Articles for author: Ludovica Ottaviani

Why Are We So Addicted to Monsters?

by Ludovica Ottaviani

In Bologna, beneath its ancient porticoes where the voices of past and present still …

Analysing Frankenstein (2025): How del Toro Reimagines the Creature of Flesh and Celluloid

by Ludovica Ottaviani

There are complex dreams that risk crossing the line into obsession. Primordial Moby Dicks …

Ludovica Ottaviani

Ludovica Ottaviani is an Italian film and music critic, writer, and radio host with over fifteen years of experience in cinema and cultural journalism. She contributes to Rai Uno’s Cinematografo, hosts the podcast Daiquiri Corner and the radio segment Musica per Organi Caldi, and focuses on auteur cinema, transnational genre studies, and the poetics of myth and monstrosity. She is the author of the short-story collection Sotto il Sole della KaliFormia (Edizioni Haiku, 2021).

Why Are We So Addicted to Monsters?

Analysing Frankenstein (2025): How del Toro Reimagines the Creature of Flesh and Celluloid

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