The film considered one of the most influential horrors of all time has just celebrated its centenary. German director Rober Wiene’s silent feature The Cabinet of Dr Caligari was released 100 years ago this week. It follows a hypnotist (Wener Krauss) who uses a sleepwalker (Conrad Viedt) to commit murders. Since its release in 1920, the film has been considered a defining film of the… Read more »
Under-fire filmmaker Roman Polanski has announced he is skipping Friday’s awards ceremony for the Césars, France’s equivalent of the Oscars, saying he will not submit himself to a “public lynching” over rape accusations he denies. Women’s rights activists have vowed to disrupt the awards ceremony in Paris, plastering anti-Polanski banners and graffiti at the event venue and the headquarters of the French… Read more »
Trial opens of pair accused of murdering officer during botched drugs bust in Rome Staff and agencies in Rome Wed 26 Feb 2020 14.52 ESTLast modified on Wed 26 Feb 2020 16.23 EST Two US students have appeared in an Italian court on the first day of their trial over the fatal stabbing last year of a police officer during a botched drugs bust. Finnegan Lee Elder,… Read more »
Moscow health authorities have been lambasted as “stupid, unscientific and simply cruel” after rounding up stray animals and exterminating rats as part of efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak. Three Russian citizens are currently receiving treatment after contracting Covid-19 on a cruise ship in Japan, while two Chinese nations were hospitalised in Siberia with the virus but have since recovered and been discharged. Despite the… Read more »
