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Less glamour, more content, says Wim Wenders of Berlin Film Fest
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» BERLIN - Berlin Film Festival jury president Wim Wenders said Thursday that this year's 76th edition of the festival would have "less glamour" but "more content" in its eclectic selection.
Italy's spread-out Olympics face transport challenge
AFP, Published on 03/02/2026
» MILAN, Italy - One of the biggest challenges in this month's Winter Olympics may be off the slopes: moving hundreds of thousands of spectators and athletes over a swath of northern Italy.
Paying for a selfie: Rome starts charging for Trevi Fountain
AFP, Published on 03/02/2026
» ROME - Italy's Trevi Fountain launched a new ticketing system Monday, making the famous Rome landmark the latest tourist site to charge entry in a bid to raise funds and battle overcrowding.
French museum fare hikes for non-European tourists spark outcry
AFP, Published on 13/01/2026
» PARIS — Should foreign tourists pay more for state-funded galleries than locals, or should art be accessible to all, without discrimination? France is hiking prices for non-Europeans at the Louvre this week, provoking debate about so-called "dual pricing".
Oscar-winning UK playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» LONDON - British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar for the screenplay of the 1998 film "Shakespeare In Love", has died at the age of 88, United Agents announced on Saturday.
Vampires, blood and dance: Bollywood horror goes mainstream
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» MUMBAI - Long written off as fringe, horror is back in India's Bollywood, reinvented with comedy, mythology and big stars powering a box-office renaissance.
Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale dies aged 87
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» PARIS - Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale, who died on Tuesday aged 87, entranced audiences across the globe with the sultry gaze that made her the muse of Luchino Visconti and Federico Fellini.
Park Chan-wook's murder comedy to open Asia's biggest film festival
AFP, Published on 17/09/2025
» BUSAN — Celebrated director Park Chan-wook's star-studded murder comedy will open Asia's biggest film festival Wednesday, which launches its first fully fledged competition lineup as South Korea projects its soft power worldwide.
Indie favorite Jarmusch beats out Gaza war film for Venice top prize
AFP, Published on 07/09/2025
» VENICE - A gentle study of dysfunctional families by veteran American director Jim Jarmusch clinched top prize at the Venice Film Festival Saturday, while a harrowing docu-drama about the Gaza war took second.
Folk music documentary taps into Dylan revival
AFP, Published on 05/09/2025
» VENICE - A new documentary featuring never-before-seen footage of a pivotal moment in folk music history taps into a revival of interest in Bob Dylan thanks to the recent biopic “A Complete Unknown”, which starred Timothee Chalamet.