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Danse macabre of the Holy Trinity Church, Hrastovlje, Slovenia

Movies

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

Giorgio Reclama

Still from a dance sequence in Dark City Beneath the Beat

Movies

Dark City Beneath the Beat is Baltimore’s audiovisual symphony

Skye Kuppig

Game of Throne: Cersei with Jamie Lannister

TV Shows

Game of Thrones | When the TV goes big

Valeria Usala

Cyr - The eleventh studio album of The Smashing Pumpkins

Music

Cyr | Smashing Pumpkins’ homage to synth-pop

Edoardo Chen

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

TV Shows

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

Luisa Zhou

Datura Cornucopia

Poems

Musée des Beaux Arts | When Auden met Bruegel

Agnese Mosconi

In The Deposition From the Cross, Jacopo Pontormo gives an unconventional take on the deposition of Christ.

Art

Pontormo’s unconventional Deposition From the Cross

Valentina Manganaro

Gold cage, courtesy of Images Rouges via Adobe Stock

Books

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

Erica Bassani

Artwork by Ceesepe

Movies

The Law of Desire | Entertainment mixes with auteur cinema

Skye Kuppig

Two protagonists from the film Parasite

Movies

Parasite | Defying definition and labels

Skye Kuppig

View from La Morra, Piedmont, Italy.

Books

A Private Affair overlaps a personal and a civil dilemma

Alessia Sciannamblo

Primary - Black and White photo of John F Kennedy

Movies

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

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

Jennifer Aniston and Steve Carell in “The Morning Show,”

TV Shows

The Morning Show | A story about power

Valeria Usala

Achtung Baby - A Warning old sticker.

Music

Achtung Baby | When U2 dreamt it all up again

Maria Chiara Pacifici

Dear white people - A black woman inside a recording studio is holding her headphones

TV Shows

Dear White People | An exploration of racial identity

Valeria Usala

Photo of the Milky Way

Books

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

Alessia Sciannamblo

As I Lay Dying - An American road

Books

As I Lay Dying | A revolutionary literary style

Andrea Migliorini

Bombay Rose's protagonist Kamala spins against a pink backdrop

Movies

Bombay Rose has a unique visual animation style

Skye Kuppig

Teatro Olimpico - The swan song of Andrea Palladio

Art

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

Valentina Manganaro

High Fidelity's protagonist Robert works as a record shop owner. This image shows some vintage vinyls

Books

High Fidelity | The redemptive power of music and love

Alessia Sciannamblo

Music

Beyondless | Deconstructing punk music

Jacopo Soru

Selma - An old photo of the front line of the Selma to Montgomery march 1965 w/ Martin Luther King Jr.

Movies

Selma | Drawing out the essence of Martin Luther King Jr.

Skye Kuppig

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

Photo of Angela Davis in an abandoned railway station

Movies

13th |A lineage of racial oppression across 150 years

Skye Kuppig

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

TV Shows

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | The witches of modern times

Jordi Ferrer Torres

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 Bust of Costanza Bonarelli hides a story of jealousy

Valentina Manganaro

In Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin's Soap Bubbles, a childhood game becomes a metaphor for the impermanence of life.

Art

Chardin’s Soap Bubbles portrays life in pastel tones

Valentina Manganaro

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

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

Movies

The Thing | To Gaze Long into an Abyss

Davide Tiberga

Bridgerton is a revolutionary period romance. The TV show aims to be a more inclusive version of a genre in which tradition is characterized by a predominance of white characters. The image shows Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte (based on real historical speculation regarding Queen Charlotte's African ancestry).

TV Shows

Bridgerton | A revolutionary period drama

Andrea Donini

Poems

A Myth of Devotion | Louise Glück on love and oppression

Agnese Mosconi

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

An Image of Kwade's work Weltenlinie

Contemporary Art

Alicja Kwade’s WeltenLinie interacts with the surroundings

Christine Bax

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

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

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

Books

Cathedral tells the big and small relationship struggles

Erica Bassani

The Nevsky Prospekt framed in a 19th century photography.

Books

Gogol’s Petersburg Tales belong to the collective imagination

Alessia Sciannamblo

Beige office blinds.

TV Shows

The Office | Pure comedy in the workplace

Valeria Usala

Bowie's Low embodies the modern spirit.

Music

Bowie’s Low embodies a modern spirit

Vanessa Cammarota

A production still from The Trial of the Chicago 7 featuring the defendants in the courtroom

Movies

The Trial of the Chicago 7 | A movie about today

Skye Kuppig

The BLM Banksy statue contributes to the discussion about tearing down the many other colonialist statues and statues of slave traders around the world.

Contemporary Art

The BLM Banksy Statue honors a time of change

Christine Bax

Still from Euphoria of Zendaya

TV Shows

Euphoria | A visceral portrayal of the teenage experience

Jordi Ferrer Torres

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

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

Books

Altri Libertini feels like a punch in the stomach

Alessia Sciannamblo

Andrew being screamed at by Fletcher while playing in Whiplash

Movies

Whiplash | Deromanticizing music and success

Nadia Corvino

A men risks drowning while looking at his phone, in a Selfie scene

Movies

Selfie | Meaning (and connection) cravings

Skye Kuppig

The crossdresser's secret - Portrait of the Chevalier D'Eon

Contemporary Art

The Crossdresser’s Secret and the story of Chevalier d’Eon

Christine Bax

British artist Banksy released his BLM Painting in June 2020 in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests following George Floyd's death.

Contemporary Art

The BLM Banksy Painting exposes a white problem

Christine Bax

The Walking Dead

TV Shows

The Walking Dead explores human nature

Jordi Ferrer Torres

A Dublin's Corner by night.

Books

Normal People | Relations rarely concern the two lovers only

Alessia Sciannamblo

TV Shows

Elite | A teen drama dealing with complex themes

Jordi Ferrer Torres

The boundary between reality and fiction is broken.

Movies

In the Mouth of Madness | A Storyteller’s Testament

Davide Tiberga

Houses at Murnau - Kandinsky Artwork

Art

Houses at Murnau | Simply and colorful inspirations

Valentina Manganaro

The Hours - Bouquet de fleurs au muguet

Books

The Hours | A novel overcoming time and space

Erica Bassani

The Wilds, the first Amazon Prime teenage drama.

TV Shows

The Wilds | A matriarchal utopia inspired by teenage girls

Margherita Pescarin

Movies

Minimalism and poetry in Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiad

Skye Kuppig

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

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

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

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

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 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

My Brilliant Friend illustration

Books

My Brilliant Friend has a unifying power

Alessia Sciannamblo

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

The Song of Songs - Rambler Rose (Rosa multiflora)

Poems

The Song of Songs | The erotic way to God

Sofia Fiorini

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

Rhododendron Javanicum

Poems

Think not I am faithful to a vow! | Love according to Edna Millay

Sofia Fiorini

Nonagon Infinity

Music

Nonagon Infinity | Redefining the musical narrative

Edoardo Chen

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

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

Engraving from William Still's history UNDERGROUND RAILROAD 1872

Books

The Underground Railroad tells more than Black history

Alessia Sciannamblo

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

Could Have - Primula acaulis

Poems

Could Have | Szymborska’s philosophy of wonder

Agnese Mosconi

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

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

American Psycho the darkest side of society

Books

American Psycho | The darkest side of society

Giulia Viganò

A village

TV Shows

The Good Place could be a better place

Leonardo Vitali

500 Letters is a digital artist statement generator, created by the Belgian artist Jasper Rigole as a provocation against artist spaces.

Contemporary Art

500 Letters questions accessibility within the art world

Christine Bax

Hawaiian view from the top of the island

TV Shows

Lost | The first mainstream phenomenon on TV

Valeria Usala

An empty office full of desk.

TV Shows

What feed journalists in The Newsroom

Hypercritic Editorial Staff

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

Music

The Downward Spiral tells about the fall of a man

Jacopo Soru

A rolling egg from the web site

Contemporary Art

Eggalone.com plays with digital space perception

Christine Bax

Great Expectations - Dickens's Dream

Books

Great Expectations | The path to becoming a gentleman

Alessia Sciannamblo

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

Francis Alÿs Color Matching. The artist as a witness

Contemporary Art

Color Matching | The artist as a witness

Veronica Schirru

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

TV Shows

Fleabag challenges the viewer in many ways

Francesca Lendini

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

Theatrical Poster for Kubrick's 1962 Lolita

Books

Lolita | A character taking on a life of its own

Alessia Sciannamblo

Desperate Housewives - San Francisco's terraced houses

TV Shows

Mistery and domestic struggles in Desperate Housewives

Jordi Ferrer Torres

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 Betty and Zorg in front of a pink and blue wall, from the film Betty Blue

Movies

Betty Blue | A commentary on women depiction in the media

Skye Kuppig

Ernest Hemingway writing at his campsite in Kenya in 1953

Books

The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories

Alessia Sciannamblo

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

White Stripes (autori di Elephant) in concerto

Music

Elephant | A coalescence of beautiful influences

Hypercritic Editorial Staff

Dr. Meredith Grey is the protagonist of Grey's Anatomy, a pillar in the modern TV era

TV Shows

Grey’s Anatomy | A pillar in the modern TV era

Hypercritic Editorial Staff

Selina Meyers in VEEP

TV Shows

VEEP | A female vice-president? Not fiction anymore

Federica Gandolfo

Books

The Master and Margarita| Mikhail Bulgakov’s troubled novel

Alessia Sciannamblo

The film Tightrope, by Russian artist Taus Makhacheva, shows Rasul Abakarov crossing a canyon carrying 61 works from the Dagestani Museum of Fine Art.

Contemporary Art

Tightrope is a balancing act between art and history

Christine Bax

Rome's Gazometro at dusk

Music

Il Sorprendente Album D’Esordio De I Cani

Giovanni Pigliacelli

Idles live at Glastonbury, 2019

Music

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

Giovanni Pigliacelli

A picture of The Shock of the Future's protagonist

Movies

The Shock of the Future | It’s the music that matters

Skye Kuppig

Hollywood is a Netflix miniseries created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan. The TV show reimagines and rewrites the history of the Golden Age of Hollywood through a progressive and inclusive lens.

TV Shows

Hollywood | Rewriting the Golden Age of cinema

Andrea Donini

Akhmatova's Love anthem

Poems

You thought I was that type | Akhmatova’s love anthem

Sofia Fiorini

Michael Smith's Untitled shows an alligator claw holding a clothes hanger, providing a lead for further contemplation through subtle, everyday objects.

Contemporary Art

Untitled provides for contemplation through everyday objects

Christine Bax

Classic Bowler Hat on Chessboard

Books

The Unbearable Lightness of Being exposes love’s dynamics

Erica Bassani

Midsommar - a boy and a girl walking together

Movies

Midsommar | Ari Aster’s horror fairy tale

Skye Kuppig

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

Lust For Life - A Berlin street

Music

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

Jacopo Soru

In space no one can hear you scream

Movies

Alien | In space no one can hear you scream

Davide Tiberga

BoJack Horseman looking desperate.

TV Shows

BoJack Horseman | A human journey

Federica Gandolfo

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Still from Ma Rainey's Black Bottom featuring Viola Davis as Ma Rainey

Movies

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | A Case of the Blues

Skye Kuppig

A black and white film still from Rebecca

Movies

Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological thriller

Skye Kuppig

Stefaneschi Triptych - The Retro Side

Art

The Stefaneschi Triptych gathers two different stories

Valentina Manganaro

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

Ode to Psyche - John Keats

Poems

Ode to Psyche | John Keats’ tribute to the soul goddess

Sofia Fiorini

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

Movies

I Am Not Your Negro | Witnessing American History

Skye Kuppig

A great wood comes against Macbet Castle to vanquish him.

Movies

Throne of Blood | Translating Shakespeare into Film

Davide Tiberga

Art

The Triumph of Death and its strong symbolism

Valentina Manganaro

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

Killing Eve is a cat-and-mouse game

TV Shows

Killing Eve | Spies and Assassins play their game

Luisa Zhou

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

Movies

Wag the Dog | When comedy looks like reality

Skye Kuppig

Picture of Shibuya Hotel at night

Music

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

Giovanni Pigliacelli

A real Pinocchio resembling marionette

Books

The Adventures of Pinocchio, the mischievous marionette

Nadia Corvino

Tom's Restaurant in New York.

TV Shows

Seinfeld | The Sitcom Grandma

Federica Gandolfo

The Candidate - Closeup on the American Flag

Movies

The Candidate | American politics before the Watergate

Skye Kuppig

Wanting to Die - Illustration of a plant with yellow flowers - Vintage Illustration of Banana

Poems

Wanting to Die | Anne Sexton’s lust for precipice

Agnese Mosconi

A shuriken depicting the symbol of the superhero Batman, also known as "The Dark Knight"

Movies

The Dark Knight | An allegory of 9/11 and The War on Terror

Andrea Donini

Nothing - The meaning of life - trees from below

Books

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

Giulia Viganò

Ride the Lightning. Lightning during a thunderstorm.

Music

How Ride the Lightning helped establish the metal genre

Jacopo Soru

Sebastian Diaz Morales' Suspension creates a fantastic allegory for contemporary society. The film shows a figure floating in an undefined emptiness.

Contemporary Art

Suspension is an allegory for contemporary society

Christine Bax

Brooklyn Bridge - NYC

Books

The New York Trilogy is a brilliant philosophical adventure

Erica Bassani

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