To the extent that Visconti’s filmography can be said to have a turning point, it would be “Senso” (1954), the heady story of a tortured romance set during the Risorgimento, the long ...

Visconti would go on to direct numerous opera productions around Europe in between his film projects. ‘Senso’ remains his most passionate union of cinema and opera -- an old-fashioned romance ...

Senso, the 1954 film directed by Luchino Visconti about the Italian national unification struggle in the nineteenth century, is a beautiful and important work.

Screening during the next week are the Visconti films “Bellissima” (1951) and “Senso” (1954). Visconti was a colorful figure.

“SENSO: THE CRITERION COLLECTION”Blu-ray full-frame and DVD full-frame, 1954, unratedBest extra: “Viva Verdi – Visconti and Opera” documentary in HDLUCHINO VISCONTI’S LAVISH period ...

For you helpless romantics out there, Luchino Visconti's Senso might be the best release of all, encompassing both the romantic-drama crossover and foreign film when it is released on DVD and Blu-ray.

Critic and fellow aristocrat Guido Aristarco greeted the release of Rocco And His Brothers in 1960 as a retreat from the “dangers” of Visconti’s previous films White Nights and Senso, and a ...

Making all of us not in New York jealous yet again, the Film Society of Lincoln Center has partnered with Istituto Luce Cinecittà to present a complete retrospective of Luchino Visconti ’s ...

Burt Lancaster, star of Luchino Visconti’s 1963 masterpiece The Leopard, liked to tell a story about the production of the film. Playing an aging Sicilian prince in the nineteenth century ...

‘Visconti: A Retrospective’ Exclusive Trailer: Film Society of Lincoln Center Presents the Italian Master’s Entire Oeuvre — Watch The series runs June 8–29.