The actor and filmmaker selects favorites like Touki Bouki, Memories of Underdevelopment, and Accattone; shouts out his recent collaborator Claire Denis; and discovers his own work on our shelves.

Jun 27, 2023 — With a divided self that reflected the fissures in his country in the wake of World War II, the most courageous and dangerous Italian artist of his generation transcended dogma and resisted affiliations.

Aug 1, 2025 — On our minds this week: Renoir, Malick, Rozier, and a trip to FIDMarseille.

May 31, 2024 — Personal and political histories are inextricable in the late filmmaker’s documentaries.

Jul 19, 2023 — This month we’re reading Pasolini, Chris Marker, Christian Petzold, Lorenza Mazzetti, Derek Jarman, and more.

Mar 3, 2022 — Retrospectives, exhibitions, and new publications celebrate the work of an endlessly fascinating artist.

Jul 30, 2020 — The festival of new restorations will host the Venice Classics program and celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation.

Jul 17, 2020 — Studio Ghibli for the kids, Bergman and Pasolini for the grownups, and more highlights from the week that was.

Nov 28, 2018 — The career of one of Italy’s greatest directors was riddled with scandal and accolades.

Feb 24, 2016 — Fifty years after its initial release, Antonio Pietrangeli’s I Knew Her Well is only now emerging as a dazzling peer of the classics of 1960s Italian cinema.