Last Tango in Paris (1972) is a controversial erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. It follows a recently widowed American man, Paul, who encounters a young Parisian woman, Jeanne, and ...

Now, it’s time for late actress Maria Schneider’s story to be fully shared onscreen. Schneider, who famously starred in controversial “Last Tango in Paris” at age 19 alongside Marlon Brando, is ...

The prestigious Cinémathèque Française in Paris says it has cancelled a screening of Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial classic Last Tango in Paris, citing "potential security risks" ...

Through his overwhelmingly vivid and sensual images, Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, who died Monday at 77, was a master at capturing both the immense scope of historical movements and the ...

Few actors have a career as celebrated as that of Marlon Brando. The actor's natural talent made him a breakout star a few years after he started acting, with A Streetcar Named Desire propelling him ...

It’s naïve to think that great movies never ask anything of us, that we can simply allow them to wash over us, gracing us with their artistry. No—we need to meet movies halfway, and our conflicted ...

Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...

As France reels from a renewed #MeToo reckoning, a new film transports audiences back to the early 1970s when directors were all-powerful and the consent of their actresses was the last thing on their ...

At 19, French actor Maria Schneider was launched into the spotlight for her role in the erotic drama “Last Tango in Paris.” The notorious film made her famous, but haunted the rest of her life. But ...

Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian filmmaker whose sensual and visually stylistic movies ranged from intense chamber dramas to panoramic historical epics, died Monday at his home in Rome. He was 77.