Matteo Di Maria

Matteo Di Maria Patron

Author @cineitalia @sentieriselvaggi
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Favorite films

  • The Fabelmans
  • Bones and All
  • Magnolia
  • Rumble Fish

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  • Dirty Harry

    ★★★½

  • Magnum Force

    ★★★½

  • The Dog Thief

    ★★★½

  • Forse è solo mal di mare

    ★★

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  • Dirty Harry

    Dirty Harry

    ★★★½

    Here’s the translation:

    A reactionary film with a protagonist who has nothing to lose. A cult classic of the New Hollywood.

  • Magnum Force

    Magnum Force

    ★★★½

    "Every man should know his limits.”
    Boom!

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  • Go Now

    Go Now

    ★★★★½

    The great strength of this small film lies in its non-victimizing approach to telling the battle against a serious illness. Following the model of Ken Loach, Winterbottom masterfully adopts the lesson of a cinema capable of immersing the viewer in the heart of a situation with such authenticity that it erases any sense of fiction.

  • My Night

    My Night

    ★★★½

    La Boulat chooses to portray Marion's inner journey by confining the viewer's perspective within a '4:3 aspect ratio' that nods to the Nouvelle Vague and to the many authors of the era of disenchanted golden cinema with whom the director has collaborated in the past. Scene after scene, however, Boulat's film also turns to gold, and there seems to be an impression that the screen widens and the fears of the vulnerable protagonist give way to the awareness of having…