Although dystopia is, by definition, the negative of utopia, dystopian TV series particularly attract us precisely because of the reflections on the negative aspects of a society in which we recognize some defects of our own. Prime Video, in recent years, has invested heavily in TV series of this genre, meeting the public’s favor with increasingly spectacular (and expensive) productions. ...
Unlike what it may seem on social media, Chanel Totti is a very normal girl. She reveals it to us herself, on the occasion of the presentation of the new edition of Beijing Express where the 18 year old competes together with her best friend Filippo Laurino. “I’m a normal girl, I finished school and now I’m studying at university. ...
Scarpetta is the crime series that everyone must try “Scarpetta” may bring to mind three things: Cinderella, a plate full of sauce, and Kay, the legendary forensic pathologist (inspired by a real person, Marcella Farinelli Fierro, of clear Italian origins) protagonist of the famous series of novels by Patricia Cornwell, and now of a new crime thriller TV series coming ...
Lawyers and magistrates coming out (literally) from the walls “At the age of 75 and as a citizen who is preparing to leave this world, I don’t need to lick anyone’s ass”. Thus the former magistrate Antonio Di Pietro, in his fresh book Justice seen up closeparries the criticisms raining down on him in this referendum campaign. He chose “yes” ...
What remains of Sanremo 2026 (ten days later) A week has passed since the end of Sanremo 2026. Carlo Conti’s last, but also the last of a cycle – which began with Conti in 2015 – which brought to the Festival the renewal that had been expected for some time, starting from the musical choice. A golden season, which brought ...
Can Artificial Intelligence govern us better than politicians? Can Artificial Intelligence govern society better than politics? The hypothesis of an “objective” government, guided by data and free from human passions and errors, may appear seductive. But it is a dangerous seduction, because it confuses the efficiency of the means with the meaning of an end. A set of values to ...
The second episode of ‘Scherzi a Parte’ hosted by Max Giusti on Canale 5 perhaps justifies the 26% share of the debut one. The show is fun, the host works, and the writers are truly infamous. Evil subjects that no one would want against, given how diabolically Machiavellian they can become. But we certainly don’t let ourselves be intimidated. Below, ...
Just under three and a half years have passed since, a few weeks after its foundation, Accent Edizioni published Almost secretly (12 new authors under 25). An anthology of stories inspired by the investigation that Pier Vittorio Tondelli conducted in the 1980s for Transeuropa, with the aim of finding an answer to a question: what do younger people tell today? ...
There’s mail for you: the giant is wounded, but not knocked down. Its “crisis” can (also) be read as good news “Early closure”, “crisis”. Juxtaposing these words with “You’ve Got Mail” is jarring, but that’s what really happened this season. Woe betide you if you define it as a failure or unfortunate, because when faced with certain numbers the operation ...
Let’s not get distracted by Iran: here are the real fronts open for the Meloni government Just open a news program, a newspaper, most information sites and… you almost have to close everything again. They only talk about Iran, the Middle East, Trump. You flick, you scroll, and Iran is everywhere. Understandably, one might say: the threat of a broader ...