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The Rules of the Game | A war movie without a war
Giorgio Reclama
Movies
Dark City Beneath the Beat is Baltimore’s audiovisual symphony
Skye Kuppig
TV Shows
Game of Thrones | When the TV goes big
Valeria Usala
Music
Cyr | Smashing Pumpkins’ homage to synth-pop
Edoardo Chen
TV Shows
Romulus | A coming-of-age story in the ancient Lazio
Luisa Zhou
Poems
Musée des Beaux Arts | When Auden met Bruegel
Agnese Mosconi
Art
Pontormo’s unconventional Deposition From the Cross
Valentina Manganaro
Books
The power of language in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Erica Bassani
Movies
The Law of Desire | Entertainment mixes with auteur cinema
Skye Kuppig
Movies
Parasite | Defying definition and labels
Skye Kuppig
Books
A Private Affair overlaps a personal and a civil dilemma
Alessia Sciannamblo
Movies
Primary – An intimate portrait of J.F.K.
Skye Kuppig
Movies
Stand by Me | A cult journey into adulthood
Andrea Donini
TV Shows
The Morning Show | A story about power
Valeria Usala
Music
Achtung Baby | When U2 dreamt it all up again
Maria Chiara Pacifici
TV Shows
Dear White People | An exploration of racial identity
Valeria Usala
Books
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a tonic for low spirits
Alessia Sciannamblo
Books
As I Lay Dying | A revolutionary literary style
Andrea Migliorini
Movies
Bombay Rose has a unique visual animation style
Skye Kuppig
Art
Teatro Olimpico | Is the greatness of things merely an appearance?
Valentina Manganaro
Books
High Fidelity | The redemptive power of music and love
Alessia Sciannamblo
Music
Beyondless | Deconstructing punk music
Jacopo Soru
Movies
Selma | Drawing out the essence of Martin Luther King Jr.
Skye Kuppig
Art
The Feast in the House of Levi | The power of being disruptive
Valentina Manganaro
Movies
13th |A lineage of racial oppression across 150 years
Skye Kuppig
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
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
Art
Chardin’s Soap Bubbles portrays life in pastel tones
Valentina Manganaro
Music
Blues for The Red Sun | Where Psychedelia meets the Desert
Jacopo Soru
Movies
The Thing | To Gaze Long into an Abyss
Davide Tiberga
TV Shows
Bridgerton | A revolutionary period drama
Andrea Donini
Poems
A Myth of Devotion | Louise Glück on love and oppression
Agnese Mosconi
Contemporary Art
Coloring Tirana | Art for social change
Christine Bax
Contemporary Art
Alicja Kwade’s WeltenLinie interacts with the surroundings
Christine Bax
Music
Fever to Tell marks the Garage Rock Revival revolution
Jacopo Soru
Books
The Catcher in the Rye | Finding one’s place in the world
Alessandro Avataneo
Books
Cathedral tells the big and small relationship struggles
Erica Bassani
Books
Gogol’s Petersburg Tales belong to the collective imagination
Alessia Sciannamblo
TV Shows
The Office | Pure comedy in the workplace
Valeria Usala
Music
Bowie’s Low embodies a modern spirit
Vanessa Cammarota
Movies
The Trial of the Chicago 7 | A movie about today
Skye Kuppig
Contemporary Art
The BLM Banksy Statue honors a time of change
Christine Bax
TV Shows
Euphoria | A visceral portrayal of the teenage experience
Jordi Ferrer Torres
Books
Olive Kitteridge’s beauty resides in the periphery of things
Alessia Sciannamblo
Books
Altri Libertini feels like a punch in the stomach
Alessia Sciannamblo
Movies
Whiplash | Deromanticizing music and success
Nadia Corvino
Movies
Selfie | Meaning (and connection) cravings
Skye Kuppig
Contemporary Art
The Crossdresser’s Secret and the story of Chevalier d’Eon
Christine Bax
Contemporary Art
The BLM Banksy Painting exposes a white problem
Christine Bax
TV Shows
The Walking Dead explores human nature
Jordi Ferrer Torres
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
Movies
In the Mouth of Madness | A Storyteller’s Testament
Davide Tiberga
Art
Houses at Murnau | Simply and colorful inspirations
Valentina Manganaro
Books
The Hours | A novel overcoming time and space
Erica Bassani
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
Art
The Portrait of Madame Isabel Styler-Tas shows Dalì’s method
Valentina Manganaro
Contemporary Art
Watching Can’t Help Myself is like looking at a caged animal
Christine Bax
Movies
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me | A search for acceptance
Skye Kuppig
TV Shows
Years and Years | A timely representation of today’s reality
Luisa Zhou
Books
Dangling Man is the portrait of a whole generation
Erica Bassani
Contemporary Art
The 7 Most Exciting Hours of Mr. Trier’s Life in 24 Chapters
Christine Bax
Books
My Brilliant Friend has a unifying power
Alessia Sciannamblo
Art
The City Rises is Umberto Boccioni’s first Futurist work
Valentina Manganaro
Poems
The Song of Songs | The erotic way to God
Sofia Fiorini
Music
I Disagree | Poppy’s bizarre musical Frankenstein
Jacopo Soru
Poems
Think not I am faithful to a vow! | Love according to Edna Millay
Sofia Fiorini
Music
Nonagon Infinity | Redefining the musical narrative
Edoardo Chen
Books
The Adversary | A True Story of Monstrous Deception
Giulia Viganò
Contemporary Art
The Possibility of An Army |The digital space as a battlefield
Christine Bax
Books
The Underground Railroad tells more than Black history
Alessia Sciannamblo
TV Shows
Rick and Morty | The absurd balance between tragedy and miracle of life
Federica Gandolfo
Poems
Could Have | Szymborska’s philosophy of wonder
Agnese Mosconi
Contemporary Art
Jon Rafman’s 9eyes addresses the issue of privacy
Christine Bax
Books
Life of Pi | A story that makes you suspend your disbelief
Giulia Viganò
Books
American Psycho | The darkest side of society
Giulia Viganò
TV Shows
The Good Place could be a better place
Leonardo Vitali
Contemporary Art
500 Letters questions accessibility within the art world
Christine Bax
TV Shows
Lost | The first mainstream phenomenon on TV
Valeria Usala
TV Shows
What feed journalists in The Newsroom
Hypercritic Editorial Staff
Music
The Downward Spiral tells about the fall of a man
Jacopo Soru
Contemporary Art
Eggalone.com plays with digital space perception
Christine Bax
Books
Great Expectations | The path to becoming a gentleman
Alessia Sciannamblo
TV Shows
Dark humor meets heavy drama in Orange Is the New Black
Jordi Ferrer Torres
Contemporary Art
Color Matching | The artist as a witness
Veronica Schirru
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
Books
It | Stephen King’s consecration to fame
Alessia Sciannamblo
Books
Lolita | A character taking on a life of its own
Alessia Sciannamblo
TV Shows
Mistery and domestic struggles in Desperate Housewives
Jordi Ferrer Torres
Books
A Visit From the Goon Squad is a symphony of voices
Alessia Sciannamblo
Movies
Betty Blue | A commentary on women depiction in the media
Skye Kuppig
Books
The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories
Alessia Sciannamblo
Music
West of Eden | Threnos for the western world’s end
Jacopo Soru
Music
Elephant | A coalescence of beautiful influences
Hypercritic Editorial Staff
TV Shows
Grey’s Anatomy | A pillar in the modern TV era
Hypercritic Editorial Staff
TV Shows
VEEP | A female vice-president? Not fiction anymore
Federica Gandolfo
Books
The Master and Margarita| Mikhail Bulgakov’s troubled novel
Alessia Sciannamblo
Contemporary Art
Tightrope is a balancing act between art and history
Christine Bax
Music
Il Sorprendente Album D’Esordio De I Cani
Giovanni Pigliacelli
Music
Ultra Mono | The Idle’s mix of grit and frailty
Giovanni Pigliacelli
Movies
The Shock of the Future | It’s the music that matters
Skye Kuppig
TV Shows
Hollywood | Rewriting the Golden Age of cinema
Andrea Donini
Poems
You thought I was that type | Akhmatova’s love anthem
Sofia Fiorini
Contemporary Art
Untitled provides for contemplation through everyday objects
Christine Bax
Books
The Unbearable Lightness of Being exposes love’s dynamics
Erica Bassani
Movies
Midsommar | Ari Aster’s horror fairy tale
Skye Kuppig
Music
There Existed An Addiction To Blood | Between cinema and human nature
Jacopo Soru
Music
Lust for Life combines Iggy Pop and David Bowie’s talent
Jacopo Soru
Movies
Alien | In space no one can hear you scream
Davide Tiberga
TV Shows
BoJack Horseman | A human journey
Federica Gandolfo
Movies
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | A Case of the Blues
Skye Kuppig
Movies
Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological thriller
Skye Kuppig
Art
The Stefaneschi Triptych gathers two different stories
Valentina Manganaro
Music
Visions of Bodies Being Burned | Beyond the greatest horrors
Jacopo Soru
Poems
Ode to Psyche | John Keats’ tribute to the soul goddess
Sofia Fiorini
Movies
I Am Not Your Negro | Witnessing American History
Skye Kuppig
Movies
Throne of Blood | Translating Shakespeare into Film
Davide Tiberga
Art
The Triumph of Death and its strong symbolism
Valentina Manganaro
Music
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Nadia Corvino
TV Shows
Killing Eve | Spies and Assassins play their game
Luisa Zhou
Movies
Wag the Dog | When comedy looks like reality
Skye Kuppig
Music
Tokyo Love Hotel | A razor-sharp anthem for the trap era
Giovanni Pigliacelli
Books
The Adventures of Pinocchio, the mischievous marionette
Nadia Corvino
TV Shows
Seinfeld | The Sitcom Grandma
Federica Gandolfo
Movies
The Candidate | American politics before the Watergate
Skye Kuppig
Poems
Wanting to Die | Anne Sexton’s lust for precipice
Agnese Mosconi
Movies
The Dark Knight | An allegory of 9/11 and The War on Terror
Andrea Donini
Books
Teller’s Nothing | A brutal quest for the meaning of life
Giulia Viganò
Music
How Ride the Lightning helped establish the metal genre
Jacopo Soru
Contemporary Art
Suspension is an allegory for contemporary society
Christine Bax
Books
The New York Trilogy is a brilliant philosophical adventure
Erica Bassani