A journalist, film critic festival director and radio host, he worked 40 years at the daily newspaper il manifesto and was head of the cultural supplement Alias until 2012, writing about cinema later for Alfabeta.2, Pagina99 and FilmTv. He has been host of Radiotre's Hollywood Party program for more than 20 years. One of the founders of the historic Roman film club Il Politecnico and among the animators of the Nicolinian Summer, he has written 'From Hollywood to Toontown,' 'Movie Machines,' 'The Ciotta-Silvestri Cinema,' and 'Perverse Dolls.' He has taught at various universities and was a member of the selection committee of the Venice Film Festival..
