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My Celluloid Scenes



Venezia 81 Picks: Pablo LarraÃn's Maria, a Turbulent, Contradictory and Melancholic Microcosm of Maria Callas' mind.
Despite not being a big fan of biopics, Pablo LarraÃn’s Maria  was one of the films I was most excited to watch amongst those competing...
Rebecca Niccolai
Sep 22, 20243 min read
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Venezia 81 Picks: Luca Guadagnino's Visually and Narratively Queer Take on Repressed Eroticism.
After my, and I think the world’s, summer-long obsession with Challengers , I did not think Luca Guadagnino could possibly ever outdo...
Rebecca Niccolai
Sep 10, 20243 min read
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Venezia 81 Picks: Yeo Siew Hua's Stranger Eyes Serves as CCTV Footage Surveilling Singaporean Society.
While I do extract textual analysis from my ‘Venezia 81 Picks’ to display their filmic weight and consequently justify their inclusion...
Rebecca Niccolai
Sep 9, 20243 min read
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Venezia 81 Picks: Giulia Steigerwalt's Layered, Humane and Reprimanding Diva Futura.
Although I made it clear in my ‘Venezia 81’ introductory piece that the order in which I was going to publish my reviews was not in...
Rebecca Niccolai
Sep 8, 20243 min read
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Venezia 81 Picks: The Clever and Humbling Self-Awareness of Joker: Folie à Deux.
With this first piece I inaugurate the series of reviews I will dedicate to some of the films I had the privilege of watching at the 81st...
Rebecca Niccolai
Sep 7, 20243 min read
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La Chimera: Alice Rohwacher’s Tomb Raiders and the Inability to Let Italy Rest in Peace.
Having spent sixteen of my nineteen years of life living outside of my home country, Italy, I am what my mother likes to call a ‘diluted’...
Rebecca Niccolai
Aug 25, 20246 min read
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