Filming for two time Palme d’Or winner Emir Kusturica’s new film ‘Love and War’ is well under way and Monica Bellucci has been seen on set in south-eastern Bosnia, as the lead female role.

Here are 5 bands and artists that you need to listen to this month, including Bayou, Hibou, The-Drum, Ghost Loft and Wolfe. Support these upcoming talents, now!

With the buzz around Italo Disco so far this year, Swide continues to scour through record collections to find some of the best examples of this classic genre of music. Here’s this week’s selection…

What’s the problem? This week’s lady is faced with the overzealous concierge of her apartment building and is struggling to say ‘no’ to HER advances.

Tornatore’s latest movie The Best Offer won the top prize at the Italian “oscars”. The film is a long way from the Nuovo Cinema Paradiso we all love, so Swide reminisces about the Italian director’s most Mediterranean oeuvres.

The new Martin Scorsese movie ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ has its first trailer that shows Leonardo DiCaprio on top form alongside Matthew McConaughey, Johan Hill and music from Kanye West’s Yeesuz

Enrico Costanini’s home of Venezia is currently under siege by a flurry of Venice Biennale activity. Naturally, our man was drawn to the sights and sounds, both day and night. Here’s more…

Pantone seems to be very fashionable at the moment, so much so that even photographer Paul Octavious has dedicated a series to this world renowned colour-classification system on his tumblr