Roberto Rossellini

Friday's TV Highlights: 'Malibu Country' on ABC

2013-03-21 20:00:00

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Sergio Scaglietti dies at 91; molded the bodies of legendary Ferrari cars

2011-12-02 00:00:00

Sergio Scaglietti, an Italian coachbuilder who crafted some of the world's most elegant sports and racing cars, including a series of landmark Ferraris created in the 1950s and 1960s, died Nov. 20 in Modena, Italy. He was 91. His death was announced by...

Is ‘Bully’ a tipping point for the MPAA movie ratings system?

2012-04-04 16:38:38

Will Michael Douglas' cancer be a factor at the Oscars?

2010-10-19 21:33:31

Voices – Ingrid Bergman

2010-10-26 16:32:47

Dino De Laurentiis, storied movie producer, dies at 91

2010-11-12 00:00:00

Dino De Laurentiis, the flamboyant Italian movie producer who helped resurrect his nation's film industry after World War II and for more than six decades produced films as diverse as the 1954 Federico Fellini classic "La Strada" and the 1976 remake of...

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...

Books and movies tell the stories of World Wars I and II

2008-11-09 00:00:00

For a little background on the battles that took place near the Meuse-Argonne, Henri-Chapelle and Sicily-Rome American Military Cemeteries, take a look at these World War I and II books and movies: World War I "All Quiet on the Western Front," written...

An earthy dreamer

2006-01-29 00:00:00

Obviously, Carlos Reygadas hasn't flown all this way from Madrid just to talk about oral sex. But lately it's been a tough subject for him to avoid. Ever since last summer, when the young Mexican writer-director's second feature film, "Batalla en el...

'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...

PASSINGS

2009-03-10 19:32:00

Tullio Pinelli Co-writer of Fellini films Tullio Pinelli, 100, the Italian screenwriter best known for his close association with director Federico Fellini, died Saturday in Rome, according to European newspapers. The cause of death was not announced....

Return to glorious Lipari

2005-02-20 00:00:00

That's it, I thought, emptying a plastic bag of capers, the last of the little hoard I'd brought home last summer from the Italian island of Lipari. I've eaten capers many times without really knowing what they are: the immature buds of a shrub that loves...

Roberto Rossellini's rough-edged classic, about the Italian underground movement during the Nazi occupation of Rome. It shared the grand prize roster with, among others, "The Lost Weekend" and "Brief Encounter."

2012-05-11 08:30:00

, with Bergman above, about making a film together. Rossellini cast her in "Strombolini," and the pair quickly fell in love behind the scenes. Soon after, Bergman became pregnant. The problem? She already had a husband, a dentist named Aron Petter Lindstrom, and a daughter named Pia.

2010-09-24 12:54:35

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The married Swedish actress became persona non grata when she had an affair with her "Strombolini" director Roberto Rossellini in 1949. They fell in love, and she became pregnant with his son. She was denounced on the U.S. Senate floor for her infidelity. Bergman left for Italy.

2009-10-13 15:02:21