Category Archives: Cinema and TV

When Maleficent came out (a 2014 Disney movie directed by Robert Stromberg), someone conjectured that the kiss with which Maleficent awakened Princess Aurora - fallen into a perennial sleep, after pricking her finger with the needle of a haunted spinning wheel - was a sign of the director’s sympathies to the LGBT world. It was…

The Oscar awards have always provided a reliable measurement of world cinema trends and and professionals’ preferences, albeit of unavoidable polemics which helps making profitable noise for the movie industry. The Oscars greatly influence the viewers choices, as well. In 2019, Hollywood honored movies focused on accepting diversity and fighting prejudice. One of these that…

In the last years, the film industry has seen the birth of a new protagonist: Netflix. The American platform, initially born as a modern video rental shop, is at the forefront today in the production of TV series and films. Here is a brief history. The company was set up in 1997 in Los Gatos,…

Once the first and extraordinarily successful season is over, everything is ready for the sequel to My brilliant friend, the TV series based on the novel of the same title by Elena Ferrante, the world-famous Italian writer. The story tells of the friendship between two girls, first teenagers and later on women who live in…

Faced with a wide choice it is very easy to get lost, especially if you do not have clear criteria that help you look for what you want and decide amongst the different possibilities. This is also true when we look into the vast landscape of the cinema: the offer is so grand, that we…

It’s written “talent show,” but it’s read "moment of fame." The ingredients are always the same: a television format that works, some fight in the studio, a beautiful face that pierces the screen and a small presumed talent, and for some months success is guaranteed. Then time passes, the drawer of dreams recloses and the…

More than once, around Christmas time, we have suggested films to watch together with family. This year we are making a new proposal - and we address it to grandparents and their grandchildren - by recommending some titles of films that, in our opinion, have something to tell and teach about the special relationship that…

In Italy, the VIP edition of the Temptation Island TV program has recently concluded. It reuses an American (U.S.) format from 2001, in which some engaged couples decide to live separately for several weeks, usually in exotic resorts and exposing themselves to the “temptation of sirens” to test the stability of their relationships. The reality…

Incredibles 2 is the sequel to Pixar's great animated film that was a total success in 2004. As expected, it quickly became one of the most watched movies and one of the biggest box office so far in 2018, well over Jurassic World and Mission impossible: The Fallout.. Despite the attempts that have been made…

The "fables" (whether classical or modern, told in books or in movies) have accustomed us to seeing love as an indestructible force. From the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to the film Ghost, from the legend of Tristan and Isolde to the colossal Titanic, we find the same common thread: the worlds,…