MATTEO BITTANTI

CHART: 2022_MY FAVORITE CINEMATIC EXPERIENCES

Disclaimer I have not seen the following films yet: One Fine Morning (Un beau matin) (Mia Hansen-Løve, France/Germany) Saint Omer (Alice Diop, France) Pacifiction (Albert Serra, France/Spain/Germany/Portugal) Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt, USA) No Bears (Jafar Panahi, Iran) Holy Spider (Ali Abbasi, Denmark) Between Two Worlds (Emanuele Carrere, France) Enys Men (Mark Jenkin, United Kingdom) Plan 75 (Chie Hayakawa, Japan) RMN... Read more →

CHART: 2022_MY FAVORITE DOCUMENTARIES

Disclaimer I have seen fewer documentaries (and overall, movies) in 2022 than in the previous five years - for a variety of reasons - and I missed, among other things: Carbon and Captivity (Oliver Ressler), The Oil Machine (Emma Davie), The Plains (David Easteal), The Andy Warhol Diaries (Andrew Rossi), Moonage Daydream (Brett Morgen), The Territory (Alex Pritz), and De... Read more →

CHART: MY FAVORITE TV SERIES OF 2022 (RANKED)

In 2022, TV gave the middle finger to Silicon Valley’s scammers and full blown gangsters, whose antics are now despised even by the normies: Elizabeth Holmes, Adam Neumann, Trevor Travis Cordell Kalanick uber alles. But there could be many more coming in 2023, e.g. how about a limited series on Elon Musk’s Twitter? American Horror Story meets Black Mirror turning... Read more →

CHART: 2022_MY FAVORITE PODCASTS OF THE YEAR (NOT RANKED)

Eavesdrop until you drop Being a voyeur is so 20c. Eavesdropping - i.e. the act of stealthily listening to the private conversation or communications of others without their consent in order to gather information - is the hic et nunc. In the age of podcasts, everyone is an eavesdropper although a kind of consent is given, I suppose. As I... Read more →

CHART: GREATEST HORROR MOVIES 2000-2030 (ONGOING)

The skinny No major updates to a and b since forever; c is ongoing. Many requested a 1990-2000 list. Any suggestions? The charts a_Greatest Horror Films 2000-2010 (30), #1 Martyrs b_Greatest Horror Films 2010-2020 (60), #1 The Killing of a Sacred Deer c_Greatest Horror Films 2020-2030 (ongoing), #1 Possessor Breakdown (a, b, c) Australia c_1 Austria b_1 + c_2 [3]... Read more →