Pier Paolo Pasolini’s notorious film is now 50 years old, and its cavalcade of shocking cruelty and violence still leaves a stark impact on its viewers. Film-makers explain why Pasolini ‘was a saint t ...

LONDON — American director Abel Ferrara’s newest film documents the final 24 hours of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s life in an intelligent way, without rhetoric or prudery. Ferrara’s look at the writer’s last ...

When people hear the name Pasolini, if they recognize it at all, it's primarily due to two references: one, his brutal murder by a male prostitute (and perhaps a criminal syndicate group) or his later ...

Pier Paolo Pasolini in front of a biblical scene during the filming of La Ricotta, 1962. (Photo by Keystone / Hulton Archive / Getty Images) In the immediate aftermath of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s murder ...

Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italian, 1922–1975), one of 20th-century Europe’s leading intellectuals, known for his prolific work as a poet, writer, and film director as well as for his criticisms of ...

"I think to scandalize is a right, to be scandalized is a pleasure, and those who refuse to be scandalized are moralists." This quote by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-75) sums up his iconoclastic career ...

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Paris-based Carlotta Films, a leading player in the distribution of heritage cinema, is preparing a number of major releases next year, including a retrospective of Pier Paolo Pasolini and a showcase ...

Film Nerd Alert– Now you can have the creative genius of both American and Italian filmmaking together in one amazing film! In any case, Pasolini's quadrant of the film is titled La Ricotta— a short ...