MATTEO BITTANTI

EVENT: FRANCO MORETTI AT IULM UNIVERSITY (JANUARY 29 2020, MILAN)

Franco Moretti (Source: New York Times) Franco Moretti will deliver a lecture titled "Simulare l'intreccio. Un nuovo approccio per lo studio della letteratura" (Simulating the plot. A new approach to studying literature") at IULM University on January 29 2020 in Aula dei 146, IULM Open Space. Franco Moretti is The... Read more →

NEWS: MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL 2020: IT'S WEIRD, EERIE, AND UNREAL

The theme of the 2020 MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL is The Weird, the Eerie, and the Unreal. Inspired by Mark Fisher’s last book, The Weird and the Eerie (2017), the theme tries to capture the essence of machinima, like the previous two, Aesthetics of game-based cinema (2018) and Uncanny (2019). The... Read more →

CHARTS: MY FAVORITE VIDEO GAMES OF 2019

I was asked by Swiss RadioTwo's host Daniel Paul Bilenko to share my favorite video games of the year. My original list was much longer, but Daniel was inflexible: no more than six. So, here are my frivolous judgments about unforgettable (strictly unranked) playful experiences... The podcast is available here.... Read more →

ART: THIS IS COLL.EO

Hundreds of Colleen Flahertys and Matteo Bittantis, imagined by a GAN (generative adversarial network), are now floating on the internet. LINK: This is COLL.EO Read more →

CHART: 50 GREATEST HORROR FILMS 2010-2020 (RANKED)

Here's the inevitable end of the decade top 50, a follow up to my previous list, GREATEST HORROR FILMS 2000-2010, courtesy of Mubi. A few comments, en passant. Most significant directors working today in the genre: Ari Aster (2x), Jonathan Glazer (2x, ok, The Fall is a short, but impressive... Read more →