ROME: Oscar-winning Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci will lead this year’s Venice film festival jury, organisers said on Thursday, defining the filmmaker as “one of the most influential in cinema history”. Bertolucci, 72, the author of “The Conformist”, “Last ...

ROME  - Floodwaters drenched Venice’s St. Mark’s Square on Wednesday as the City of Bridges was put on “acqua alta” (high water) alert and tourists donned their waterproofs and wellies. The mayor ordered elevated wooden platforms to be placed on main passageways in the ...