La Dolce Vita (15)

By turns vibrant and despairing, Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita is a soul-searching portrait of a celebrity-obsessed culture, perhaps more relevant today than on its initial release in 1960.

Marcello Mastroianni stars as a fluff-peddling journalist caught up in the social whirl of the crème de la crème while slipping deeper into self-loathing.

But rather than wallow in cynicism, Fellini’s genius is characterised by a zest for life – albeit a tragically insatiable one – as he sprinkles dreamlike snapshots like glitter in the darkness.

“… an awesome picture, licentious in content but moral and vastly sophisticated in its attitude and what it says.” New York Times

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