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Film reviews in English
Film reviews in English 2018 -3
Literature and Society: Bohemian Rapsody - A Quiet Passion - The Happy Prince - My Generation Bohemian Rapsody Never seen Queen as cult band in their heyday - too slightly commercial. But now, watching this honest biopic, I was moved, an... -
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Mediterranean Summer, chapter 2 – Matera, the unbelievable ‘city of stones’: from dust to stardom
You’ll see no Rome, Florence, Venice or Taormina in this diary. Instead, I’ll take you to small unknown places of rare beauty often harbouring next to territorial or industrial diseases, ‘ugliness’ of various kinds that makes Italy the c... -
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Mediterranean Summer, chapter 1- Malta: Christendom facing the Muslim dominion
You’ll see no Rome, Florence, Venice or Taormina in this diary. Instead, I’ll take you to small unknown places of rare beauty often harbouring next to territorial or industrial diseases, ‘ugliness’ of various kind that makes Italy the cr... -
Libri, musica: recensioni
Adults in the Room – review
The courage, the stress, the loneliness, the fatigue, the hard work, the uncertainties, the toughness of a war voluntarily chosen for a high moral duty. What happens when you take on the establishment? In this blistering, personal accoun... -
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Elezioni 2018: le foche ammaestrate e il cavaliere oscuro
The tame seals and the dark (ex) knight (article in Italian). La news più fake: Berlusconi Presidente. Passando occasionalmente davanti ad un televisore acceso ieri sera, ultimo giorno di campagna elettorale, ho avuto una visione surreal... -
Libri, musica: recensioni
Books, music and the like – my likes #1: Noir fiction reviews
Strangers on a Train (P. Highsmith) -Pietro il lettone - Tre camere a Manhattan - La neve era sporca (G. Simenon) - Lo sguardo di Sofia. Storia di una famiglia (Claudio Gavioli) - The Hollow Man (John Dickson Carr) - Nightshade (Michael ... -
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Books, music and the like – my likes #1: Noir fiction reviews
Pietro il lettone - Tre camere a Manhattan - La neve era sporca (G. Simenon) - Lo sguardo di Sofia. Storia di una famiglia (Claudio Gavioli) - The Hollow Man (John Dickson Carr) - Nightshade (Michael Connelly) - The Redbreast (Jo Nesbo) ... -
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Books, music and the like – my likes #2: miscellanea reviews
Exsiles (J. Joyce) - James (P. Everett) - Il regno fragile (Tiziana Prezzo) - 68 – Ce n’est qu’un debut… (Paolo Brogi) - Storie di sport e poltica (A. Molinari, G. Toni) - A Year in Provence (P. Mayle) - Soprannome Dreamer (G. Luppi) boo... -
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Books, music and the like -my likes #3: music
book-shields The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music Announces Two-Night Historic Curated Concert Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday Music America: The Songs that Shaped Us playlist concert 1 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=P... -
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Vasco Rossi’s Modena Park concert: the world’s biggest live rock concert ever – in my hometown. Who’s that guy that comes from the farm?
Vasco Rossi’s Modena Park means 220.000 paying spectators at the concert. Is this a modern-day Woodstock or just a megalomaniac product? Is the rebellious spirit of Woodstock still here or are the children-parents-grandparents singing al...