Celebrating its 70th anniversary, “Rome, Open City” is a world cinema landmark, but that dusty, respectful word does not do justice to a film that has not lost its power to surprise and even shock.

Namwene Mukabwa is a Collider author based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has a penchant for Westerns, classics, historical, and underrated movies and television series. He became hooked on screens at the age ...

“Recently, I saw a moving picture so worth talking about,” James Agee told readers of The Nation, on March 23, 1946, “that I am unable to talk about it.” He was referring to “Rome, Open City.” Roberto ...