Jamaica Inn is a 1939 film shot (girato) by Alfred Hitchcock and based on the homonymous novel written by Daphne du Maurier in 1936. It was the last British film of A. Hitchcock before moving to Hollywood. The plot pivots around (ruota intorno) an Inn, Jamaica Inn, headquarter (quartier generale)Continua

Blackmail is a British thriller drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1929 and based on the play Blackmail by Charles Bennett. Detective Frank Webber of Scotland Yard has an argument with his girlfriend Alice in a pub.  Frank leaves her alone, but  soon sees her going away with one ofContinua

While in America the adventure films were becoming a big hit (grande successo), the British cinema saw the development (sviluppo) of silent documentaries. The pioneer in this field is John Grierson (1898-1972), who, in 1929, sailed on board of a drifter (imbarcazione) with his camera (cinepresa) to shoot a documentaryContinua

LA NOSTRA GUERRA NON E’ MAI FINITAdi Giovanni Tizianebook euro: 9,99 “Un corpo irriconoscibile abbandonato come un cane nelle campagne della Locride. L’interminabile, soffocante stagione dei sequestri di persona. E poi, nella nostra carne, le fiamme che divorano il mobilificio di nonno Ciccio, l’omicidio di mio padre. E nessun colpevole.Continua

GIORGIO NAPOLITANOLa traversata da botteghe oscure al Quirinaledi Paolo Franchieuro: 13,50 “Probabi lmente Giorgio Napolitano non avrebbe gradito affatto, nemmeno nell’aprile del 1944, essere definito ‘un intellettuale di avanguardia’, come ha detto Togliatti e come vuole un lessico marxistaleninista che gli è sempre andato stretto” scrive Paolo Franchi. “Ma èContinua

Fashion is now important also for children. Since the very first cartoon Walt Disney’s characters have influenced children imagination. Fashion industry introduced the possibility to make children feel (far sentire i bambini) similar to their heroes (eroi) by producing clothing inspired by the famous characters. The Golden Age of Disney’s fashionContinua