Anita Ekberg

This is an entry in  "The Big Ones,"  a series covering 30 classic films for the first time on The Dancing Image. There aren't too many movies I've watched twice in the same day. I can, however, think of at least one: La Dolce Vita . It's not the likeliest candidate for that honor - after all, there's the length (almost three hours) and the episodic narrative, creating the impression of several movies rather than just one. Not exactly an experience screaming for instant replay. And yet...Read Full Story

Between charm and fame, Italian Fifties show themselves in New York. The exhibition La Dolce Vita. 1950-1960. Stars and celebrities in the Italian Fifties, features 84 images, almost completely unpublished and shown for the first time to the American audience, pictures stolen to the next great international movie stars, and in the background, the Italy of the Fifties that reflects itself over the frenzy fans looking for autographs; rites, characters and personalities that would have rendered...Read Full Story

“Paramount Pictures is going to court to prove that it owns the copyright to Frederico Fellini’s classic film, La Dolce Vita. Since the film’s release in 1960, ownership on the film has changed hands several times, leading to a complicated chain-of-title dispute that Paramount wishes to put to rest once and for all. On Thursday, Paramount filed a complaint in California federal court against International Media Films, which also claims to be the valid copyright owner of the Fellini classic...Read Full Story

Capri - Abito di alta Moda.1 dello stilista Michele Miglionico.1 MILAN, Sep 6, 2010 / — A modern day Capri, a summer trip to the famed island also became a fashion event. Designer Michele Miglionico wanted to honor his friend, Gennaro Famiglietti, the Bulgarian Consul for his 50th birthday. An intimate group of the art, fashion and politic elite gathered in Capri, at the famed “Villa L’Eremo” once the home of the great film producer Dino De Laurentis and his wife, the actress Silvana...Read Full Story

What are your favorites? There are movies for which the costume designer won an Oscar and that are an explosion of visual excess ( Marie Antoinette , we’re looking at you). Then there are the moves that are about the fashion and apparel industry ( The Devil Wears Prada or Coco Before Chanel ). But what about those films that focus on another subject entirely but linger in the mind as examples of chic? Continue reading for ten of our top picks. Share your own in the comments! Sabrina (1954...Read Full Story