Culture

By MARC MEWSHAW    

 ROME -- The scenes in Zamani Esmati’s film ‘’The Orion’’ share a characteristic common to many other films shot in Iran in recent years: most take place indoors.

ROME -- Tunisian film director Jamel Mokni is livid.

By JAN FILIPOWICZ

ROME -- The 17th edition of MEDFILMfestival, the historical event taking place in Rome, renews the appointment of the capital city with the protagonists of the Mediterranean cinema on Nov. 19.

ROME -- The 2011, 48th edition of the Festival di Nuova Consonanza - Title Ri / ModulAzione - is based on impermanence.

By ALYX BARKER

ROME -- Italian designer Roberto Cavalli is to headline at Israel’s first fashion week since the 1980s.

By CORNELIUS SULLIVAN

By MARC MEWSHAW

Reviewed by ALYX BARKER

ROME -- Saint Peter said, "You’re back."

 AREZZO -- Giorgio Vasari is not as colourful as more turbulent artists but has another kind of interest.  His greatest success came eventually not as a visual artist but as a writer: his Lives

By SOPHIE INGE

ROME -- After the success of the major exhibition dedicated to 15th century Rome, the Fondazione Roma offers a fascinating retrospective on the Eternal City in the 16th century.

ROME  -- Iranian film director and screenwriter Mohammad Rasoulof left Rome on Sunday expecting to be arrested on arrival in Tehran. That, however, did not happen.

Reviewed by ALYX BARKER

ROME -- The mysteries revolve around the physical realities of the artworks, what was lost then found, what was there that did not belong, and what was there and not seen.

ROME -- DirectorsTerence Davies and David Hare, musician Michael Nyman and writer Hanif Kureishi will be headlining the Focus section which this year the International Rome Film Festival (27 Octobe

ROME-- In line with the curatorial philosophy of its President, Professor Emmanuele F. M.