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Callas and Pasolini, the diva and the director
When Maria Callas met Pier Paolo Pasolini in the late 1960s, the results were predictably explosive
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Three colours of cinema: A masterpiece that shines brighter than ever
Thirty years on, the key to the enduring legacy of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colours trilogy is creativity and love
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The Day of the Jackal: An assassination movie without equal
How Frederick Forsyth’s bestselling thriller became the last word in political assassination cinema
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The ‘French Robert Mitchum’ finding his inner Beast
Unsung Inglourious Basterds actor Denis Ménochet encounters more terror in the countryside in Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s The Beasts
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From hell to eternity: The enduring popularity of All Quiet on the Western Front
The latest screen adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel has scooped four Oscars and seven Baftas
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Point of no return: The Cannes winner forced to flee her own country
Cannes Best Actress winner Zar Amir Ebrahimi on her exile from Iran and why her work shames the regime
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Belgian beauty: A tender story of young male companionship
Lukas Dhont’s Close is an ecstatic, tear-jerking tale of adolescent friendship
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The enduring legacy of Miles Davis’s coolest mood music
How the jazz musician’s iconic soundtrack to Lift to the Scaffold still resonates today
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The rise and falls of ‘Aeroflop’
Russia’s biggest airline is marking its centenary. But is there much to celebrate?
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The Big Picture: Uncovering Bodies At Belchite Mass Grave From Spanish Civil War
The Spanish earth groans with horrors a modern mind struggles to comprehend, yet which were buried there within the lifetimes of our grandparents.
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Ben Okri: Challenging perceptions of reality
Every week throughout Black History Month this October, The New European is celebrating those who have broken hard ground in the ongoing journey towards a prejudice-free society.
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Mary Seacole – the Heroine of the Crimea
In 2004, Mary Seacole was voted the Greatest Black Briton.
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Arthur Wharton: The world’s first professional black footballer
Black History Month has been celebrated in the UK during October since 1987. Each week this month, The New European is celebrating Black Britons who broke hard ground on the path we are still walking; towards a prejudice-free society.
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The Big Picture: Antarctica’s underground research base
US Navy personnel brush loose snow from the walls of a tunnel leading to a new underground research base in Antarctica in 1960.
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The Big Picture: A tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo
It's impossible to think of European cinema without Jean-Paul Belmondo
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The Big Picture: Opening ceremony of International Army Games
Dancers perform on the back of a T-72B3 tank at the opening ceremony of the 2021 International Army Games at the Alabino military training ground near Moscow.
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The Big Picture: Examining the Breidamerkurjokull glacier
Hlynur Steinsson, a ranger with Vatnajokull state park and university graduate student, uses a magnifying glass to examine a tiny plant growing on mostly barren and gravel-covered land left behind by the receding Breidamerkurjokull glacier near Hof, Iceland.
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The Big Picture: The Fastnet Race battles
A yacht taking part in the Fastnet Race battles stormy seas near the start line off the Isle of Wight.
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The Big Picture: Khaby Lame Mural
A new mural in Gaza City shows the face of TikTok star Khaby Lame, underlining his extraordinary global fame.
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The Big Picture: The Russian submarine Orel
Four tug boats manoeuvre the Russian submarine Orel into position in the Gulf of Finland during preparations for Russia’s Navy Day parade.
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The Big Picture: Munich’s Allianz Arena
Three weeks after plans to light up Munich’s Allianz Arena in rainbow colours caused a major international row, the stadium has finally got the multi-coloured treatment.