Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (David Heeley, 1993)

Cover of All About Me's VHS edition of 

Playing on June 18, 2025 at Il Cinema Ritrovato XXIX. – EK

Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (David Heeley, 1993)

When Katharine Hepburn appeared in All About Me at age 85, it was a year after she had published her autobiography, Me: Stories of My Life – stories from which she repeats on camera. Not exactly all about her, but still very much focused on a star who was, at various times, deemed “unusual,” “box office poison,” and a feminist trailblazer in a film industry built on familiarity, money, and misogyny.

Il Cinema Ritrovato 2025 | Films on Film

Summertime by David Lean, shot in Venice, in colour, on 35mm

Il Cinema Ritrovato shows more films on film — from 35mm, 16mm, and 70mm prints — than any other festival in the world. (If you have any doubt, ask FedEx or DHL.)

This year, 130 titles will be projected from celluloid. It's true that a good number of these belong to early cinema, but there is an equally substantial selection—from the silent period to the early 21st century—shown in archival prints and occasionally brand-new prints.

Here is a list of 50 titles to be shown on film that I think are worth adding to your schedule, once the schedule is out!

Il Cinema Ritrovato 2025: Twenty Recommendations

Il Museo dei sogni

Il Cinema Ritrovato XXIX is just around the corner, and I think you should not miss these twenty titles:

Safar (Bahram Beyzaie, 1972)

Safar

The world premiere of the new restoration (from the camera negative) will take place on June 24 at 14:00, at Il Cinema Ritrovato XXIX.

A 12-year-old orphan with a habit of seeking out his potential parents takes his friend along on a journey through the wastelands on the outskirts of Tehran. Seemingly a children’s folk tale, Safar is so visually singular that it evades easy breakdown. It is allegorical, but allegory is the engine; visual density the result.

Online with SFFP—Discussing the Work of Lewis Milestone

Lewis Milestone with Joan Crawford during the shooting of Rain (1932)

On Thursday, June 5, SFFP Board President Rob Byrne will be joined by Ehsan Khoshbakht to discuss Lewis Milestone’s incredible body of work, including—of course—The Garden of Eden, which SFFP restored!

This event is free and open to everyone. Simply register below to attend.