The Man Who Made Creatures: Special Effects Wizard Carlo Rambaldi Film Series | Oct 30-Nov 30, 2025

E.T. The Extraterrestrial follows Elliott, a 10-year-old boy, who develops a close bond with an alien being he shelters who was left behind on Earth.

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Centennial celebration of Carlo Rambaldi (1925–2012), Oscar-winning artist behind E.T., King Kong, and more—showcasing his extraordinary innovation in special effects across Italy, Hollywood, and three decades of cinematic history.

The Man Who Made Creatures: Special Effects Wizard Carlo Rambaldi

Deep Red marks Dario Argento's triumphant return to horror as well as the filmmaker's first collaboration with Goblin, the prog rock outfit responsible for scoring Suspiria (1977). 

Deep Red

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King Kong

A departure from the horror fare commonly associated with filmmaker Mario Bava, Planet of the Vampires is a visually striking contribution to the onslaught of science fiction media that took the 1960s by storm.

Planet of the Vampires (Terrore nello spazio)

Nov5 FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET Rambaldi4

Realized with his longtime muse and wife, Giulietta Masina, Juliet of the Spirits offers a peek into the interior mindscape of a woman scorned by her aloof husband.

Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta degli spiriti) 

Steven Spielberg followed Jaws (1975) with his own screenplay about a family man whose life is changed by an encounter with a UFO, and the result is a genuinely awe-inspiring moviegoing experience.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The final installment of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life, this triumphant adaptation of folktales from The Thousand and One Nights is framed by the story of a young man’s quest for his beloved.

Arabian Nights (Il fiore delle mille e una notte)

Bearing the immortal tagline “In space no one can hear you scream,” Ridley Scott’s Alien redefined terror when it was first released to an unassuming public in the late 1970s.

Alien

A quartet of blissed-out hippies finds an outdoor adventure cut short when their dune buggy breaks down in the English countryside.

Tragic Ceremony (Estratto dagli archivi segreti della polizia di una capitale europea)

Andrzej Zulawski’s intense genre-bending thriller delves into the psychological—and biological—effects of separation and jealousy.

Possession

Filmmaker Luchino Visconti devotes this lavish historical epic to the public life of Ludwig II, the “Mad King” of Bavaria whose reign lasted from 1864 to 1886.

Ludwig

Italian filmmaker Sergio Sollima, who made his mark in the poliziotteschi genre, directed and co-wrote this grimy revenge picture shot primarily on location in New Orleans and San Francisco, and at Cinecittà Studio in Rome.

The Man Who Made Creatures: Special Effects Wizard Carlo Rambaldi

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