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29 December, 2021
Spider-Man Noir | A socialist superhero during the Great Depression
In the Spider-Man Noir comics, Peter Parker must face social corruption to figure out who is behind the murder of his uncle Ben.
30 December, 2021
Veronica Mars | When teen drama meets neo-noir
Created by Rob Thomas and aired in 2004, Veronica Mars assimilates teen drama structures to shape an engaging neo-noir mystery.
08 November, 2021
Wolverine Noir | The struggle between instinct and rationality
The comics Wolverine Noir turns Logan into a tormented noir detective, struggling with his inner dichotomy between instinct and rationality.
22 March, 2022
Taxi Driver | The Dark Night of the Psyche
One of the best-known exponents of the New Hollywood movement, it grasped 1970s America's disillusionment with institutions and revived existentialism in cinema - the quote "Hell is other people" from Jean-Paul Sartre's play No Exit fits the movie better than any tagline.
17 February, 2022
Fargo | The endless war between Good and Evil, Chance and Inevitability
In the world of Fargo, the characters are transformed by rediscovering their animal instincts, in a perennial struggle between Good and Evil, between Chance and Inevitability.
19 January, 2022
Blade Runner 2049 | On how to be human
Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 invites the viewer to ponder the future of humankind and its place in the universe.
21 July, 2021
Mulholland Drive | All roads lead to the movies
To drag the viewer into the depths of the psyche, David Lynch deconstructs the noir genre and twists its separate components: mystery, horror, humor, and – most importantly – romance. A maze to get lost within, Mulholland Drive prompts the viewers to give up logic and enjoy the dreamlike ride.
23 April, 2021
A History of Violence | Shadows of a shining knight
The return of Body Horror auteur David Cronenberg to American Cinema, A History of Violence fits perfectly into the filmmaker's corpus, into his “his central project: a sustained autopsy into the nature of existence”. (J. G. Ballard)
24 March, 2020
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a love story
In A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, billed as “the first Iranian vampire spaghetti western,” director Ana Lily Amirpour delights in subverting expectations.
09 March, 2023
Blade Runner | The Future on a Razor's Edge
Few movies deserve the title of "visionary" as much as Blade Runner. Directed by Ridley Scott, the movie depicts a dystopian future of rare vividness. And its implications, both timeless and contemporary, over the years made it a must-see classic.
14 January, 2021
The Rules of the Game | A war movie without a war
The Rules of the Game is a war movie without a war that tells about the precariousness of French aristocratic society in the late 1930s.
11 January, 2023
Cinema Paradiso | A Nostalgic Ode to the Seventh Art
Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso, released in 1988, tells the story of a young Sicilian boy animated by a strong love for cinema.
15 November, 2022
Daredevil: The Man Without Fear | Finding the true purpose
In Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, readers learn about the origins of the superhero, but, above all, about the duality that lives within him.
17 January, 2022
Brubaker’s Catwoman | Champion of the forgotten
In Brubaker's Catwoman, Gotham City's most famous burglar will have a change of heart, becoming a champion of the poorest of the metropolis.
25 December, 2021
The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller | What four different nemeses can tell
The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller explores every aspect and conflict of Batman, making him face four different nemeses.
27 September, 2021
Catwoman: When in Rome | A perspective on elegance
In When in Rome by Loeb and Sale, Catwoman flies to Italy to try to find her lost parents, helped by The Riddler and the local mafia.
02 September, 2020
The Law of Desire | Entertainment mixes with auteur cinema
It is this self-awareness, this mix of the comic and the sincere, that gives The Law of Desire its unique, contradictory personality: at once trashy and high art, playful, enjoyable entertainment as well as auteur cinema.
02 December, 2023
Sunset Boulevard | The Dark Side of Hollywood
Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard was released in 1950. The movie is about a former silent film actress who lives in regret of the past.
18 November, 2023
A Dangerous Toy | The Dark Ambitions of a Middle-Class Man
Inspired by Hollywood movies and spaghetti Westerns, A Dangerous Toy (1979) examines the dire effects of a gun on a humble accountant.
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