Movie critic for "Il Manifesto" from 1977 to 2012, he directed the culture supplement Alias until 2012. Book titles to his credit include Il cinema contro di Alberto Grifi, Da Hollywood a Cartoonia, Il Ciotta Silvestri (Cinema - Film e generi che hanno fatto la storia) and Il film del secolo. He is director of the Sulmonacinema Film Festival and conductor of the Radio 3 Hollywood Party radio program. He curates the "Illegal and wanted" series for Raro Video and contibutes to the daily "pagina99".
