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Film Review: The Thin Red Line, using war as a metaphor for humanity's disconnect from nature

by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat There was a lot of curiosity in the film industry about The Thin Red Line, which had its theatrical...

Film Review: Avatar, The Way of Water dives deeper into ecological themes

by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat Thirteen years after the release of James Cameron's Avatar, which continues to hold the title of...

Film Review: Princess Mononoke: The pro-environment messaging of Miyazaki’s films

by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat Many consider Hayao Miyazaki one of Japan's best animation directors. While his films were primarily...

Film Review: 2040, when approaching the climate crisis with a bit of optimism seems a good idea

By: Alberto Sclaverano Damon Gameau’s 2019 Australian documentary 2040 is unique among the pictures that deal with the climate crisis....

Film Review: Vesper: an independent sci-fi tale with a striking message

by: Alberto Sclaverano Vesper is a 2022 science fiction film made in Europe. It has been financed thanks to a co-production between...

Film Review: WALL•E: rediscovering an ecological message in Pixar’s masterpiece

by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat WALL•E is one of the greatest achievements of modern animation cinema. It was produced by Pixar...

How Beautiful We Were: Battling for environmental justice

Source: Hypercritic How Beautiful We Were, published in 2021 and finalist for the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Fiction Award, is Imbolo Mbue’s...

Film Review: Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg’s controversial return has an ecological message

By: Alberto Sclaverano David Cronenberg is one of the most celebrated (and controversial) living filmmakers. A relevant part of his...

Film Review: Okja, Bong Joon-ho’s ecological fairy-tale is a little gem

By: Alberto Sclaverano Bong Joon-ho is one of the most talented South Korean directors of his generation, and alongside other celebrated...

Film Review: The Simpsons Movie

By: Alberto Sclaverano Almost everyone knows the popular animated sitcom The Simpsons. Less famous, but extremely successful at the time...

The Road explores climate crisis and alienation

Source: Hypercritic Almost fifteen years after its publication, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner The Road is more relevant than ever. Set...

Film Review: Snowpiercer

The most compelling climate-change related apocalypse on the big screen By: Alberto Sclaverano Snowpiercer is a 2013 science fiction film...

The Green Knight | An Epic Tale of Humans and Nature

Source: Hypercritic American filmmaker David Lowery is known for making movies that ask the viewer to give their own interpretation. His...

Film Review: Avatar, Interstellar, and the climate crisis

By: Alberto Sclaverano In recent times, Hollywood blockbusters have been centered on the theme of climate change, both directly and...

Film Review: Thank You for the Rain

An inspiring reminder that each of us can make a difference By: Alberto Sclaverano Thank You for the Rain is a powerful and moving 2017...

Beasts of the Southern Wild

When a kid’s story has a message that everyone should listen to very carefully By Alberto Sclaverano Among the strangest and less...

A look back at The Day After Tomorrow

By Alberto Sclaverano Big budget films about climate change are not very frequent. The recent movie Don’t Look Up comes immediately to...

What "An Inconvenient Truth" continues to teach us all

By Alberto Sclaverano There are many documentaries about climate change. Some of them are big-budget Netflix production, others are...

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