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Ronald Colman
We're in Bologna, Italy, for Il Cinema Ritrovato 2023! The Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna returns to the Piazza Maggiore stage for two breathtaking cineconcerts to be conducted by Timothy...
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One Hundred Years Ago: L’ombra (1923)
Now in its 20th anniversary year, the One Hundred Years Ago section at Il Cinema Ritrovato continues its annual exploration of a single year in cinema’s rich and varied history with a selection of...
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Rouben Mamoulian: A Touch of Desire
Known for his ability to encode his vision in light, movement, and later in colour, the Tbilisi-born Armenian Rouben Mamoulian had one of the most consistent bodies of work in American cinema. Rightly...
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The Very Last Laugh: Gitta Alpár
Last year, Il Cinema Ritrovato presented a series of German musical comedies during 1930-1932. This year, Lukas Foerster curates 'The Very Last Laugh: German Exile Comedies, 1933-37', a follow-up on...
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Century of Cinema: 1903
In 1903 Méliès was at the peak of his art, creating wonderful gems such as Le Royaume des fées, a film destined to be the centrepiece of a programme at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2023, curated by Mariann...
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Tribute to Suso Cecchi d’Amico
Over the course of a career that began at the time of the birth of neorealism and lasted more than 60 years, Suso Cecchi d’Amico worked on the screenplays of more than 120 films (mainly, but not...
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Anna Magnani
Perhaps the greatest, certainly the most admired and imitated – not only was Anna Magnani unique, but she was also a model of acting style and an Italian icon. At Il Cinema Ritrovato 2023, Emiliano...
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One Hundred Years Ago: Films Albatros
Oliver Hanley curates the One Hundred Years Ago section at Il Cinema Ritrovato this year. He explores the rich and varied history of the cinema in 1923 and selected classics, archival rarities and...
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Klaus Kinski
Today is the final day of Il Cinema Ritrovato 2023. The official poster of this year's festival showed Lou Castel, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick and Gian Maria Volonté, with their eyes fixed on the...
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Ruth Taylor
Ruth Taylor (1905-1984) was an American silent film and early talkie actress of the late 1920s. The vivacious blond Mack Sennett comedienne nabbed the most sought-after role in 1928, Lorelei Lee in the...
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Vie et Passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ (1907)
Films on the Passion of Christ, starting with the Annunciation and ending with the Resurrection, were extremely popular in the early years of cinema. No doubt the impetus was given by the already...
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Die Nibelungen (1924), revisited
Die Nibelungen (Fritz Lang, 1924) is one of the masterpieces of the Weimar cinema. It is a diptych of silent fantasy films: Die Nibelungen: Siegfried and Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache/Kriemhild's...
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Willem Nijholt
Dutch actor Willem Nijholt (1934-2023) was also a dancer and singer. His versatility led him to work in musicals, TV shows, stage plays, cabaret and several films. In later years he also became known...
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Ann Sothern
American actress Ann Sothern (1909-2001) had a career on stage, radio, film, and television, that spanned nearly six decades. In 1939, MGM cast her as Maisie Ravier, a brash yet lovable Brooklyn...
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The third Félix Potin series
Earlier this year, Ivo Blom acquired a large series of mini-cards produced for Félix Potin chocolate bars. There were three series, which EFSP presents in three posts. The first series, issued around...
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Carmen Sevilla (1930-2023)
Beautiful Spanish actress and singer Carmen Sevilla (1930-2023) performed on stage, in nightclubs, and in some 60 European films. During the 1950s and 1960s, she starred in several musicals and...
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Roberto Villa
Italian actor Roberto Villa (1915–2002) was the charming and relaxed star of numerous Italian comedies and adventure films of the 1930s and 1940s. After the war Villa dubbed many international films....
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Lina Cavalieri
Around 1900, Italian soprano Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944) was considered the most beautiful woman on earth and one of the queens of the Belle Époque. In the 1910s, she became a popular film star in...
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Metropolis (1927)
Today's film special is on the German expressionist film Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927). A few years ago, my son and I saw a screening in the Castro Theatre in San Francisco of a newly restored version...
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Louis Hayward
British-American actor Louis Hayward (1909-1985) was a protégé of Noël Coward and began his career in London in such plays as 'Dracula' and in British films. After appearing on Broadway, he had a long...
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