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Filippo Barra

Filippo Barra is a contributor at Hypercritic. He writes about comics, cinema, art and literature, exploring the connections between pop culture and contemporary imagination. He studied at Scuola Holden in Turin, focusing on visual storytelling and narrative language.

Collection

Why Dragon Ball is so Popular after over 40 Years?

Why Dragon Ball is so Popular after over 40 Years?

The Crow Comics Review | Love, Vengeance and Punk in underground comics

The Crow Comics Review | Love, Vengeance and Punk in underground comics

Quando muori resta a me | Zerocalcare’s take on fathers, sons and masculinity

Quando muori resta a me | Zerocalcare’s take on fathers, sons and masculinity

Jonathan Edwards' triple jump | The fractals of a double world record

Jonathan Edwards' triple jump | The fractals of a double world record

Uncut Gems

Uncut Gems

The Great Gatsby | Loving to excess in the Jazz Age

The Great Gatsby | Loving to excess in the Jazz Age

Ex:Re | The X-Ray of a relationship gone wrong

Ex:Re | The X-Ray of a relationship gone wrong

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

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

Aldona | History, memories and rebirth

Contemporary Art

Aldona | History, memories and rebirth

1984 | Big Brother is watching you

1984 | Big Brother is watching you

The Queen's Gambit | A western on the chessboard

The Queen's Gambit | A western on the chessboard

Chernobyl | What history can teach

Chernobyl | What history can teach

Grey's Anatomy | A pillar in the modern TV era

Grey's Anatomy | A pillar in the modern TV era

The Broom of the System is like the pendulum of a clock

The Broom of the System is like the pendulum of a clock

Euphoria | A visceral portrayal of the teenage experience

Euphoria | A visceral portrayal of the teenage experience

Magazine

My Hero Academia Exhibition 2025 | Characters, Style, and the Legacy of Kohei Horikoshi

My Hero Academia Exhibition 2025 | Characters, Style, and the Legacy of Kohei Horikoshi

Posted on 18 September, 2025

Amano Corpus Animae Exhibition in Milan | Bridging different worlds

Amano Corpus Animae Exhibition in Milan | Bridging different worlds

Posted on 23 February, 2025

Comics 1964-2024 at Centre Pompidou | The multiple aspects of comics

Comics 1964-2024 at Centre Pompidou | The multiple aspects of comics

Posted on 08 November, 2024

Manuele Fior | A journey through comics, architecture and painting

Manuele Fior | A journey through comics, architecture and painting

Posted on 26 September, 2024

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | I read to be less alone in the world

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | I read to be less alone in the world

Posted on 16 October, 2021

Alessandro Avataneo | Hypercritic Founder and CEO

Alessandro Avataneo | Hypercritic Founder and CEO

Posted on 11 April, 1977