Enzo Staiola, the Italian child actor who captured international hearts as the wide-eyed, solemn Bruno Ricci in Vittorio De Sica’s 1948 neorealist masterpiece Bicycle Thieves, has died at the age of 85. La Repubblica first reported his death on Wednesday. No cause of death has been disclosed. Staiola was only nine when he was cast in Ladri di Biciclette, known internationally as Bicycle Thieves, a film that became one of the defining works of Italian cinema. As Bruno, the devoted young son of an impoverished father desperately searching for his stolen ' ...
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Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, director of the Dhaka International Film Festival and advisor to Cut to Cinema, will join a distinguished panel at the III Bishkek International Film Festival in Kyrgyzstan. The panel, titled "Curating Central Asia: Rethinking 'Authenticity,'" will explore how film festivals continue to frame Central Asian cinema through a lens of tradition, while the region’s filmmakers increasingly portray a more modern and complex reality. Held from June 11–15, the festival brings together global voices to discuss evolving narratives in cinema. Zamal will be joined by prominent film professionals including ' ...
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Six films are set for release during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, with only Neelchakra having received its certification well in advance. The remaining films were awaiting clearance, which they all received together—a rare occurrence in Dhallywood. On Wednesday, the Film Censorship Board certified five Eid releases: Tandob, Insaf, Utsob, Esha Murder: Kormofol, and Togor. Alongside them, four other non-Eid films—Ural, Tomar Amar Prem Kahini, Konya, and Omimangshito—also received certificates, making it a record day with nine films approved. Producers and directors are always eager to submit their films for certification. However, after the ' ...
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Israeli soldiers on Monday prevented a group of international journalists from entering Palestinian villages in the West Bank during a tour organized by the filmmakers of No Other Land, the Oscar-winning documentary highlighting settler violence. The directors—Palestinian and Israeli collaborators—had invited the journalists to speak with local residents and witness the growing impact of Israeli settler attacks. However, military personnel barred access to villages, citing a military order. Co-director Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, said the journalists were denied entry to his home village of Tuwani and another nearby ' ...
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Stunt performer Devyn LaBella has filed a lawsuit against actor and director Kevin Costner, claiming she was compelled to take part in an unplanned rape scene during the production of Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2, without prior notice or necessary safety measures. LaBella, who worked as the primary stunt double for actress Ella Hunt (portraying the character Juliette in Costner’s independently financed western series), alleges that in 2023, Costner spontaneously added a rape scene to the script. Hunt declined to participate in the unscripted scene, prompting producers to bring ' ...
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