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 ...

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 ...

A scene from Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom." (Zebra Photofest) "120 Days of Sodom," the rapacious weave of sexual excess and debauchery penned by Marquis de Sade in the late ...

“Pasolini” is not a biopic of the late Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (played here by Willem Dafoe). The complicated director of “The Gospel According to St. Matthew,” “Teorema” and “Salo, or ...

The Gene Siskel Film Center wraps up its month-long series showcasing the final four films of Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) with a one-week run of 1975’s “Salo, or the 120 Days of ...

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Only John Waters could pull off emceeing a New York Film Festival double feature of Gaspar Noé’s abrasive acid trip “Climax” and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s harrowing art-meets-exploitation, anti-fascist ...

In a majority decision, a five-member panel of the Classification Review Board determined Salo can be classified R 18+ (Restricted) with the consumer advice “Scenes of torture and degradation, sexual ...

Content Warning: this segment contains some graphic descriptions of torture, sex and violence. Artists, musicians, and filmmakers are often inspired by what they see or hear. Sometimes that thing is ...

And a very happy “Salò” Day to you, my fellow feces feasters! We’re in the steaming, hot, thick of summer here at IndieWire, where we’re celebrating the 1970s for our annual decade week. Yes, it’s ...