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Mommy

Movies

Mommy | An intimate portrait of the mother-son bond

Andrea Donini

Everything Hans Ulrich Obrist Always Wanted to Know - The artwork: cover detail

Contemporary Art

Everything Hans Ulrich Obrist Always Wanted to Know…

Christine Bax

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

A new renaissance in Atlanta

TV Shows

A new renaissance in Atlanta

Leonardo Vitali

Will & Grace

TV Shows

Will & Grace | Breaking taboos and making TV history

Andrea Donini

The rural motel of a small city called Schitt

TV Shows

Schitt’s Creek | Not a regular family

Federica Gandolfo

Ophelia, Millais

Art

Ophelia | An artistic treaty on Melancholia

Annamaria Russo

A Feast of Ice and Fire | How an epic saga tastes - A homemade apple pie

Books

A Feast of Ice and Fire | How an epic saga tastes

Cristina Danini

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

Movies

Selfie | Meaning (and connection) cravings

Skye Kuppig

The Stockholm library

Books

Luis Borges’ Fictions is a game of chance

Alessia Sciannamblo

Euro 2016 | Winning isn't always necessary to succeed - The Opening Ceremony

Sports

Euro 2016 | Winning isn’t always necessary to succeed

Marco Massera

Begonia

Poems

I Write to Vent the Inward Pain in My Heart

Maria Cristina Parenti

The Hours - Bouquet de fleurs au muguet

Books

The Hours | A novel overcoming time and space

Erica Bassani

Portal

Video Games

Portal | Rethinking the FPS

Jordi Ferrer Torres

Victoria by Sebastian Schipper

Movies

Victoria | One city, one night, one take

Giorgio Reclama

Catwoman Loeb Sale

Comics

Catwoman: When in Rome | A perspective on elegance

Gabriele Iuliano

Stock photo of glasses on a bar

Contemporary Art

Rose Garden shows the symbols of the American rural culture

Christine Bax

A black and white film still from Rebecca

Movies

Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological thriller

Skye Kuppig

Brooklyn Bridge - NYC

Books

The New York Trilogy is a brilliant philosophical adventure

Erica Bassani

Classic Bowler Hat on Chessboard

Books

The Unbearable Lightness of Being exposes love’s dynamics

Erica Bassani

Sharp Objects - A deep and dark humanity

TV Shows

Sharp Objects | A deep and dark humanity

Luisa Zhou

Tiger King

TV Shows

Tiger King | A captivating portrait of obsession gone wrong

Federica Gandolfo

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

The passage from childhood to puberty - Marzella - Detail

Art

Marzella | The passage from childhood to puberty

Annamaria Russo

EURO 1992 | A Hans Christian Andersen Fable - The official ball of the event

Sports

Euro 1992 | A Hans Christian Andersen Fable

Nicola Maria Fioni

Torquato Tasso's Amyntas | A tale of the woods - Daphne cneorum

Poems

Torquato Tasso’s Amyntas | A tale of the woods

Maria Cristina Parenti

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

Bicycle Thieves | A simple and unforgettable story

Movies

Bicycle Thieves | A simple and unforgettable story

Roberta La Macchia

Locke

Movies

Locke | The hero’s journey at the wheel

Andrea Donini

The immersive experience of Return of the Obra Dinn

Video Games

The immersive experience of Return of the Obra Dinn

Gabriele Siciliano

Petunia - Rimbaud

Poems

My Bohemia | Rimbaud’s longing for freedom

Sofia Fiorini

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

The Scottish post-rock band Mogwai at the Melt! 2015 in Ferropolis/Germany

Music

The Hawk is Howling | Electronic bliss, noisy violence

Jacopo Soru

Movies

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

Skye Kuppig

I kill giants comic | descriptory image

Comics

I Kill Giants | Low fantasy comics as a coping mechanism

Antonella Massaro

TV Shows

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | The witches of modern times

Jordi Ferrer Torres

Welcome to the NHK! | Paranoia and Hikikomori - A detail of the first cover

Comics

Welcome to the N.H.K. | Paranoia and Hikikomori

Gabriele Iuliano

Could Have - Primula acaulis

Poems

Could Have | Szymborska’s philosophy of wonder

Agnese Mosconi

Sex Education: Otis and Maeve

TV Shows

Sex Education | How hard being normal can be

Cristina Danini

Bowie's Low embodies the modern spirit.

Music

Bowie’s Low embodies a modern spirit

Vanessa Cammarota

Oedipus, Kavafis - Red Gladiolus

Poems

Kavafis’ Oedipus | Life is full of unsolvable riddles

Agnese Mosconi

Triumph of Bacchus | Lorenzo de' Medici's ballade - Orange Lily

Poems

Triumph of Bacchus | Lorenzo de’ Medici’s ballade

Maria Cristina Parenti

Euro 1968 | When destiny is a coin-flip - A b&w photo of people playing soccer

Sports

Euro 1968 | When destiny is a coin-flip

Nicola Maria Fioni

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

TV Shows

Queen Sugar is a portrayal of oppression

Valeria Usala

Film still from 1944 Gaslight with Ingrid Bergman

Movies

Gaslight | When the personal becomes political

Skye Kuppig

Tales from the Loop | A guide on how to accept Time

TV Shows

Tales from the Loop | A guide on how to accept Time

Lucia Marinelli

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

A portait of the author of Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf.

Books

Mrs Dalloway | Time, death and longevity

Irene Rubino

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

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

Chungking Express | A whirling tale of 1990s Hong Kong

Movies

Chungking Express | A whirling tale of 1990s Hong Kong

Lucia Marinelli

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

Movies

Another Round | Awakening to Life

Skye Kuppig

Persepolis graphic novel war

Comics

Persepolis | An intimate narration of war

Cristina Danini

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

At Newport 1960 - An old photos

Music

At Newport 1960 is a blues fresco impossible to resist

Jacopo Soru

Andrew being screamed at by Fletcher while playing in Whiplash

Movies

Whiplash | Deromanticizing music and success

Nadia Corvino

Like Water for Chocolate | A Novel of food and magical realism - Mexican realism

Books

Like Water for Chocolate | A Novel of food and magical realism

Carmen De Nisi

Blue columbine- Ellen Bass

Poems

Ode to Invisibility | Ellen Bass and the torment of beauty

Sofia Fiorini

View from La Morra, Piedmont, Italy.

Books

A Private Affair overlaps a personal and a civil dilemma

Alessia Sciannamblo

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

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

Inside the Renaissance court | Ariosto's third Satire - Pink azalea

Poems

Inside the Renaissance court | Ariosto’s third Satire

Maria Cristina Parenti

Song to a Seagull | The making of Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark tour

Music

Song to a Seagull | The Making of Joni Mitchell

Flavia Di Mauro

Two protagonists from the film Parasite

Movies

Parasite | Defying definition and labels

Skye Kuppig

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

Tom's Restaurant in New York.

TV Shows

Seinfeld | The Sitcom Grandma

Federica Gandolfo

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 scene from the movie Manchester By The Sea

Movies

Manchester by the Sea | An emotional study on grief

Iside Sparagio

Art

The Bust of Costanza Bonarelli hides a story of jealousy

Valentina Manganaro

One Art | Losing is not the end of the world

Poems

One Art | Losing is not the end of the world

Agnese Mosconi

Vita, Morte e Miracoli di Bonfiglio Liborio - A madman

Books

Vita, Morte e Miracoli di Bonfiglio Liborio

Alessia Sciannamblo

Two hands holding each other, one of the mother and the other of the newborn child

TV Shows

This is Us | How life is the perfect mix of sweet and sour

Valeria Usala

Video Games

Gris | A new way of overcoming grief

Antonella Massaro

the past cast shadows

Movies

A History of Violence | The past of a shining knight casts shadows

Davide Tiberga

Vincenzo Foppa Madonna and Child style solidity

Art

Solidity, light, volume | Vincenzo Foppa’s style persists over time

Helena Santidrián Mas

Galavant | A different happily ever after - Helm

TV Shows

Galavant | A different happily ever after

Cristina Danini

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

Movies

I Am Not Your Negro | Witnessing American History

Skye Kuppig

Beige office blinds.

TV Shows

The Office | Pure comedy in the workplace

Valeria Usala

Gold cage, courtesy of Images Rouges via Adobe Stock

Books

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

Erica Bassani

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

Datura Cornucopia

Poems

Musée des Beaux Arts | When Auden met Bruegel

Agnese Mosconi

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

Oxygen in my tents | Amelia Rosselli’s side of the story - Red Poppies

Poems

Oxygen in my tents | Amelia Rosselli’s side of the story

Sofia Fiorini

The Greek miracle at Euro 2004 | An imperfect story of identity - The Final

Sports

The Greek miracle at Euro 2004 | An imperfect story of identity

Marco Massera

Lust For Life - A Berlin street

Music

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

Jacopo Soru

1980 Wimbledon final | The clash of styles to be immortal - Borg vs McEnroe

Sports

1980 Wimbledon | The clash of styles to be immortal

Marco Massera

Ode to Psyche - John Keats

Poems

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

Sofia Fiorini

Pose

TV Shows

Pose | Ball culture and trans representation

Andrea Donini

TV Shows

Elite | A teen drama dealing with complex themes

Jordi Ferrer Torres

Uncle Boonmee

Movies

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Skye Kuppig

Blurryface | A personification of insecurities

Music

Blurryface | A personification of insecurities

Isabella Cagna

WandaVision

TV Shows

WandaVision | The ultimate coping mechanism

Giulia Orati

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

Pesaro Altarpiece

Art

The Pesaro Altarpiece and the painting within a painting

Valentina Manganaro

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

A scene from Captain Fantastic

Movies

Captain Fantastic | Can a family thrive away from society?

Nadia Corvino

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

Art

Madonna of the Harpies | Between divinity and nature

Valentina Manganaro

The Burnout Society | Han against freedom

Books

The Burnout Society | Han against freedom

Francesco Merlino

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

Dorohedoro characters mix dark fantasy and comedy - The Final Volume

Comics

Dorohedoro characters mix dark fantasy and comedy

Giovanni Di Rienzo

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

Books

Cathedral tells the big and small relationship struggles

Erica Bassani

Muses and women celebration | Polyhymnia - A colors dance

Music

Polyhymnia | Muses and women celebration

Hypercritic Editorial Staff

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

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

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

A picture of The Shock of the Future's protagonist

Movies

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

Skye Kuppig

Trying

TV Shows

Trying | An amusing glimpse into adoption

Sara Erriu

Esty is getting shaved by a woman after her marriage

TV Shows

Unorthodox | Finding one own’s voice

Valeria Usala

White Stripes (autori di Elephant) in concerto

Music

Elephant | A coalescence of beautiful influences

Hypercritic Editorial Staff

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

Poems

To a passer-by | Charles Baudelaire’s lost opportunity

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

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

Primary - Black and White photo of John F Kennedy

Movies

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

Skye Kuppig

A rolling egg from the web site

Contemporary Art

Eggalone .com plays with digital space perception

Christine Bax

Fantastic Mr. Fox | A story about animals and humans

Movies

Fantastic Mr. Fox | A story about animals and humans

Cristina Danini

Palazzeschi The Sick Fountain -Areca palm

Poems

The Sick Fountain | A joke on traditional poetry

Agnese Mosconi

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

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

Paris-Dakar Rally | Mad Max with a happy ending - A moment of the 1982 race

Sports

Paris-Dakar Rally | Mad Max with a happy ending

Marco Massera

Books

The Road explores climate crisis and alienation

Alessia Sciannamblo

The Tale of the Unknown Island | Dreaming the impossible | Ancient map of the world

Books

The Tale of the Unknown Island | Dreaming the impossible

Giulia Viganò

Annus Mirabilis by Philip Larkin takes the atmosphere of Swinging London to talk about the sexual revolution that occurred at that time.

Poems

Larkin’s Annus Mirabilis sings of the 1960s sexual revolution

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

Friends | Suspension of disbelief at the Central Perk

TV Shows

Friends | Suspension of disbelief at Central Perk

Letizia Bastonero

View of the Finch House from the grove near the house

Video Games

What Remains of Edith Finch

Samuele Morsia

Tii Plant - Dickinson

Poems

Because I Could Not Stop For Death | Dickinson’s unusual carriage

Agnese Mosconi

Ted Lasso

TV Shows

Ted Lasso | Being good is the new being bad

Federica Gandolfo

Circulus at Progeny 3, Leamington Spa

Music

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

Jacopo Soru

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

Solos | Humans wanted - Helen Mirren

TV Shows

Solos | Humans wanted

Lucia Marinelli

Bill Clinton in 1993

Movies

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

Skye Kuppig

A Dublin's Corner by night.

Books

Normal People | Relations rarely concern the two lovers only

Alessia Sciannamblo

Arash Marandi in A girl walks home alone at night

Movies

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a love story

Skye Kuppig

Sound of Metal | A quest for stillness - A frame from the movie

Movies

Sound of Metal | A quest for stillness

Nadia Corvino

Dahlias - Mary Oliver

Poems

The Art of Praise | Fox by Mary Oliver

Sofia Fiorini

Poems

A Myth of Devotion | Louise Glück on love and oppression

Agnese Mosconi

Midsommar - a boy and a girl walking together

Movies

Midsommar | Ari Aster’s horror fairy tale

Skye Kuppig

The image shows a nightlife local in stockholm

Music

Welfare Jazz | A furious cacophony for country outlaws

Jacopo Soru

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

A real Pinocchio resembling marionette

Books

The Adventures of Pinocchio, the mischievous marionette

Nadia Corvino

People on the sidewalk

TV Shows

Freaks and Geeks | A genuine portrait of adolescence

Federica Gandolfo

Passiflore Ailee - Cavalli

Poems

The Keeper by Patrizia Cavalli | Pleasure has no doors

Sofia Fiorini

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

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

Video Games

Life Is Strange series | Feelings are stronger than magical powers

Mariarosa Palamara

Rhododendron Javanicum

Poems

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

Sofia Fiorini

House, M.D. | Diagnostics becomes investigation

TV Shows

House, M.D. | When diagnostics becomes investigation

Cristina Danini

Glee Red Curtains

TV Shows

Glee | The anthem of underdogs worldwide

Federica Gandolfo

John Donne's Batter my heart | Gentiana Acaulis

Poems

Batter my heart | John Donne’s sacred poetry

Maria Cristina Parenti

Emilija Škarnulytė-Aldnona

Contemporary Art

Aldona | History, memories and rebirth

Veronica Schirru

Gozzano’s farewell to sadness | Balsamroot

Poems

The Ultimate Infidelity | Gozzano’s farewell to sadness

Sofia Fiorini

Momo | The importance of taking time

Movies

Momo | The importance of taking time

Cristina Danini

Ed Sheeran's Divide is the peak of his songwriting

Music

Ed Sheeran’s Divide is the peak of his songwriting

Isabella Cagna

Stevie Smith - Fritillary

Poems

Not Waving, But Drowning | Smith about (not) seeing the pain

Roberta Truscia

Costretti a sanguinare | A stream of consciousness in a punk world

Books

Costretti a Sanguinare | A stream of consciousness in a punk world

Cristina Danini

We’ll die apart | Love between temporality and eternity - Daylily

Poems

We’ll die apart | Love between temporality and eternity

Sofia Fiorini

BTS's BE album | An honest message of perseverance - Sunrise in Seul

Music

BTS’s BE album | An honest message of perseverance

Isabella Cagna

Killing Eve is a cat-and-mouse game

TV Shows

Killing Eve | Spies and Assassins play their game

Luisa Zhou

Pontic Rhododendron - Beckett

Poems

Samuel Beckett’s Cascando | The agony of love

Maria Cristina Parenti

Cyr - The eleventh studio album of The Smashing Pumpkins

Music

Cyr | Smashing Pumpkins’ homage to synth-pop

Edoardo Chen

Selina Meyers in VEEP

TV Shows

VEEP | A female vice-president? Not fiction anymore

Federica Gandolfo

My Year of Rest and Relaxation | Getting some "good American sleep" | young woman sleeping

Books

My Year of Rest and Relaxation | Getting some good American sleep

Margherita Pescarin

Clichés & the City with Emily in Paris - A view of Paris from a rooftop in daytime

TV Shows

Clichés & the City with Emily in Paris

Letizia Bastonero

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

Houses at Murnau - Kandinsky Artwork

Art

Houses at Murnau | Simply and colorful inspirations

Valentina Manganaro

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

TV Shows

Fleabag challenges the viewer in many ways

Francesca Lendini

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

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

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

Comics

My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness | The revolution of self-discovery

Antonella Massaro

Intertwined hands of family members

TV Shows

Go Ahead | Family is not about blood relations

Ying Hong

Mythic Quest Raven's Banquet is not only about gaming

TV Shows

Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet | It’s not only about gaming

Luisa Zhou

The view of the Red Creek Valley

Video Games

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter | Stories of a missing child

Samuele Morsia

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

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

Judith beheading Holofernes

Art

Judith Beheading Holofernes | Stories of women and revenge

Annamaria Russo

Movies

The Lighthouse portrays the struggle of humanity

Skye Kuppig

forbidden harbor safe literary dock

Comics

The Forbidden Harbor | A safe literary dock for lost humanity

Cristina Danini

Akhmatova's Love anthem

Poems

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

Sofia Fiorini

Community College

TV Shows

Community | The best college to attend

Federica Gandolfo

A red neon heart.

Books

Camere Separate | The search for a balanced existence

Alessia Sciannamblo

Memories of My Melancholy WHores ! In th Distance Between Lovers

Books

Memories of My Melancholy Whores | In the space dividing lovers

Flavia Di Mauro

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

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

Norwegian Wood | The charm in simplicity

Books

Norwegian Wood | The charm in simplicity

Antonella Massaro

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

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

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

Movies

Gunpowder Heart | Revenge drama in Guatemala City

Skye Kuppig

Frances McDormand in the film NOMADLAND.

Movies

Nomadland | See You Down the Road

Skye Kuppig

I'll Steal You Away | Big dreams and sad realities in Ammaniti's Ischiano Scalo | grass field

Books

I’ll Steal You Away | Big dreams and sad realities in Ammaniti’s Ischiano Scalo

Giulia Viganò

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

TV Shows

Normal People | Diverting the viewer’s expectations

Valeria Usala

Maple Leaves - The road not taken

Poems

The Road Not Taken | A hymn to brave choices

Agnese Mosconi

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

Vintage tiger flower - Rupi Kaur.

Poems

Milk and Honey | The revolution of Instapoets

Agnese Mosconi

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

BoJack Horseman looking desperate.

TV Shows

BoJack Horseman | A human journey

Federica Gandolfo

The Candidate - Closeup on the American Flag

Movies

The Candidate | American politics before the Watergate

Skye Kuppig

Big Little Lies protagonists at the police department

TV Shows

Big Little Lies | What lies beneath the surface

Valeria Usala

Madonna del Solletico | The magic of the first laughter - A detail

Art

Madonna del Solletico | The magic of the first laughter

Valentina Manganaro

The Nevsky Prospekt framed in a 19th century photography.

Books

Gogol’s Petersburg Tales belong to the collective imagination

Alessia Sciannamblo

A police car with sirens wailing in Brooklyn, NYC

TV Shows

Brooklyn Nine-Nine | The good cops do exist

Federica Gandolfo

The Chicks

Music

Chicks’Home | The controversy that almost ended the career

Isabella Cagna

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

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

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

Books

Altri Libertini feels like a punch in the stomach

Alessia Sciannamblo

Bombay Rose's protagonist Kamala spins against a pink backdrop

Movies

Bombay Rose has a unique visual animation style

Skye Kuppig

D'amore si muore ma io no | How to survive in real love

Books

D’amore si muore ma io no | How to survive in real love

Cristina Danini

As I Lay Dying - An American road

Books

As I Lay Dying | A revolutionary literary style

Andrea Migliorini

Harvest | The simplicity of a country-rock gem - Acoustic Guitar

Music

Harvest | The simplicity of a country-rock gem

Vanessa Cammarota

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

Fearless - A woman holding a key with the word fearless engraved

Music

Fearless (Taylor’s Version) | A mature outlook on a coming-of-age record

Maria Chiara Pacifici

De Castro - Chilean Bellflower

Poems

The Atmosphere Is Incandescent | De Castro’s Journey Inward

Elena Traina

Emily, Lorelai and Rory. The Gilmore Girls

TV Shows

Gilmore Girls | An everlasting flavor of friendship

Letizia Bastonero

Teatro Olimpico - The swan song of Andrea Palladio

Art

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

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

Still from Euphoria of Zendaya

TV Shows

Euphoria | A visceral portrayal of the teenage experience

Jordi Ferrer Torres

Desperate Housewives - San Francisco's terraced houses

TV Shows

Mistery and domestic struggles in Desperate Housewives

Jordi Ferrer Torres

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