Never one to hold back when depicting the truth, Pier Paolo Pasolini, nearly 50 years after his death, remains a defiant and relevant artist whose films embrace human dignity, condemn authoritarianism ...

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 ...

One hundred and one is a bit of a mythic age. Having broken the barrier of a century, one becomes a storyteller of deep time. To celebrate the 101st birthday of Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, ...

Twelve terrorists. One cop. The odds are against John McClane... That's just the way he likes it.

As Italy marks the centennial of Pier Paolo Pasolini‘s birth with a series of special events, the Academy Museum is honoring the influential film director, poet, writer and intellectual, whose 1975 ...

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 (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 ...

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom is turning 50. One of cinema’s most notorious films, Salò continues to be approached with trepidation – if approached at all. Adapted from the ...

"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 ...

Pier paolo pasolini was many things: a celebrated novelist, a playwright, a successful poet, a journalist, an actor and a political commentator. He was a public intellectual who loved playing and ...

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 ...

Tilda Swinton and Olivier Saillard have collaborated once more. This time the artistic partners bring the mythical costumes—designed by Danilo Donati—in a range of Pier Paolo Pasolini films to life in ...