Italian filmmaker Tinto Brass, best known for directing Caligula and Salon Kitty, has died on November 5, 2026, at the age of 93. Once described as the “Antonioni of the 70s”, Brass became one of the most recognisable figures in European erotic cinema. His wife, Caterina Varzi, and children, Bonifacio and Beatrice Brass, confirmed his death to Italian news agency ANSA. Born in Milan and raised in Venice, Brass began his career in cinema after moving to Paris, where he worked as an editor and archivist at the Cinémathèque. Upon returning to ' ...
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There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes from being needed by everyone but understood by no one. It is the loneliness of those who become so important to their families that their own desires gradually cease to matter. In Ritwik Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960), Nita lives with this loneliness. She is a daughter, a sister, a lover and, above all, the person who keeps her family alive. Yet the more she gives, the less she seems to belong to herself. Through her life, Ghatak asks an uncomfortable ' ...
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In October 1917, a devastating fire tore through a godown in Calcutta. It turned the surviving film collection of Hiralal Sen into absolute ash. Later that month, Sen himself succumbed to a long battle with cancer. His death was forever shadowed by the blaze that erased his cinematic legacy. As a documentary photographer working in Bangladesh today, I constantly grapple with the fragility of our visual archives. Sen’s loss represents an unparalleled, tragic erasure of a pioneer's vision. Long before he became a filmmaker, Sen was a photographer with a meticulous ' ...
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The world of film and television is mourning the loss of Sir Patrick Stewart, the celebrated British actor whose remarkable performances in Star Trek and X-Men made him one of the most recognisable faces in international entertainment. Stewart died at his home in Los Angeles on October 28, 2026, aged 86. His death was announced the following day by his representative, who confirmed that the actor had experienced a brief period of illness involving Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. Born on July 13, 1940, in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England, Stewart ' ...
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You surely remember the opening scene of Fellini’s 8½ (1963). I think this single scene is a summary of human life. I often think about this scene. I try to understand whether the negative conception of an individual’s existence could have been presented any better than this. However, this is not the only story in art and literature about the struggle with the self. Rather, the scales are tipped more heavily in this direction. Kafka, for instance, has told the story of a human being turning into an insect. In ' ...
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