Bernardo Bertolucci
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The extraordinary genius of Donal McCann on stage
- Stage
- September 23, 2019, 05:00
I never saw Diego Maradona play football. I never saw Nijinsky dance. And I never saw Miles Davis play the horn. But baby, I saw Donal McCann act. S(...)

Cannes 2019: Irish film starring Jesse Eisenberg gets rapturous reception
- Film
- May 18, 2019, 13:45
Lorcan Finnegan’s Vivarium, an Irish science-fiction horror, has had its world premiere as part of International Critics Week at the Cannes film festi(...)

Bertolucci’s legacy marred by ugly stories about ‘Last Tango’
- Film
- November 26, 2018, 09:39
Forty-six years ago, Pauline Kael, the New Yorker’s influential film critic, did not hold back when heralding the debut of Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last (...)

Bernardo Bertolucci, ‘Last Tango in Paris’ director, dies at age of 77
- Film
- November 26, 2018, 09:11
Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian director famous for movies such as Last Tango in Paris and The Last Emperor, has died at 77, Italian media reported o(...)

The 100 greatest foreign-language films revealed
- Film
- October 31, 2018, 06:42
Over the last few years, BBC Culture has been asking the world’s critics – including this writer and my colleague Tara Brady – to vote for their 100 f(...)

Good sex scenes: when actors play it safe
- Culture
- June 10, 2018, 06:00
There’s a lot more sex these days. On screen and on stage at least. Even the most middle of the road drama has become steadily raunchier and sexier. A(...)

Quentin Tarantino has questions to answer about his Roman Polanski rape comments
- Film
- February 7, 2018, 16:15
It always seemed likely that the waves of disapproval kicked up by the Weinstein scandal would eventually reach Quentin Tarantino. The director made (...)

Actors voice disgust over Last Tango in Paris rape scene confession
- Film
- December 4, 2016, 20:59
The film industry has reacted with disgust at the admission from a director that one of the most notorious rape scenes in modern film history was sho(...)

The not so steamy secrets of sex on set
- Culture
- February 21, 2015, 06:00
The Fifty Shades juggernaut rolled into town recently amid a storm of white-hot hype, only to be met with stinging criticism. Chief among the gripe(...)

Iran prepares for premiere of film on Prophet Muhammad
- Middle East
- January 31, 2015, 01:00
As controversy swirls on how the Prophet Muhammad is depicted, a multimillion-dollar biopic about his youth – Iran’s most expensive and lavish film t(...)