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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

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

TV Shows

Elite | A teen drama dealing with complex themes

Jordi Ferrer Torres

I Know This Much is True - Dominick is sitting on the edge of a waterfall and reads the notes his mother gave him about the story of his grandfather

TV Shows

I Know This Much is True | A centrifuge of sadness

Valeria Usala

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 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

Rome's Gazometro at dusk

Music

Il Sorprendente Album D’Esordio De I Cani

Giovanni Pigliacelli

Primary - Black and White photo of John F Kennedy

Movies

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

Skye Kuppig

A real Pinocchio resembling marionette

Books

The Adventures of Pinocchio, the mischievous marionette

Nadia Corvino

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

Bowie's Low embodies the modern spirit.

Music

Bowie’s Low embodies a modern spirit

Vanessa Cammarota

Beige office blinds.

TV Shows

The Office | Pure comedy in the workplace

Valeria Usala

Chernobyl - A woman and two men are discussing inside a room on a plan to follow and save millions of lives

TV Shows

Chernobyl | What history can teach

Valeria Usala

Tom's Restaurant in New York.

TV Shows

Seinfeld | The Sitcom Grandma

Federica Gandolfo

Two protagonists from the film Parasite

Movies

Parasite | Defying definition and labels

Skye Kuppig

Movies

The Lighthouse portrays the struggle of humanity

Skye Kuppig

Charley, Nova and Ralph Angel Bordelon, the protagonist of Queen Sugar.

TV Shows

Queen Sugar is a portrayal of oppression

Valeria Usala

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

Saint Peter and Saint Paul | The new Renaissance standards - The statues' location is the Loggia della Mercanzia, in Siena, Italy

Art

Saint Peter and Saint Paul | The new Renaissance standards

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

Normal People: Marianne and Connell sitting in the tall grass.

TV Shows

Normal People | Diverting the viewer’s expectations

Valeria Usala

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

At Newport 1960 - An old photos

Music

At Newport 1960 is a blues fresco impossible to resist

Jacopo Soru

Rhododendron Javanicum

Poems

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

Sofia Fiorini

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

Movies

Selfie | Meaning (and connection) cravings

Skye Kuppig

Begonia

Poems

I Write to Vent the Inward Pain in My Heart

Maria Cristina Parenti

A picture of The Shock of the Future's protagonist

Movies

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

Skye Kuppig

Pesaro Altarpiece

Art

The Pesaro Altarpiece and the painting within a painting

Valentina Manganaro

Vita, Morte e Miracoli di Bonfiglio Liborio - A madman

Books

Vita, Morte e Miracoli di Bonfiglio Liborio

Alessia Sciannamblo

BoJack Horseman looking desperate.

TV Shows

BoJack Horseman | A human journey

Federica Gandolfo

Classic Bowler Hat on Chessboard

Books

The Unbearable Lightness of Being exposes love’s dynamics

Erica Bassani

Joseph the Carpenter - Painting of an old man (Saint Joseph) and child holding a candle

Art

Joseph the Carpenter shows de la Tour’s mise-en-scene

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

Picture of Shibuya Hotel at night

Music

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

Giovanni Pigliacelli

Between the World and me talks about the black body, an issue that has been recently shared by the Black Lives Matter movement

Books

Between the World and Me | Opening a third way to fight

Alessia Sciannamblo

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

Poems

A Myth of Devotion | Louise Glück on love and oppression

Agnese Mosconi

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

Winter's Endless Space (Between You & I) goes in two opposite directions at the same moment, offering a sharp compositional oxymoron

Music

Dreaming an Endless Space (Between You & I)

Giovanni Pigliacelli

Raffaello's painting Madonna di Foligno is a colorful example of an ex-voto, a form of religious offering to a divinity after a request has been granted.

Art

Madonna di Foligno gathers all Raffaello Sanzio’s fundamentals

Valentina Manganaro

Movies

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

Skye Kuppig

Circulus at Progeny 3, Leamington Spa

Music

The Lick On The Tip Of An Envelope Yet To Be Sent

Jacopo Soru

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

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

Teatro Olimpico - The swan song of Andrea Palladio

Art

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

Valentina Manganaro

Big Little Lies protagonists at the police department

TV Shows

Big Little Lies | What lies beneath the surface

Valeria Usala

Muses and women celebration | Polyhymnia - A colors dance

Music

Polyhymnia | Muses and women celebration

Hypercritic Editorial Staff

Bill Clinton in 1993

Movies

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

Skye Kuppig

A red neon heart.

Books

Camere Separate | The search for a balanced existence

Alessia Sciannamblo

Art

The Bust of Costanza Bonarelli hides a story of jealousy

Valentina Manganaro

Another Round - Mads Mikkelsen chugging a bottle of champagne in Thomas Vinterberg's Another Round

Movies

Another Round | Awakening to Life

Skye Kuppig

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

Books

Cathedral tells the big and small relationship struggles

Erica Bassani

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

Ode to Psyche - John Keats

Poems

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

Sofia Fiorini

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

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

Miel - Tourist Season Cover

Music

Tourist Season offers a space of tenderness

Giovanni Pigliacelli

TV Shows

Fleabag challenges the viewer in many ways

Francesca Lendini

Andrew being screamed at by Fletcher while playing in Whiplash

Movies

Whiplash | Deromanticizing music and success

Nadia Corvino

Killing Eve is a cat-and-mouse game

TV Shows

Killing Eve | Spies and Assassins play their game

Luisa Zhou

The Hours - Bouquet de fleurs au muguet

Books

The Hours | A novel overcoming time and space

Erica Bassani

Uncle Boonmee

Movies

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Skye Kuppig

Stock photo of glasses on a bar

Contemporary Art

Rose Garden shows the symbols of the American rural culture

Christine Bax

Esty is getting shaved by a woman after her marriage

TV Shows

Unorthodox | Finding one own’s voice

Valeria Usala

Still from Euphoria of Zendaya

TV Shows

Euphoria | A visceral portrayal of the teenage experience

Jordi Ferrer Torres

Brooklyn Bridge - NYC

Books

The New York Trilogy is a brilliant philosophical adventure

Erica Bassani

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

Selina Meyers in VEEP

TV Shows

VEEP | A female vice-president? Not fiction anymore

Federica Gandolfo

TV Shows

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | The witches of modern times

Jordi Ferrer Torres

View from La Morra, Piedmont, Italy.

Books

A Private Affair overlaps a personal and a civil dilemma

Alessia Sciannamblo

As I Lay Dying - An American road

Books

As I Lay Dying | A revolutionary literary style

Andrea Migliorini

The Candidate - Closeup on the American Flag

Movies

The Candidate | American politics before the Watergate

Skye Kuppig

Datura Cornucopia

Poems

Musée des Beaux Arts | When Auden met Bruegel

Agnese Mosconi

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

The Stockholm library

Books

Luis Borges’ Fictions is a game of chance

Alessia Sciannamblo

Midsommar - a boy and a girl walking together

Movies

Midsommar | Ari Aster’s horror fairy tale

Skye Kuppig

Lady on a beach - scene from the film Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Movies

Portrait of a Lady on Fire | A manifesto about the female gaze

Skye Kuppig

Houses at Murnau - Kandinsky Artwork

Art

Houses at Murnau | Simply and colorful inspirations

Valentina Manganaro

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

Movies

I Am Not Your Negro | Witnessing American History

Skye Kuppig

Talon of the Hawk album cover

Music

The Front Bottom’s Talon of the Hawk

Giovanni Pigliacelli

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

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

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

Akhmatova's Love anthem

Poems

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

Sofia Fiorini

San Girolamo -St. Jerome reading in his studio, painted by Antonello da Messina, 1475 ca.

Art

Saint Jerome in his study | A new humanist iconography

Valentina Manganaro

Still from if Beale Street Could Talk, Red Umbrella on Minetta lane

Movies

If Beale Street Could Talk | A story of ecstatic love

Skye Kuppig

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 woman is sitting at a desk inside an office and another woman is standing in front of her, discussing an investigation case

TV Shows

Unbelievable | A story of injustice

Valeria Usala

A scene from the movie Manchester By The Sea

Movies

Manchester by the Sea | An emotional study on grief

Iside Sparagio

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

Cyr - The eleventh studio album of The Smashing Pumpkins

Music

Cyr | Smashing Pumpkins’ homage to synth-pop

Edoardo Chen

Desperate Housewives - San Francisco's terraced houses

TV Shows

Mistery and domestic struggles in Desperate Housewives

Jordi Ferrer Torres

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

Bombay Rose's protagonist Kamala spins against a pink backdrop

Movies

Bombay Rose has a unique visual animation style

Skye Kuppig

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

Art

Madonna of the Harpies | Between divinity and nature

Valentina Manganaro

A rolling egg from the web site

Contemporary Art

Eggalone.com plays with digital space perception

Christine Bax

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

Arash Marandi in A girl walks home alone at night

Movies

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a love story

Skye Kuppig

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

Film still from 1944 Gaslight with Ingrid Bergman

Movies

Gaslight | When the personal becomes political

Skye Kuppig

A black and white film still from Rebecca

Movies

Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological thriller

Skye Kuppig

A Dublin's Corner by night.

Books

Normal People | Relations rarely concern the two lovers only

Alessia Sciannamblo

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

White Stripes (autori di Elephant) in concerto

Music

Elephant | A coalescence of beautiful influences

Hypercritic Editorial Staff

The Queen's Gambit - Beth Harmon is sitting in a room full of people during an important chess match, opening with the Queen's Gambit

TV Shows

The Queen’s Gambit | A western on the chessboard

Valeria Usala

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

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

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

Windswept Adan - In this image we see a rocky shoreline and a piece of land in the distance with some mountains

Music

Windswept Adan | Healing music for pandemic times

Jacopo Soru

Lust For Life - A Berlin street

Music

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

Jacopo Soru

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

Movies

Gunpowder Heart | Revenge drama in Guatemala City

Skye Kuppig

Books

The Road explores climate crisis and alienation

Alessia Sciannamblo

Could Have - Primula acaulis

Poems

Could Have | Szymborska’s philosophy of wonder

Agnese Mosconi

Naturally is J.J. Cale's first album, released in 1971. In Naturally, he openly embraces a feeling of quietness, clear southern skies, and dusty roads.

Music

J.J. Cale’s Naturally is a classic of the blues-rock genre

Jacopo Soru

The Nevsky Prospekt framed in a 19th century photography.

Books

Gogol’s Petersburg Tales belong to the collective imagination

Alessia Sciannamblo

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

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

two men are smoking and drinking at a bar in dim light

TV Shows

Mad Men | The pursuit of happiness in American society

Valeria Usala

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

Books

Altri Libertini feels like a punch in the stomach

Alessia Sciannamblo

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