“I do not believe you. You are liars.” No Direction Home opens and closes to the tune of “Like a Rolling Stone” in this live 1966 event. The documentary marks the collaboration of two leaders in contemporary art, film and music. A Martin Scorsese film about Bob Dylan can be described in one word: legendary. [...]
David Bowie left his mark on the history of rock music with his character Ziggy Stardust and with songs such as Life on Mars and Starman. When Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, made his first feature film he was inspired by his father’s fascination with outer space. Fueled by such inspiration, Jones crafted a low-budget jewel [...]
In 2006, Pollock’s painting N.5 (1948) was sold for the record sum of $140,000,000. Ed Harris tackles the life of the great American painter focusing on the years of artistic maturity until his death in 1956 in a car accident. That was the decade that saw the invention of Pollock’s Dripping technique and his growing [...]
It was the time of 8-bit aesthetics, with pixelated and square graphics, fluorescent colours and no curves. It was 1982. And it was the year of Tron’s release: a cult-movie for generations of audiences, whose visual impact and outlandish setting were without precedent. Tron was the first movie to deal with the virtual world and [...]
By Andrea Bernardini A story of love and poverty that reached the hearts of millions of viewers across the world. The film was directed by Luigi Comencini in 1953. It was a comedy considered to be part of the Pink Neorealism movement, set in central Italy during the post-war period. It is beautifully portrayed by [...]