Marcello Mastroianni

Goldberg: Obama's 'fine' mess

2012-06-12 00:00:00

The 1990 Italian film "Everybody's Fine" is one of the most depressing films I've ever seen. Starring the late Marcello Mastroianni, it's the story of an old man who tells his wife he's going to visit their grown kids. According to their letters the...

PASSINGS: Theo Angelopoulos, Wesley Brown

2012-01-25 00:00:00

Theo Angelopoulos Award-winning Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos, 76, an award-winning Greek filmmaker known for his slow and dreamlike style as a director, was killed in a road accident Tuesday in Athens. Police and hospital officials said...

PASSINGS: Raul Ruiz

2011-08-20 00:00:00

Raul Ruiz, 70, a Chilean-born filmmaker who made more than 100 films in his teeming, international career and worked to put cinema on an artistic par with literature, died Friday at a Paris hospital following complications from a pulmonary infection, said...

Oscar flashback: When Michael Douglas won best actor for 'Wall Street'

2010-09-27 16:34:11

PASSINGS: Gil McDougald, Mario Monicelli, Frank William Lynch, Willard E. Badham III, Bella Akhmadulina, Kevin Parry

2010-11-30 00:00:00

GIL McDOUGALD Yankees All-Star was 1951's Rookie of the Year Gil McDougald, 82, the American League Rookie of the Year in 1951 and a versatile member of dominant New York Yankees teams for 10 seasons, died Sunday of cancer at his home in New Jersey, the...

Films, art, rum: Dinner and a movie at Drago; 'Palate' exhibit runs 'til June 12; guest bartender at Breadbar

2010-05-27 16:33:03

Oscars update: Mysterious 'Nine' and 'Lovely Bones' finally debut; Sandra Bullock ambushes derby fillies

2009-11-25 16:33:01

10 books and movies to prep for a trip to Rome

2008-06-01 00:00:00

If you're planning to visit Rome before you die, it pays to prepare for the experience. Here are 10 books and movies to help you understand what you see in the Roman Forum, at the Vatican and on the Piazza Navona. 1. "The Agony and the Ecstasy" (1961, by...

'Federico Fellini: The Book of Dreams'

2008-06-08 00:00:00

ANYONE familiar with the films of Federico Fellini knows that he gave importance to dreams. But the extent of that devotion has become fully evident only now, with the publication of "Il Libro dei Sogni" -- "The Book of Dreams." These sketches, mostly...

Fellini's Rome

2003-11-09 00:00:00

He was 18 and inexperienced — in all respects — when he came to Rome in 1938. For Federico Fellini, it was the beginning of a love affair that lasted more than 50 years. Rome dazzled and indulged him. It fed the dreams he turned into such...

Loving Naples, flaws and all

2001-03-04 00:00:00

NAPLES, Italy -- Maybe I fell in love with this messy, intemperate city by the bay because I first saw it after spending a week in well-ordered Germany. Maybe I feel close to my family's southern Italian roots here. Or maybe I'm just drawn to underdogs....

Remarkable Woman: Sunny Fischer

2012-07-08 00:00:00

When Sunny Fischer was 4, her family moved into a new apartment with a shiny stove and easy access to green space and playgrounds. "The schools were great — I had terrific teachers," Fischer says. "There was a library within the development that I...

Marcello Mastroianni and three friends gather at an old mansion intent on eating themselves to death. The hijinx ensue. Marco Ferreri's 1973 film is perhaps not for the tender of stomach.

2013-02-19 15:06:35

Marcello Mastroianni, filming his first film,

2012-09-26 00:00:00

Marcello Mastroianni in "The Organizer," possibly the best film about labor struggles ever made, now on DVD.

2012-05-04 14:50:00