<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Schermi Alternativi]]></title><description><![CDATA[Schermi Alternativi]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/il-mio-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:21:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.schermialternativi.com/en/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[MUCHO MUCHO AMOR (2020) Cristina Costantini, Kareem Tabsch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Non avevo mai sentito parlare di Walter Mercado, astrologo medium sudamericano che in realtà era quasi una divinità  nel mondo televisivo e non solo. Un mix tra Ornella Vanoni, Liberace e l’agente MacGiver, Marcado, armato di mantelli variopinti e tutine di pailettes, ha ipnotizzato prima il Sudamerica poi gli Stati Uniti, leggendo previsioni mirabolanti sul futuro e prevenendo amori e dolori. Finto, impostore, toccato dal divino, ingenuo portatore di poteri sovrannaturali? Poco importa,...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/post/mucho-mucho-amor-2020-cristina-costantini-kareem-tabsch</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac80696d3466ffa9b93b1a8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:52:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_b0e0125b93b143808977ac9c494a0e94~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_559,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TEMBLORES (2019) Jayro Bustamante]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bustamante abbandona il racconto di etnie di minoranza del suo bellissimo film precedente Ixcanul (molto bello) per occuparsi di un’altra minoranza: gay che cercano la cura alla propria omosessualità (?) tramite un percorso religioso. Avete presente immagini ormai familiari di ragazzini che vengono convertiti alla lotta jihadista? Con urla di persuasione e convincimento che farsi esplodere in un attacco kamikaze avvicina la loro anima ad Allah? Praticamente è quello che deve sopportare Pablo...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/post/temblores-2019-jayro-bustamante</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac8b02086e1da51f6fb8f24</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:27:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_5564f82a81074887a10b3d3c74a0ca42~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_632,h_316,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LE TEMPS RETROUVÈ (1999) Raul Ruiz]]></title><description><![CDATA[Può un non estimatore di Proust amare, o solo apprezzare questo film? Non sarà che la visione morbosa, quasi feticista di (noi) amanti dello scrittore, ci spinga a vederci qualità che in realtà non esistono? Coraggiosissimo atto di Ruiz di portare sullo schermo la Recherche (cosa tentata, senza successo, anche da Visconti, tra gli altri), ma l’impossibilità di rappresentare l’intera opera spinge il regista a realizzare il film dell’atto finale, Les Temps Retrouvèe, nel quale appaiono tutti i...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/post/le-temps-retrouv%C3%A8-1999-raul-ruiz</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac4a3d110d33c5bea35e25b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:30:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_9dd5030b68d5471081db5ebaa0e5302e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_596,h_335,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SIBERIA AND HIM (2019) Viatcheslav Kopturevskiy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Probabilmente finanziato dalla Pro Loco siberiana considerato il numero di immagini stratosferiche di panorami siberiani da lasciare davvero senza fiato. All’interno di questa cornice fantastica (in aggiunta ad una fotografia molto puntuale) si inserisce la storia, tutta all’interno di una stessa famiglia, di un amore impossibile. Due fratellastri, Sasha e Dima, oltre che compagni di viaggio sono anche amanti (russi trasgressivi). Stanno andando insieme a trovare la nonna (carinissima, tra...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/post/siberia-and-him-2019-viatcheslav-kopturevskiy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac5edb5373ea30d2b604653</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:30:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_eb3986e408774d409717440097147321~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_608,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MARIA (2024) Pablo Larrain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visto a Venezia81. Un nuovo film sulla Callas? Melochecche di tutto il mondo, armiamoci e partiamo! Il fatto poi che la regia sia affidata a Pablo Larrain fa ben sperare (anche se in questi ritratti di donne famose del secolo scorso non pare riuscire proprio benissimo). Il mio giudizio dopo la visione è molto combattuto. Ci sono cose che funzionano e altre per niente. Per esempio: stai facendo un film sulle donna più iconica della musica, vorrai essere un po’ fedele sotto il punto di vista...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/en/post/maria-2024-pablo-larrain-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6acce7de41f2a546359a88e3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:00:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_8f124fc956c843e1a2472335cb79be36~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MARIA (2024) Pablo Larrain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visto a Venezia81. Un nuovo film sulla Callas? Melochecche di tutto il mondo, armiamoci e partiamo! Il fatto poi che la regia sia affidata a Pablo Larrain fa ben sperare (anche se in questi ritratti di donne famose del secolo scorso non pare riuscire proprio benissimo). Il mio giudizio dopo la visione è molto combattuto. Ci sono cose che funzionano e altre per niente. Per esempio: stai facendo un film sulle donna più iconica della musica, vorrai essere un po’ fedele sotto il punto di vista...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/post/maria-2024-pablo-larrain</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac49aff0600a80a1a6d1805</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:30:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_8f124fc956c843e1a2472335cb79be36~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MI VACIO Y IO (2022) Adrian Silvestre ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visto a IFFR 2022. Raphaelle è una trans francese che vive a Barcellona e che lavoro in un call center. La maggior parte del suo tempo lo passa alla ricerca di un amore e a partecipare a gruppi di discussioni sul cambio di sesso, cosa che la convince poco (anche se le diverse testimonianze delle persone transessuali sono interessanti). Viene contattata da un regista teatrale che le propone di raccontare la sua vita in un monologo sul palcoscenico (piuttosto bello). Succede quindi che quello...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/post/mi-vacio-y-io-2022-adrian-silvestre</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac36f5124451eff46cdb8db</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:30:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_a53c9a46cfaf414bb55f5962c16e8a47~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_724,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[AH-GA-SSI (The Handmaiden) (2016) Park Chan-Wook]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reading reviews of this film before I finally saw it, I often came across the term "glossy" ; frankly, I can't understand how it came to be: every frame is a work of art, combining photography, lighting, and costumes, and, finally, the beauty of the images is supported by a compelling, interesting, and unconventional plot. There's an intense sophistication intent on creating an atmosphere of elegance that is inextricably linked to the eroticism that pervades the entire film. We are in Korea...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/en/post/ah-ga-ssi-the-handmaiden-2016-park-chan-wook-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca1a6fa604c14fdde9ae1b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:59:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_9b5a99a7767849eea34f3f13a288ffac~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_367,h_544,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[BOULEVARD (2014) Dito Montiel]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had read very positive reviews of this film, and I really liked Dito Montiel 's A Guide to Recognizing One's Saints . So I was surprised to find myself watching a predictable film whose plot can be sensed from the very first images. Robin Williams , here in his last performance before his death, is Nolan: a sixty-year-old man leading a dull life, working a mundane bank job, well-read, and with a cultured wife. In short, a repressed gay man who manages to rediscover his will to live by...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/en/post/boulevard-2014-dito-montiel-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca1a3e252508f80b449d24</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:58:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_bf22d486c40c43da868ced7bcd3ad8bb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_420,h_621,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[PRESQUE RIEN (2000) Sebastien Lifshitz]]></title><description><![CDATA[A teenage love story, not particularly recommended for those who like gunfights or special effects. A film about youth. Slow. The three tenses in which the story unfolds ( present, past and remote past ) blend together to create a single movement whose protagonists are Matthieu and his pain. The genuineness and candor that characterize the film appear from the very first images, with insistent close-ups of the protagonist. The beginning of the story is followed at a very slow pace, with...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/en/post/presque-rien-2000-sebastien-lifshitz-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca1a14730a4e955645f21c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:57:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_675b6d978e5740c6a4b8cb975ca6199e~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_1000,h_810,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[VIHARSAROK (2014) Adam Csaszi]]></title><description><![CDATA[Silences and bodies are the protagonists of this beautiful Hungarian film presented in Berlin in 2014. Sensual and tragic. A young footballer, Szabo, leaves his team in Germany because of an argument with a teammate ( and his terrible character ) to return to live in Hungary, in an inherited house, to cultivate his dream of becoming a beekeeper. He meets Aron while they're working together to fix the roof, and a physical attraction sparks between them, sparking a very complicated...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/en/post/viharsarok-2014-adam-csaszi-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca19dff76a369b05888049</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:56:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_7ebc1e0fc54c4a80838db02f79e5147c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DESDE ALLÀ (2015) Lorenzo Vargas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seen in Venice 72 Winner of the Golden Lion Venice 72 This film left no one indifferent: thunderous applause in the theater and constant chatter in the bars surrounding the theaters of the Venice Film Festival. Even for this surprising engagement alone, the film hit the mark. A great direction for a story that didn't convince me, and I'll say this right away. What many who appreciated it considered a minor flaw, for me was fundamental: the story has too many flaws. To me, it's impossible that...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/en/post/desde-all%C3%A0-2015-lorenzo-vargas-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca19b998b95162148e4775</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:55:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_acad1b93cd8543a9a996ff46e262050c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_688,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I AM DIVINE (2013) Jeffrey Schwartz]]></title><description><![CDATA[Biopics are becoming a real genre, they are shot with skill and excellent scripts, seen and appreciated by the public and presented at film festivals. Among these there is certainly a place for this documentary on Divine: performer, actor/actress, singer, avant-garde artist, theatre interpreter. In the documentary itself, some of the witnesses refer to it as “ he ,” others as “ she .” Given that Glen ( his real name ) also wanted male parts and that Divine was just his character, I will refer...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/en/post/i-am-divine-2013-jeffrey-schwartz-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca199cd864a7c8415d541c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:55:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_a6b47098feab47caa63ba0336b9db007~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SOUNDLESS WIND CHIME (2009) Kit Hung]]></title><description><![CDATA[An enigmatic love story, filled with silences, unfolding across multiple time planes: past and present intersect, creating a single whole. This non-time is supported by the Eastern belief— repeatedly cited in the film —that a person, after their death, returns on the seventh day to say their goodbyes. Words are almost entirely lacking, and understanding the story isn't easy, even if you let the images lead you along and take you by the hand: you have to get to the end of the film to fully...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/en/post/soundless-wind-chime-2009-kit-hung-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca1971d65e8d699a50027b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:54:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_7a8969cc1d7644f287bb1079c9b458eb~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_750,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LOSE YOUR HEAD (2013) Patrick Schuckmann]]></title><description><![CDATA[The initial idea for the film comes from a news story: a boy, on holiday in Berlin, disappears after an evening at Berghain . Of all the nightclubs I've ever been to, this is undoubtedly my favorite: the music, the venue itself, and the people who frequent it. Everything is fantastic. So, I thought setting a movie there was a fantastic choice. The mysterious fate of the young Portuguese man, which was talked about in the newspapers, is fictionalized here through the character of Dimitri , a...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/en/post/lose-your-head-2013-patrick-schuckmann-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aca191acea6606df82ac5ae</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:53:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_c1653182c19342069598ed43c1e6d0f2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_706,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[BENEDICTION (2021) Terence Davies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visto a IFFR2022. Avevo visto (e apprezzato) A Quiet Passion, film che il regista aveva girato qualche anno fa sulla vita di Emily Dickinson, quindi ho trovato da principio piuttosto strana la scelta di fare un altro film su un poeta, questa volta Siegfrid Sassoon (sorprendente Jack Lowden nel ruolo del protagonista). Ci sono delle analogie tra i due film (il far narrare alcuna delle poesie dagli attori principali, cosa che ho detestato in entrambe le occasioni), ma molte anche le differenze....]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/post/benediction-2021-terence-davies</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac351a77babcebbad176a6a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:30:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_3f179712790e47ce90bb554e84da3d91~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_670,h_950,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAEZURU TORI WA HABATAKANI (2020) Kou Yoneda]]></title><description><![CDATA[Splendido anime in cui il protagonista è un yakuza masochista gay. Tratto da un manga, il film è incentrato sul personaggio di Yashiro, cinico oltre misura capo yakuza, che usoail sesso, anche estremo, per ogni sua interazione, che sia inerente al suo ruolo di mafioso, ma anche nei rapporti con tutte le altre persone. Come un Oscar Wilde quasi punk, volteggia per le strade di Tokyo, bullizando i suoi tirapiedi, soprattutto il suo autista, Chikara Doumeki, perdutamente innamorato di lui. Le...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/post/saezuru-tori-wa-habatakani-2020-kou-yoneda</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac21eed7babcebbad151bf4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:30:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_42b22883662347ddaf020180ef412853~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_566,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LONDON (2026) Marcio Picoli, Victor di Marco]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seen in Venice 83. Queer Lion 2026 Winner. London is a young Brazilian boy, bisexual, disabled, and quite poor. These prerogatives would already scare away most of us, cum fetishists, tired of watching films about hardship and poverty porn. Not to mention gender; even those who invented the woke movement have disavowed it. But the two directors ignore that and tell a story far removed from bombastic, high-flown, committed screenplays, sometimes bordering on pietism, but always very sober....]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/en/post/london-2026-marcio-picoli-victor-di-marco-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac8b62f6a2598698a2f874e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:39:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_0f589bb6c776499b836789567f642e56~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DARKER THAN MIDNIGHT (2014) Sebastiano Riso]]></title><description><![CDATA[Provincialism, a characteristic of Italian cinema that I usually can't stand, is one of the most successful things about this film. A fascinating and mysterious Catania is the setting for the wanderings of Davide, a very young boy who, to escape a family that doesn't welcome his homosexuality, decides to live on the streets with a group of other kids. In fact, the entire story is inspired by the life of Fuxia , a drag queen and popular activist in the Italian gay scene, one of the founders of...]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/en/post/darker-than-midnight-2014-sebastiano-riso</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac8b5bd8dc1f19db59ca50f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:37:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_e8e03203ff8c4b8b9830336f1bf1a60a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_420,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE WORLD TO COME (2020) Mona Fastvold]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visto a IFFR2021. Tratto da un racconto di Jim Shepard, che la scrittura sia sopraffina lo si deduce da una trama striminzita, che però regge per l'intera pellicola. Nell’America profonda di metà Ottocento, due donne vicine di fattoria iniziano un’amicizia che si trasforma in amore con la lentezza dei gesti normali scanditi dalla quotidianità. I mariti, intanto, hanno un atteggiamento diametralmente opposto rispetto alla storia delle rispettive mogli, che si avvia verso un finale tragico....]]></description><link>https://www.schermialternativi.com/post/the-world-to-come-2020-mona-fastvold</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac0cd21bcb2fe0919cfc166</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:30:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8429c9_9b90c70345a946a4b89ad95925dbd5ea~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Angelo Vianello</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>