"Trouble is fermenting in the febrile heat of Rome. Violent political struggles are breaking out between militant neo-fascist, far-left organisations and the Italian state. Amid this tense unrest, Federico Fellini makes his opulent masterpiece, Casanova, and Pasolini makes his final film, Salò, an eviscerating and prophetic parable about the dangers of fascism. Olivia Laing's novel The Silver Book is a compelling noir thriller and queer romance, taking us into the heart of Rome's famous Cinecittà studios - Italian cinema's dream factory."
"Joan Didion wrote her way compulsively through every experience as though her life depended on it. While The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights chronicled her grief following the sudden loss of her husband and daughter, Notes to John compiles private accounts of her sessions with a Freudian analyst before these shattering deaths occurred. None of it was ever intended for public consumption, and it's crudely compelling to read Didion - usually so poised and considered - unedited and unguarded"
Rome's febrile political climate features violent clashes between militant neo-fascist and far-left organisations and the Italian state. Filmmakers create opulent and provocative works such as Fellini's Casanova and Pasolini's Salò, a prophetic parable about the dangers of fascism. A noir thriller set in Cinecittà follows a young English artist who falls for costume and set designer Danilo Donati as events move toward Pasolini's murder. Private Freudian sessions reveal unguarded anxieties and parental guilt in a writer usually poised and controlled. A separate narrative blends autofiction, true crime, and social commentary around protagonist Catt Greene and a local meth binge that ends in murder.
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