Saverio Raimondo

Saverio, that’s right

Only painters and slackers like an extra sixty minutes of daylight. The farce of daylight saving time

What’s happening on Sunday 25 October – do we have to turn the clocks back an hour or not? Good reasons to oppose the legalisation of daylight saving time

Saverio Raimondo

7 OCT 26

Saverio, that’s right

From Crosetto to Mancini, our problem is always the defence: Calafiori needs to learn how to shoot

Let us enlist Kayode and Pio Esposito; they can set aside their football boots and participate in this ‘world cup’ (meaning the Third World War). We will remain here, comfortably waving our flags—or Conte’s white pocket square.

Saverio Raimondo

30 SEP 26

Saverio, that’s right

Dear unreliable girl, I shall console your heart, broken by Tajani’s son

You can dress however you like; after all, whatever you wear is merely a superfluous adornment that I hope you will wish to remove as soon as possible. Open letter

Saverio Raimondo

23 SEP 26

Saverio, that’s right

So, is artificial intelligence dangerous? Let’s ask ChatGPT

Your closest friends are planting bombs outside your house, let alone machines whose only connection to a mother is a circuit board. What other prophet of doom must come along to sound the trumpet and make us realise that we need to enjoy ourselves whilst it lasts?

Saverio Raimondo

16 SEP 26

Lido Raimondo

Films that are too long – you have to know when to cut: in art as in life

Personalised tickets, meticulously crafted masks, a couple of kicks at the ball, the celebrations and the VIP area. Venetian scenes that have been left out of the daily news reports

Saverio Raimondo

14 SEP 26

Lido Raimondo

At last, people can dance in Venice without breaking a sweat.

Cold and rainy weather has accompanied the Festival as it draws to a close. However, participants have managed to secure meals, despite the challenges posed by inflation and ongoing conflicts.

Saverio Raimondo

11 SEP 26

Lido Raimondo

Diary of a boor at La Fenice in Venice, featuring attacks on waiters and a touch of shame

Short films, long talks and a plate of risotto (very good, with orange zest) eaten voraciously

Saverio Raimondo

11 SEP 26

Lido Raimondo

In Venice, it’s the year of the festivals – for those who are up to it

The dancefloor on the Rolling Stone boat, the set design at Vanity Fair and the lavish buffet at the Amazon Prime cocktail party. It takes a certain calibre

Saverio Raimondo

10 SEP 26

LIDO RAIMONDO

Farewell, world, I’m off to see Luca Guadagnino

A practical guide to surviving Luca Guadagnino’s endless and magnificent new work, “Joie de vivre. Notes, thoughts, words, reflections, faces and visions on Bernardo Bertolucci and 20th-century cinephilia that no longer exists”, whose title is worthy of its length

Saverio Raimondo

8 SEP 26

LIDO RAIMONDO

Forget those boring, pretentious artists – at the Lido, they know how to party too

As far as its public image is concerned, Italian cinema may well be at the mercy of the times we live in, but when it comes to celebrating, no war or threat to democracy can stand in the way

Saverio Raimondo

8 SEP 26

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