Pietro Bianchi

@pietrobianch1.bsky.social

Living between Gainesville (Florida) and Bergamo (Italy) | Assistant Professor in Film Studies and Critical Theory at the University of Florida | film critic at e-flux, Cineforum, Doppiozero, DinamoPress

My second and final dispatch from Cannes is out today on @eflux.bsky.social This time on Ari Aster,Spike Lee, Christian Petzold, Fatima Hassouna, the Tabor Collective, Jafar Panahi, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Bi Gan. See you next year Cannes. You’ve been good this time www.e-flux.com/notes/673042...

Cannes 2025 Dispatch, Pt. 2 - Notes - e-flux

Pietro Bianchi reflects on the unlikely endurance of the image, in the second of two reports from Cannes 2025.

e-flux.com

at an academic conference in columbus OH now. few hundred registered participants, 20% are not presenters. they are social service providers, endocrinologists, amazon wearhouse workers, here to soak up knowledge. people hunger for ideas, meaning, togetherness. fight for the freedom to learn!

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2y ago

Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.