The recognition of a European art cinema as an alternative to the dominant Hollywood cinema really got under way during and after World War II. An early manifestation was the work of Italian ...

Mid-20th Century neo-realism would appear to be alive and well in David Riker’s “La Ciudad” (“The City”). It is one of the more beautifully shot movies you will see this year, with its rich array of ...

THE Italian cinema industry is today one of the liveliest in the world. It is rich with experimental ideas which are often copied by its competitors in other countries. It is quick to tell the bold, ...

Although the term “surrealism” often conjures perplexing visual imagery — Salvador Dalí’s melting clocks, René Magritte’s raining men, Frida Kahlo’s antlered head atop The Wounded Deer — the genre ...

Martin Scorsese’s superb, monumental “My Voyage to Italy” began in his parents’ Little Italy living room in the late ‘40s when his Sicilian immigrant family gathered around its new TV on Friday nights ...

Bikash Bhattacharjee, Jaya Ganguly, Jogen Chowdhury and Meera Mukherjee’s artworks feature in the second phase of CIMA’s 30th anniversary show ‘12 Masters’ The moment you enter the CIMA Gallery for ...

“Film analysis has become an art without a future. … There are no longer, or should no longer be, any analyses of films. There are just gestures.” — Raymond Bellour, 2006. This year being the 70 th ...

When President Vincent Auriol set out last week to open Paris’ big annual art show, the Salon d’Automne, he had no reason to look for any excitement. Even the salon officials admitted that the show, ...

The Independent New York is one of the most anticipated fairs on the circuit, known for presenting a thoughtfully composed selection of galleries and nonprofits—achieved through invite-only ...