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Vita, Morte e Miracoli di Bonfiglio Liborio - A madman

Books

Vita, Morte e Miracoli di Bonfiglio Liborio

Alessia Sciannamblo

Offred and the Handmaids, in a white bonnet and a red cloak, are gathered in the open under a stage, where the Aunts complete the training

TV Shows

The Handmaid’s Tale | It’s all much more than fiction

Valeria Usala

Teatro Olimpico - The swan song of Andrea Palladio

Art

Teatro Olimpico | Is the greatness of things merely an appearance?

Valentina Manganaro

magine courtesy of NeONBRAND via Unsplash. This photo represents a garage crowded with things that fit with Salnted & Enchanted as it was recorded ina similar setting

Music

Slanted & Enchanted | Cut up noises over the success

Jacopo Soru

A dynamic and frenetic representation of a new city and its citizens.

Art

The City Rises is Umberto Boccioni’s first Futurist work

Valentina Manganaro

Westworld charachters: Dolores and Maeve, Season 3 - human-like androids

TV Shows

Westworld | Free will is not free

Jordi Ferrer Torres

TV Shows

Fleabag challenges the viewer in many ways

Francesca Lendini

An empty office full of desk.

TV Shows

What feed journalists in The Newsroom

Hypercritic Editorial Staff

Bicycles in Via delle Volte by night, Ferrara, Italy.

Books

Altri Libertini feels like a punch in the stomach

Alessia Sciannamblo

Nonagon Infinity

Music

Nonagon Infinity | Redefining the musical narrative

Edoardo Chen

A great wood comes against Macbet Castle to vanquish him.

Movies

Throne of Blood | Translating Shakespeare into Film

Davide Tiberga

Wag the Dog - A photo of the front of the White House

Movies

Wag the Dog | When comedy looks like reality

Skye Kuppig

American Psycho the darkest side of society

Books

American Psycho | The darkest side of society

Giulia Viganò

Music

Beyondless | Deconstructing punk music

Jacopo Soru

Ride the Lightning. Lightning during a thunderstorm.

Music

How Ride the Lightning helped establish the metal genre

Jacopo Soru

Life of Pi makes you suspend you disbelief - lonely boat in the ocean at sunset

Books

Life of Pi | A story that makes you suspend your disbelief

Giulia Viganò

The Candidate - Closeup on the American Flag

Movies

The Candidate | American politics before the Watergate

Skye Kuppig

BoJack Horseman looking desperate.

TV Shows

BoJack Horseman | A human journey

Federica Gandolfo

As I Lay Dying - An American road

Books

As I Lay Dying | A revolutionary literary style

Andrea Migliorini

The Big Brother watching

Books

1984 | Big Brother is watching you

Simone Pietro Alteri

Lust For Life - A Berlin street

Music

Lust for Life combines Iggy Pop and David Bowie’s talent

Jacopo Soru

Idles live at Glastonbury, 2019

Music

Ultra Mono | The Idle’s mix of grit and frailty

Giovanni Pigliacelli

My Brilliant Friend illustration

Books

My Brilliant Friend has a unifying power

Alessia Sciannamblo

Olive Olive Kitteridge's location is a small town in Maine, Usa. Here you have a Winslow Homer's Study for Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts 1869

Books

Olive Kitteridge’s beauty resides in the periphery of things

Alessia Sciannamblo

The Watchmen cast - A woman all dressed in black, a man all dressed in red and three police officers are standing inside a park

TV Shows

Watchmen | A subversion of the superhero

Valeria Usala

Talon of the Hawk album cover

Music

The Front Bottom’s Talon of the Hawk

Giovanni Pigliacelli

A man is standing in front of a washing machine which contains banknotes

TV Shows

Breaking Bad | The downward spiral of an ordinary man

Valeria Usala

Charles IV of Spain and His Family, Francisco Goya's painting

Art

Charles IV of Spain and His Family hides a rulers caricature

Valentina Manganaro

The Smog Free Ring is part of a project by the artist Daan Roosegaarde, who mixes design, science, and architecture in his creations.

Contemporary Art

Roosegaarde’s Smog Free Ring turns pollution into diamonds

Christine Bax

One of the huge exhaust nozzles of the rocket’s engines

Music

The Downward Spiral tells about the fall of a man

Jacopo Soru

Arash Marandi in A girl walks home alone at night

Movies

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a love story

Skye Kuppig

Two girls in Guatemala City, in a scene from Gunpowder Heart

Movies

Gunpowder Heart | Revenge drama in Guatemala City

Skye Kuppig

The image represents a broken city, it can be seen as an allegory for the amin theme of the record

Music

West of Eden | Threnos for the western world’s end

Jacopo Soru

In space no one can hear you scream

Movies

Alien | In space no one can hear you scream

Davide Tiberga

Tom's Restaurant in New York.

TV Shows

Seinfeld | The Sitcom Grandma

Federica Gandolfo

Orange is the New Black's main characters, Pepper and Alex

TV Shows

Dark humor meets heavy drama in Orange Is the New Black

Jordi Ferrer Torres

Romulus | A coming-of-age story in the ancient Lazio

TV Shows

Romulus | A coming-of-age story in the ancient Lazio

Luisa Zhou

Dark is an exception - Jonas from the present talks to Jonas from the future on a bench

TV Shows

Dark is an exception among TV shows

Valeria Usala

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. First-edition cover by Michael Mitchell, 1951,

Books

The Catcher in the Rye | Finding one’s place in the world

Alessandro Avataneo

Picture of Shibuya Hotel at night

Music

Tokyo Love Hotel | A razor-sharp anthem for the trap era

Giovanni Pigliacelli

An image from 9eyes' archive. Jon Rafman's 9eyes is a collection of images taken from Google Street View, addressing human vulnerability and the issue of privacy.

Contemporary Art

Jon Rafman’s 9eyes addresses the issue of privacy

Christine Bax

Artwork by Ceesepe

Movies

The Law of Desire | Entertainment mixes with auteur cinema

Skye Kuppig

Achtung Baby - A Warning old sticker.

Music

Achtung Baby | When U2 dreamt it all up again

Maria Chiara Pacifici

Stephen King It - A Big red balloon has become the symbol of the malevolent creature that the group of protagonists fight

Books

It | Stephen King’s consecration to fame

Alessia Sciannamblo

The image shows a house in a forest- like terrain shrouded by a mysterious fog. It suits the mood of the record

Music

Visions of Bodies Being Burned | Beyond the greatest horrors

Jacopo Soru

Dangling Ma's review has inspired this featured image of a man in a bar in New York, in 1939. Photo taken from the New York Public Library collection.

Books

Dangling Man is the portrait of a whole generation

Erica Bassani

The Nevsky Prospekt framed in a 19th century photography.

Books

Gogol’s Petersburg Tales belong to the collective imagination

Alessia Sciannamblo

Books

The Master and Margarita| Mikhail Bulgakov’s troubled novel

Alessia Sciannamblo

Primary - Black and White photo of John F Kennedy

Movies

Primary – An intimate portrait of J.F.K.

Skye Kuppig

The Leftovers - Sheriff Car during a parade

TV Shows

The Leftovers | A symphony of grief

Federica Gandolfo

Books

Fahrenheit 451 transcends the boundaries of science fiction

Alessia Sciannamblo

The image represents a gloomy desert immersed in some fog. It represents well the mood of Blues For The Red Sun

Music

Blues for The Red Sun | Where Psychedelia meets the Desert

Jacopo Soru

Through examples taken from everyday life, The Good and Bad Government produces an effective declaration of political and didactic intent.

Art

The Allegory of Good and Bad Government has a didactic aim

Valentina Manganaro

Love in the Time of Cholera- A bench

Books

Love in the Time of Cholera marks the peak of the author’s ascendancy

Carmen De Nisi

TV Shows

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | The witches of modern times

Jordi Ferrer Torres

Photo of the Milky Way

Books

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a tonic for low spirits

Alessia Sciannamblo

Hachette cover of a Visit From the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan

Books

A Visit From the Goon Squad is a symphony of voices

Alessia Sciannamblo

Photo of the installation "Can't Help Myself" at the Venice Biennale

Contemporary Art

Watching Can’t Help Myself is like looking at a caged animal

Christine Bax

Otto Dix's Metropolis shows the contrast between poverty and social difficulties after WWI, with the excesses and energy of the metropolitan nightlife.

Art

Otto Dix’s Metropolis displays social and existential crisis

Valentina Manganaro

Big Little Lies protagonists at the police department

TV Shows

Big Little Lies | What lies beneath the surface

Valeria Usala

White Stripes (autori di Elephant) in concerto

Music

Elephant | A coalescence of beautiful influences

Hypercritic Editorial Staff

A real Pinocchio resembling marionette

Books

The Adventures of Pinocchio, the mischievous marionette

Nadia Corvino

The Undoing is not only a murder story - a picture from the series

TV Shows

The Undoing is not only a murder story

Andrea Donini

Movies

Cat In The Wall | A critical look at the loss of tolerance

Skye Kuppig

Bowie's Low embodies the modern spirit.

Music

Bowie’s Low embodies a modern spirit

Vanessa Cammarota

Copy of a Lithograph of Surrender of Hessian Troops during the American Civil War

Contemporary Art

The Possibility of An Army |The digital space as a battlefield

Christine Bax

The Tête à Tête - The William Hogarth's artwork

Art

The Tête à Tête time in a Marriage A-la-Mode

Valentina Manganaro

Fever to Tell - The Radio City Hall, New York City, where Yeah Yeah Yeahs played in 2009

Music

Fever to Tell marks the Garage Rock Revival revolution

Jacopo Soru

Years and Years is a timely representation of today's reality

TV Shows

Years and Years | A timely representation of today’s reality

Luisa Zhou

Gold cage, courtesy of Images Rouges via Adobe Stock

Books

The power of language in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Erica Bassani

The Seven Most Exciting Hours of Mr. Trier’s Life in Twenty-Four Chapters is an adventure novel based on a true story told in a TV interview by Lars von Trier.

Contemporary Art

The 7 Most Exciting Hours of Mr. Trier’s Life in 24 Chapters

Christine Bax

Uncle Boonmee

Movies

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Skye Kuppig

Hawaiian view from the top of the island

TV Shows

Lost | The first mainstream phenomenon on TV

Valeria Usala

The boundary between reality and fiction is broken.

Movies

In the Mouth of Madness | A Storyteller’s Testament

Davide Tiberga

Nothing - The meaning of life - trees from below

Books

Teller’s Nothing | A brutal quest for the meaning of life

Giulia Viganò

Still from Euphoria of Zendaya

TV Shows

Euphoria | A visceral portrayal of the teenage experience

Jordi Ferrer Torres

In the project Coloring Tirana, facades of the former state-residential complexes were painted to improve well-being and social security.

Contemporary Art

Coloring Tirana | Art for social change

Christine Bax

Engraving from William Still's history UNDERGROUND RAILROAD 1872

Books

The Underground Railroad tells more than Black history

Alessia Sciannamblo

Midsommar - a boy and a girl walking together

Movies

Midsommar | Ari Aster’s horror fairy tale

Skye Kuppig

Illustration of Charles Bukowski, Post Office's author, in yellow and black

Books

Post Office is like life itself: a mean, dirty, boring spot

Alessia Sciannamblo

Art

The Triumph of Death and its strong symbolism

Valentina Manganaro

The Wilds, the first Amazon Prime teenage drama.

TV Shows

The Wilds | A matriarchal utopia inspired by teenage girls

Margherita Pescarin

TV Shows

Elite | A teen drama dealing with complex themes

Jordi Ferrer Torres

Madonna of the Harpies, by Andrea del Sarto, Uffizi, Florence

Art

Madonna of the Harpies | Between divinity and nature

Valentina Manganaro

A scene in When they see us: A teenager, a woman and a crowd of protesting people in the daylight

TV Shows

When They See Us | The long way towards equality

Valeria Usala

Image of the protagonists of House of Cards saluting the flag

TV Shows

House of Cards offers a dark portrait of America

Valeria Usala

The Portrait of Mrs. Isabel Styler-Tas, painted in 1945, exemplifies Salvador Dalì's unique take on the the so-called paranoiac-critical method.

Art

The Portrait of Madame Isabel Styler-Tas shows Dalì’s method

Valentina Manganaro

Killing Eve is a cat-and-mouse game

TV Shows

Killing Eve | Spies and Assassins play their game

Luisa Zhou

On her third studio album I Disagree, Youtuber, musician, and pseudo-religious leader Poppy takes a ferocious stylistic swerve from her previous work.

Music

I Disagree | Poppy’s bizarre musical Frankenstein

Jacopo Soru

Tish on the beach in a sunny day, from the movie I'm gonna make you love me

Movies

I’m Gonna Make You Love Me | A search for acceptance

Skye Kuppig

Golden Lion winner Faust, by the German artist Anne Imhof, was the main event of the 57th Venice Biennale, in 2017. It was a 5-hours-long performance.

Contemporary Art

The spontaneous discipline of Anne Imhof’s Faust

Christine Bax

Image of the two protagonists of the End of the Fu**ing World

TV Shows

The End of the F***ing World | A psychopathic love story

Jordi Ferrer Torres

Stock photo of glasses on a bar

Contemporary Art

Rose Garden shows the symbols of the American rural culture

Christine Bax

Rick appreciating the little things in season 4 of Rick and Morty.

TV Shows

Rick and Morty | The absurd balance between tragedy and miracle of life

Federica Gandolfo

Beige office blinds.

TV Shows

The Office | Pure comedy in the workplace

Valeria Usala

Contemporary Art

Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail to the Dark Lioness

Christine Bax

Detail study for the façade of Milan cathedral 1700–1773, by Luigi Vanvitelli

Books

Cathedral tells the big and small relationship struggles

Erica Bassani

Rome's Gazometro at dusk

Music

Il Sorprendente Album D’Esordio De I Cani

Giovanni Pigliacelli

Bill Clinton in 1993

Movies

The War Room | A testimony of Direct Cinema’s last days

Skye Kuppig

The Adversary | A True Story of Monstrous Deception - man walking in a dark grey tunnel

Books

The Adversary | A True Story of Monstrous Deception

Giulia Viganò

Game of Throne: Cersei with Jamie Lannister

TV Shows

Game of Thrones | When the TV goes big

Valeria Usala

Movies

The Lighthouse portrays the struggle of humanity

Skye Kuppig

Stand by Me is a cult movie about the journey from childhood to adulthood. The image depicts old train tracks near a green forest. Train tracks are an essential point in the characters' journey.

Movies

Stand by Me | A cult journey into adulthood

Andrea Donini

The Feast in the House of Levi - The colorful and crowded scene

Art

The Feast in the House of Levi | The power of being disruptive

Valentina Manganaro

Music

October Rust | Who knew morbidity could be such fun?

Giovanni Pigliacelli

Arctic Monkeys playing Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Music

Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

Nadia Corvino

I Am Not Your Negro - Image of author James Baldwin in a Crowd

Movies

I Am Not Your Negro | Witnessing American History

Skye Kuppig

Danse macabre of the Holy Trinity Church, Hrastovlje, Slovenia

Movies

The Rules of the Game | A war movie without a war

Giorgio Reclama

There Existed An Addiction To Blood -A red flow, as blood in the veins.

Music

There Existed An Addiction To Blood | Between cinema and human nature

Jacopo Soru

Rayuela, playing with the novel. A girl playing hopscotch

Books

Rayuela | Playing with the novel

Alessia Sciannamblo

«If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you»

Movies

The Thing | To Gaze Long into an Abyss

Davide Tiberga

The Walking Dead

TV Shows

The Walking Dead explores human nature

Jordi Ferrer Torres

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