A flash mob waves Ukrainian flags as La Scala features a Russian opera for its gala season premiere

Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala celebrated its gala season premiere Sunday with a Russian opera for the second time since ...

The Ladykillers at 70: how one film turned British whimsy into a darkly comic masterpiece

In 1955, Ealing Studios released The Ladykillers, a darkly comic tale about a gang of criminals whose bank robbery gets ...

A Russian opera opens La Scala's season as the theater defends art over politics

Milan’s Teatro alla Scala celebrates its gala season premiere with a Russian opera, Dmitry Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of ...