Podcast Suggestion: You Must Remember This

Premise: In 1931, exactly ninety years ago, two films were released and made history: Dracula by Tod Browning and Frankenstein by James Whale. The two monsters of the movies were interpreted by Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, respectively. The first was Hungarian, the second was British, and their stories are inevitably intertwined. Today’s post is … More Podcast Suggestion: You Must Remember This

Vi consiglio un podcast: You Must Remember This

La prendo larga. Nel 1931, esattamente novanta anni fa, uscirono due film entrati subito nella storia del cinema: Dracula di Tod Browning e Frankenstein di James Whale. Ad interpretare i relativi mostri ecco due (scusate il pun) mostri sacri del cinema horror, Bela Lugosi e Boris Karloff. Ungherese il primo, inglese il secondo, le loro … More Vi consiglio un podcast: You Must Remember This

Big Eyes: Movie Review

Big Eyes is a 2014 movie directed by Tim Burton which, I think, has gone a bit unnoticed. Indeed, at first sight it’s not a classic golden age Burtonian film (Beetlejuice, 1988, Batman, 1989, and Edward scissorhands, 1990), nor it’s one of his movies pertaining to the decadence period (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005, Sweeney Todd, … More Big Eyes: Movie Review

Cop Car: Movie Review

Here’s another debut (like, for example, the recently reviewed Duel, 1971, and Ladybird, 2017)! It’s true that Jon Watts already worked as a director before this Cop car (2015), but this is his first feature film. And as for many other things in this World (such as, for instance, Tremors, 1990), we must thank Kevin Bacon for the existence … More Cop Car: Movie Review