<p>The cult Italian film-maker began as an assistant to Roberto Rossellini but moved into sex films, believing ‘eroticism to be a fundamental key to human expression’</p><p>Italian film director Tinto Brass, who was once hailed as the “Antonioni of the 70s” but came to be better known for bringing Italian erotic cinema to a wider audience with films such as Caligula and Salon Kitty, has died aged 93.</p><p>His wife Caterina Varzi and children Bonifacio and Beatrice Brass announced the news of the director’s death to Italian press agency Ansa on Wednesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/nov/04/tinto-brass-director-of-caligula-erotic-cinema-dies-aged-93">Continue reading...</a>
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Tinto Brass, director of Caligula and maestro of Euro erotica, dies aged 93
<p>The cult Italian film-maker began as an assistant to Roberto Rossellini but moved into sex films, believing ‘eroticism to be a fundamental key to human expression’</p><p>Italian film director Tinto Brass, who was once hailed as the “Antonioni of the 70s” but came to be better known for bringing Italian erotic cinema to a wider audience with films such as Caligula and Salon Kitty, has died aged 93.</p><p>His wife Caterina Varzi and children Bonifacio and Beatrice Brass announced the news of the director’s death to Italian press agency Ansa on Wednesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/nov/04/tinto-brass-director-of-caligula-erotic-cinema-dies-aged-93">Continue reading...</a>