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10 books, 9 films and 8 songs about eclipses

With the 12 August total solar eclipse in sight, remember this cosmic event has long shaped culture, as spectacle and storytelling tool. Here is a cultural selection inspired by it.

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Westeros, Wes Anderson and Sabrina Carpenter meeting the Muppets: what to watch in March

From new releases to rediscovered classics, this month’s streaming list is brimming with both spectacle and nostalgia.

The Conversation

Mark Peploe obituary

Screenwriter who won an Oscar for Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor and provided the screenplay for Antonioni’s The Passenger

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Mark Peploe, Oscar-winning scriptwriter of The Last Emperor, dies aged 82

Screenwriter, whose 1987 collaboration with Bernardo Bertolucci won nine Oscars, was also known for The Passenger directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

The Guardian - UK

The Timeless Influence of Classic Italian Cinema

Spanning over a century, Italian cinema has not only shaped the international film industry but also created some of the most iconic films and legendary figures in movie history.

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“The kids who bought it didn’t ask, ‘Where’s Syd?’ They increasingly asked, ‘Who’s Syd?’” Meddle marked the point where Pink Floyd as we know them really began

Their 1971 album marked the move from experimental live band to studio-based architects, paving the way for a decade of dominance

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“We went through a few phrases… they went off to play in America and left me to get on with it, stripped to my underpants”: Atom Heart Mother’s fusion of ordinary and extraordinary sounds gave Pink Floyd their first No.1 album

It had a cow’s arse on the cover and a features track sampling their roadie cooking bacon – but their fifth record’s wild genius paved the way to their future

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Alain Delon obituary

One of the most popular male stars of French cinema who often played tough guys and calculated killers

The Guardian - UK

French film star Alain Delon dies aged 88

Celebrated actor and star of Plein Soleil and Le Samouraï has died, his children have said

The Guardian - UK

The Conversation at 50: Francis Ford Coppola’s paranoid and predictive masterpiece

The 1974 suspense thriller smartly predicted the increasing importance of technology and lack of privacy in our lives

The Guardian - US

20 greatest Venice film festival Golden Lion winners – ranked!

With the 80th instalment of the festival on the Lido around the corner, we sort through the winners of one of cinema’s most prestigious accolades

The Guardian - UK

Remembering David Lindley: A tribute to one of the greatest slide players and multi-instrumentalists of all time

Sideman and session player to Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and more, David Lindley leaves behind a formidable musical legacy

Guitar World

Identification of a Woman review – Michelangelo Antonioni’s midlife crisis of a movie

Antonioni’s 1982 film, in which a sexually restless middle-aged film-maker auditions young women, feels dated but has pleasing flourishes

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth Wellington: With more women behind the camera, more men are baring it all on screen

When a man texts a pic of his junk in a lame effort to turn me on, I delete it. But if I catch a glimpse of full-frontal nudity on cable TV or in a film, it feels delightfully naughty.

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Monica Vitti: The Queen of Italian Cinema

The cool, elegant beauty of Michelangelo Antonioni’s Sixties films used what she called ‘an extraordinary gift’ to transform herself into a marvellous comedienne

The Guardian - UK

Monica Vitti obituary

Star of Michelangelo Antonioni’s films in the 1960s who later turned to light comedies

Radio France Internationale

'Queen of Italian cinema' Monica Vitti dies aged 90

Italian actress Monica Vitti, best known for her roles in films by Michelangelo Antonioni, who also starred with French actor Alain Delon in the 1960s and won several international cinema awards, has died aged 90.

The Independent UK

Italian movie star Monica Vitti dies at age 90 in Rome

Versatile Italian movie star Monica Vitti has died at age 90

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Monica Vitti death: Legendary Italian actor dies aged 90

Vitti was best known for her roles in Michelangelo Antonioni films

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