"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
Today's the 90th anniversary of the premiere of Chaplin's Modern Times, a story inspired by what the artist heard about Detroit's industries and about young people suffering from nervous breakdowns after a few years on the assembly line.As a movie, it's not my cup of...
I have mixed feelings when it comes to movies with puppets. Not that I don't like puppets, on the contrary, some of my favourite movies of all time are Muppet movies, but very few people can tackle the mixture of craft and poetics you need...
Now, before I tell you whether I liked this movie or not, I think I should make something perfectly clear: I hate Robert Pattinson. Not him personally, of course -- the guy hasn't done anything to me -- but I don't think I'll ever get...
I've been wanting to watch this vampire movie for a while now, but I've been putting it off because I'm very particular when it comes to horror movies; I generally find them products for stupid 8-year-olds who want to be jump-scared. Fuck them. If you...
From January 30 to September 8, 2025, the Osservatorio Fondazione Prada in Milan hosts "A Kind of Language: Storyboards and Other Renderings for Cinema," an exhibition curated by Melissa Harris. This showcase delves into the intricate pre-production processes of filmmaking, highlighting the pivotal role of...
The Infinite Art of Practical Effects, at the museum venue called Fabbrica del Vapore, is an invitation to embark on a nostalgic journey through how movies used to be made, and it’s closing this week-end, on May 18. This unique showcase pays homage to a movie that...
Turin mounted a small but very nice exhibition with some fine pieces I had never seen before. The concept is that H.R. Giger, the Swiss visionary behind the xenomorph in Alien, is so much more than that. I was already familiar with the rest of...
For the first time in my life, last week I did something weird: I went to see a movie in Japanese. And no, before you get ideas, I do not understand Japanese: it had subtitles. Anyway, the movie was Miyazaki's last effort, The Boy and the...
I haven't done a movie review in ages, but...
I really liked season 1 of Carnival Row, starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevigne, and this is the music that plays in the end credits. The artist calls herself Patty Gurdy and plays the hurdy-gurdy, a weird hand-crank string instrument with a keyboard that sounds...
