Nov 10, 2025 — Olivia Laing’s second novel is set in mid-1970s Rome, where Fellini is shooting Casanova and Pasolini is at work on Salò.

Nov 10, 2025 — Olivia Laing is a writer and critic. Their books include The Lonely City, Funny Weather, and Crudo. Their latest novel, The Silver Book, is about the making of Federico Fellini’s Casanova and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s apocalyptic masterpiece, Salò, or The...

Olivia Laing is a writer and critic. Their books include The Lonely City, Funny Weather, and Crudo. Their latest novel, The Silver Book, is about the making of Federico Fellini’s Casanova and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s apocalyptic masterpiece, Salò, or The...

Jul 7, 2021 — In the 1990s, Hong Kong was home to a staggering number of the most gifted and charismatic actors in the world. It’s impossible to imagine the films of Wong Kar Wai—or the global art-house phenomenon they generated—without these extraordinary performers;...

Jan 26, 2026 — The new year brings an ode to Judy Garland, conversations with Martin Scorsese, and a novel by John Sayles.

Nov 24, 2025 — This month brings new collections from Melissa Anderson and A. S. Hamrah and a whole shelf of lives lived with the movies.

Mar 18, 2025 — In what he described as his “first serious drama,” Charlie Chaplin channeled the influence of modernist literature, foreign cinema, and his European travels into a work of striking formal sophistication.

Jan 9, 2025 — MoMA’s festival of film preservation spotlights films from around the world, ranging from the silent era through the 1980s.

Jun 24, 2024 — Costars and critics remember an outstanding actor who neither looked nor sounded like a movie star.

May 31, 2024 — This week revives the ghost of Fellini and overflows with conversations about movies, movies, and more movies.