Acclaimed Italian actor Claudia Cardinale, who starred in some of the most celebrated European films of the 1960s and 1970s, has died, AFP reported Tuesday. She was 87.

The Pink Panther (1963)

8½ (1963)

It seems hopelessly naive to give Trump the headline, report it as comments and counter-comments, then add some downpage paragraphs saying it is simply false at the bottom www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This may be the finest scene in all of cinema.

Despite Bronson's revenge subplot, the whole of Once Upon a Time in the West is her story and she handles it perfectly.

Rest in peace, Claudia Cardinale. This is a good opportunity to re-watch ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968) in 4K in her honor. @thedigitalbits.bsky.social www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

The Val Kilmer Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker classic numbers among the movies that made our latest @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social podcast guest, @anthonyjeselnik.bsky.social. Take a look at our Trailer Show vodcast on Spotify! open.spotify.com/episode/1rj0...

I think it was Christopher Frayling who said that the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns were operas in which the arias were not so much sung but stared.

Ciao bella. Goodbye to Claudia Cardinale. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... Here in Visconti's sumptuous The Leopard.

Rest in peace, Claudia Cardinale.

RIP Claudia Cardinale The beating heart of Once Upon a Time in the West. This scene in which she beautifully plays off against Jason Robards & Charles Bronson is just exquisite. Those wonderfully expressive eyes. youtu.be/Q5gT6O9FF8Q?...

RIP the gorgeous Claudia Cardinale; centre stage here with Morricone at his romantic best, Leone's breathtaking crane shot and her buggy, leaving Spain and sweeping across the eyewatering beauty that is the West of John Ford's America... #FilmSky youtu.be/CdL__zuZvpA?...

Today on @thedigitalbits.bsky.social website – Warner Bros makes F1 official for Blu-ray, DVD & 4K UHD on 10/7, plus One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 4K & more! thedigitalbits.com/columns/bill...

"The night is young" We're back with a timely episode of That 70s Movie Podcast as we discuss Robert Redford in Three Days of the Condor: open.spotify.com/episode/2G4v...

He will stop at nothing to catch his sister's killer! PICK-UP ALLEY (1957) 11pm #VictorMature #AnitaEkberg #TrevorHoward crime noir #TPTVsubtitles

‘Dead Ringers,’ David Cronenberg’s original vision of twin doctors behaving badly, was released on this day in 1988. A look back: crookedmarquee.com/the-fertile-...

Storyboards for The Wild Bunch (1969) by Tyrus Wong

New! I went to see the Thunderbirds 4K restoration on the big screen and thought it looked fantastic... but didn't it *always* look fantastic? It's also made me realise that Richard Herring invented two separate additional Tracy Brothers... timworthington.org/2025/09/23/f...

Looking for some strange and spooky B Movie fun, given a boost by a big star performance? Seek no further than Barbara Stanwyck’s final film role as a troubled dreamer in The Night Walker boxd.it/b9OeqV

RIP Stanley Meadows who has died aged 94 - Insp. Pat Keightley in THE IPCRESS FILE... #FilmSky

Extra Manchester date added. Saturday November 15th. Tickets selling fast. Please don't miss out. thelowry.com/whats-on/joh...

Tomorrow!

Film-wise: at 6.45pm, Cowboys & Aliens on Film4. At 9pm, Red Eye on BBC3, The Creator on 4Seven, Boiling Point on Legend Xtra or Good Luck To You, Leo Grande on Film4. At 10.15pm, Get Out on BBC3. At 10.55pm, Fresh on Film4 #telly

As a child, I was simultaneously scared & spellbound by Vivian Stanshall & I think lifelong loves are often forged in that specific alchemy of incomprehension & intimidation. Am sure the childhood Smallfilms/Stanshall cocktail explains the adult I am. Anyway, this is divine youtu.be/Fq1Ndnr2HtQ?...

“‘Killer’s Kiss’ captures Kubrick’s artistic vision already in full bloom,” @signalbleed.bsky.social writes. “It’s a moody cry of existential despair amid the grimy streets of New York City.” crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

Basil Dearden's dour science fiction thriller The Mind Benders (1963) is well intentioned, with strong performances and some nice ideas but it's a bit to slow and talky for its own good. See it for star Dirk Bogarde who is excellent throughout. eofftvreview.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/t...

"Well we don't understand why you called in the National Guard (National Guard, the National Guard) When Uncle Sam is the one who belongs in the exercise yard (exercise yard, the exercise yard) We all got balls and brains But some's got balls and chains At the local dance at the local county jail"

The movie diary of a mystery cinemagoer was recently discovered. In it, they review the 325 films they saw in 1939. But who were they? Delve into the mystery on @filmhubni.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/4m8ktcpe And don't miss entry #40: Spawn of the North, now available on Blu-ray: tinyurl.com/3d7a8x4t

"Walk with me, Higgins" We're back with a timely episode of That 70s Movie Podcast as we discuss Robert Redford in Three Days of the Condor: open.spotify.com/episode/2G4v...

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on November 17th in the UK and November 18th in the US on #4K from #UniversalPictures: #OutOfAfrica (1985)! This exquisite, intelligent romantic drama based on the life Karen Blixen, was the most highly acclaimed film of its time.

Speaking to the multi-talented David Huckvale recently about what he was working on, I suspected our amiable conversation might be challenged by his answer. ‘I’m writing a book about Dracula A.D. 1972’, David replied. My review: www.dvdchoices.co.uk

In time for the BFI season on Anna May Wong, I spoke with her biographer @kayteesal.bsky.social about her key style moments, for The Face Magazine: theface.com/culture/the-...

JW: Mario Bava’s Danger: Diabolik, a seductive, counter cultural pop-art designed adaptation of Angela and Luciana Giussani’s fumetti comic books. Full of Bava’s colour aesthetics and old school visual effects, it’s a cool, anti-authoritarian caper. Doesn’t all coalesce but it’s huge fun. #Filmsky 🧵

Here’s this week’s cartoon for @sport.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

Here’s a clip of David Lynch on the set of BLUE VELVET talking about Orson Welles passing (October 10th 1985) and how it feels ‘when somebody great goes’ and how the ‘planet will never be quite the same’ clip from NO FRANK IN LUMBERTON (Documentary, 1988)

On the eve of the #BattleOfBritain British scientists develop the the first radar systems in... 📽️ SCHOOL FOR SECRETS (1946) 1pm #TPTVsubtitles Starring #RalphRichardson #RichardAttenborough war drama directed by #PeterUstinov

I wrote something about older people (ie me) on screen. "Feisty, frail or fiendish: why do film-makers still insist on shoving older characters into stereotypes?"

Bob Fosse (right, with Roger Rees) died on this day in 1987. In this premium Substack post, I look at the making of the Oscar-winner's controversial final film, Star 80... richardluck.substack.com/p/dance-of-d...

"Not now, radioactive shrimp..."

When you publish an unfiltered biography about a filmmaking icon, you can never be sure how their family is going to react. Therefore is was a real thrill that Sean Graver posted this video yesterday regarding the book we wrote about his Dad. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CMy...

Suddenly reminded of how another controversially suspended broadcaster chose to mark his return to the airwaves... youtu.be/nIx0MVnk7NY?...

'Night all... youtu.be/7vyh1UeM57w?...

Illustrations by the great Noel Sickles for the 1955 Reader's Digest Books edition of Alan Le May's The Searchers

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First watch: Le vieux fusil (1975, dir. Robert Enrico). Philippe Noiret & Romy Schneider star in this controversial but popular war drama-turned-exploitation movie. I'm glad I went in blind on this one because it is best described as Straw Dogs + Inglorious Basterds + And then there were None! 1/2

"Cell. Prison Cell. How did I get here?" 'Point Blank' (1967) is on Prime UK. A compact 94 minutes of late 60s excellence that may, or may not, be a simple story of revenge, the dream of a dying man or the tale of a vengeful ghost. Few films are so doggedly straightforward, yet suggest so much.