Rome, Open City review – Rossellini’s blazingly urgent masterpiece from a city in ruins
Roberto Rossellini’s 1945 neorealist drama is unsparing in its depiction of the heavy price of both resistance and collaboration with the Nazi occupation
August 2019
Diabolik, king of football’s far-right ultras, died as he lived … violently
The death of Fabrizio Piscitelli, the notorious former boss of Lazio’s Irriducibili, ended a 30-year career of thuggery, crime and extremism
July 2019
‘We had a row, she left. It was the last time I saw her’: anguish of Emanuela Orlandi’s brother
Brother tells of his family’s pain as 36-year investigation into missing Vatican teenager takes another bizarre twist
July 2016
Benvenuto in Italia! Join the queue as tourist numbers soar
Holidaymakers seek safety in Italy but historic hotspots may struggle to absorb the crowds
November 2015
Book of the day
The Hunter of the Dark by Donato Carrisi review – on the trail of the ‘Monster of Rome’
A priest hunts a serial killer in a grisly Italian noir that’s more Nesbø than Mankell
November 2014
New James Bond film to shoot car chase scenes in Rome
Italian shoot to take place in spring 2015 with 007 directors working out of renowned Cinecitta complex, writes Ben Child
May 2014
Uffizi Gallery to reopen Renaissance art rooms after €600,000 gift
Fifty more paintings to be exhibited as Florence museum accepts donation from luxury goods firm Salvatore Ferragamo
March 2014
Monks use crowdfunding to restore Rome cell used by St Francis of Assisi
What you should watch this week
Why you should watch Rome, Open City this week – video
Rome, Open City review – 'The most precious moment of film history'
Rome, Open City review – 'Thrillingly real wartime drama'
October 2013
Pope Francis is a Fellini fan – and Visconti, and Rossellini
Pope Francis reveals affection for classics of neo-realist cinema including Rome, Open City, The Leopard and La Strada, which he first watched with his parents
October 2010
The 25 best action and war films of all time
Rome, Open City: No 22 best action and war film of all time
Roberto Rossellini, 1945
October 2002
Rome, open city?
The sudden and unexplained sacking on September 21 of the director of the central state archives in Rome, Professor Paola Carucci, by the Berlusconi government has caused widespread consternation in Italian academic circles, which we share.
