Joker (2019): an affresco of madness
I went into the cinema to watch Joker by Todd Phillips without knowing much about either the movie and the character: I had watched the previous rendition of it of Heath Ledger and the older one of Jack Nicholson, both…
How to, and not to, make a music biopic: Bohemian Rhapsody and Lords of Chaos
Music biopics are tricky. They are extremely prone to fall into the excessively celebratory trap or to focus too much on the private life of the protagonists instead of the musical aspects of it. I approach any music biopic very…
Pop Culture Relative Importance
Sometimes on Twitter interesting discussions arise. Some other time sheer idiocy comes up. More often the latter these days. Anyway, on a discussion on celebrating the accomplishment of sending the first human being into space and bringing him back alive,…
Blade Runner 2049: what was missed?
It’s been more than 1 year since the sequel of the legendary Blade Runner was released. I loved the original, even if I discovered it late in life. I did love the sequel too, for most different reasons compared to…