1986). Her performance as Thérèse of Lisieux earned her the César Award for Most Promising Actress. She has continued to work across French cinema and theatre, with films including The Pornographer (2001), The Monk (2011), and De Gaulle (2020).

21/08/2026

Remembering Lino Capolicchio on what would have been his 83rd birthday!

Lino Capolicchio remains inseparable from the fragile, melancholic image of Giorgio in Vittorio De Sica’s The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970), the performance that earned him the David di Donatello and made him an international screen presence. Yet his legacy reaches well beyond that iconic role.

A distinctive figure in the experimental and politically engaged Italian cinema of the 1970s, Capolicchio moved effortlessly between directors and cinematic languages — from Giuseppe Patroni Griffi’s Metti, una sera a cena (1969) and Dino Risi’s Il giovane normale (1969) to Pupi Avati’s The House with Laughing Windows (1976), beginning a decades-long artistic collaboration with Avati.

He was also a director, screenwriter and teacher. His Pugili (1995), his only feature film as director, revealed another side of his artistic sensibility, while his teaching at Rome’s Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia influenced a younger generation of Italian actors.
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Helmut Berger, Dominique Sanda and Lino Capolicchio in Vittorio De Sica’s The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970).

21/08/2026

Remembering Melvin Van Peebles on what would have been his 94th birthday!

His The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), made in France, marked his feature-film debut; Watermelon Man (1970) followed, before his groundbreaking independent film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)…

21/08/2026

Happy 70th birthday to Kim Cattrall!

Kim Cattrall began her film career with Rosebud (1975) and went on to appear in films including Ticket to Heaven (1981), Porky’s (1981), Mannequin (1987), and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

21/08/2026

Which of Peter Weir’s films is your favourite?

21/08/2026

Happy 82nd birthday to Peter Weir!

From Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Gallipoli (1981) to Witness (1985), Dead Poets Society (1989), and The Truman Show (1998), his films have repeatedly explored individuals confronted by worlds they cannot quite accept.

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20/08/2026

One noteworthy fact about René Clément’s Plein soleil (1960) is that it was the first-ever film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. Clément not only brought the story to the screen but also put his own stylistic spin on it, transforming what is traditionally a noir tale into a visually dazzling thriller set under the bright Mediterranean sun.

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20/08/2026

Which Tom Ripley do you prefer? 🎬

Plein soleil (1960), directed by René Clément, with Alain Delon
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), directed by Anthony Minghella, with Matt Damon?

Which film is your favorite — and why?

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