Films that feature well known figures from history are always intriguing, whether they reflect actual fact or are mere figments of the director's feverish imagination. In the delightfully dishy MAHLER ON THE COUCH, the filmmaking team of Percy Adlon (pere) and Felix Adlon (fils) have made  a delicious historical "did-it-ever-happen" that features such historical characters as the classical composer Gustav Mahler, the psychotherapist Sigmund Freud and the Bauhaus design foun...

Films that feature well known figures from history are always intriguing, whether they reflect actual fact or are mere figments of the director's feverish imagination. In the delightfully dishy MAHLER ON THE COUCH, the filmmaking team of Percy Adlon (pere) and Felix Adlon (fils) have made a delicious historical "did-it-ever-happen" that features such historical characters as the classical composer Gustav Mahler, the psychotherapist Sigmund Freud and the Bauhaus design founder Walter Gropius (wi...

The President of the Venice Biennale, Davide Croff, has asked two great image masters, Dante Ferretti and Matteo Thun, to make some significant changes to the facade of the historical Palazzo del Cinema on the Venice Lido. The building will greet both the general public and the stars with a completely new look for the 61st Venice Film Festival (1-11 September 2004), run by Marco Müller for the first time this year.Dante Ferretti has been set designer for great Italian (Fellini, Ferreri, Pasolin...