MATTEO BITTANTI

MENTAL NOTE: ON GAMES, FILMS & GUILT

Video courtesy of Sputnik Observatory Henry Jenkins on media and guilt: Will Wright told me one time that games are the only medium where you can feel guilt. And I think that's kind of interesting. His point was that if I watch a character in a movie do something truly... Read more →

SYLLABUS: COMUNICAZIONE MULTIMEDIALE A.A. 2018-2019

Mass media, new media e società delle reti. La comunicazione multimediale Corso di Laurea in Comunicazione, Media & Pubblicità IULM, Sede di Milano Anno accademico 2018-2019 Matteo Bittanti Trailer Obiettivi formativi “Mass media, new media e società delle reti. La comunicazione multimediale” esamina la relazione tra media, arte, cultura e... Read more →

CHART: MY FAVORITE FILMS OF THE YEAR (2018-2005)

Illustration by Adam Juresko 2018: First Reformed by Paul Schrader (USA) 2017: The Killing of a Sacred Deer by Yorghos Lanthimos (Greece) 2016: Toni Erdmann by Maren Ade (Germany) 2015: The Lobster by Yorghos Lanthimos (Greece) 2014: Borgman by Alex Van Warmerdam (The Netherlands) 2013: Die Wand (The Wall) by... Read more →

CHART: MY FAVORITE TV SERIES 2018

This is not even a top ten. Unlike cinema, TV remains a cool medium in the digital age. In other words, I don't find TV very interesting. Even high concept series like Cary Fukunaga's Maniac are nothing more than the detritus of the culture industry masquerading as avantgarde experiments. Aside... Read more →

CHART: MY FAVORITE FILMS OF 2018

First, a confession. Overall, I watched fewer movies than last year. I did not attend as many festivals as usual - my preferred way of consuming moving images - and I rarely visit movie theatres these days*. This explains the absence of some festival darlings like Yorgos Lanthimos's The Favourite,... Read more →