pesci e conigli
29 March 2023

FISHES AND RABBITS

Jean Pierre Jeunet’s The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, 2001) begins introducing the childhood of the main character, Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou).…
storia del cortometraggio
10 March 2023

50 TOGETHER: THE HISTORY OF SHORT FILMS

The Treccani encyclopedia adopts a concise, little evoking definition: ‘a short clip, commonly with a duration of less than 15 minutes, made of different genres (documentary, musical,…
STORIA DELLA FISIOTERAPIA
1 March 2023

BEHIND THE SCENES: THE HISTORY OF PHYSIOTHERAPY

As a word it may sound modern, but physiotherapy is a discipline rooted in ancient times. Written evidences witness that manual treatments were widespread among the Egyptians,…
tra le pagine spuntò un orso
22 February 2023

AND THEN A BEAR APPEARED AMONG THE PAGES

Anna Under the city covered walkways, used books stands are similar to cathedrals, perfectly drawn buildings. The stacks of yellow paper – standing more or less orderly…
su la maschera
8 February 2023

MASKS UP!

‘To wear a mask’ isn’t simply a physical action: in everyday language it defines a of moral hiding practice. On the contrary, ‘to take one’s mask off’…
tra le pagine spuntò un orso
25 January 2023

AND THEN A BEAR APPEARED AMONG THE PAGES

The bear’s ears* To dog-ear, a book's pages are an outrage. A sin, I would say. Stay away from those who fold down the upper corners of…
11 January 2023

LABELS: WHEN TENNIS IS FEMALE

In 2017 Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, acclaimed directors of Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and Ruby Sparks (2012), present Battle of the Sexes, a movie inspired by…
28 December 2022

WHAT IF NEXT YEAR PASSED IN A WHILE?

In 1979, at the end of a decade that marked 20th century culture in a strong way, Bolognese singer Lucio Dalla sang L’anno che verrà. Thanks to…
21 December 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES: THE HISTORY OF DICTIONARY

Starting from 1964, a group of Italian archaeologists has discovered in Ebla, Syria, 15,000 clay bars covered with cuneiform symbols: they are still considered the most ancient…
racconto di natale
14 December 2022

A CHRISTMAS TALE: HOW NOT TO BE SCROOGE

«I wonder if you ever read A Christmas Carol by Dickens. I read two episodes, I cried out like a child, I made an incredible effort to…