As I stand in the middle of my research about male bodies in the Italian cinema during the years of the lead for my master's program, I start writing a few resumes of what my thesis is going to look like for academic purposes. While I still have a lot of research to do, I'd … Continue reading Italian Cinema, Masculinity and Male Bodies: An Introduction
Marty Supreme Set Photos by Atsushi ‘Jima’ Nishijima
More than being the best movie of 2025 and featuring Timotheé Chalamet's best performance to date, Marty Supreme was also photographed by the Japanese still photographer Atsushi 'Jima' Nishijima, responsible for taking pictures of the behind-the-scenes of productions such as Bugonia, Stranger Things, The Materialists, Bird, and many other titles. With that, I've decided to … Continue reading Marty Supreme Set Photos by Atsushi ‘Jima’ Nishijima
The Best Movies of 2025
Here I am again with the post that practically keeps this website alive. But since I love making lists and have been publishing my favorite movies of the year since I was 14, 2025 couldn't be any different. And what a year for cinema it was, featuring not only great films but also important ones … Continue reading The Best Movies of 2025
São Paulo International Film Festival 2025
After covering the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, we covered the São Paulo International Film Festival with more than 20 movies in the course of two weeks. Here's everything we watched: "Sirat" by Oliver Laxe Oliver Laxe said his movie is a mixture of Mad Max, Easy Rider, and Stalker, and I couldn't agree … Continue reading São Paulo International Film Festival 2025
Rio de Janeiro Film Festival 2025
After eight years, Papiro & Mint went back to the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival to cover 20 movies over the course of nine days in the Botafogo neighbourhood. Here's everything we watched: "Orphan" by László Nemes It must be hard having an Academy Award-winning masterpiece such as Son of Saul as your feature debut, for … Continue reading Rio de Janeiro Film Festival 2025
What’s On My Shelf?
It's been almost four years since I last posted an article about What's In My Bag? but since I'm mostly talking about books, movies, and records, I've decided to start calling this What's On My Shelf?, and this is going to be a pretty good one considering the number of things I've neglected in writing … Continue reading What’s On My Shelf?
The Best Movies of 2024
It's that time of the year again! I was waiting to catch up on some films before posting this list, even though I haven't watched Nickel Boys and A Complete Unknown yet. Like, it's 2025 and they keep hiding films until the Oscars, and the only people who can watch them are critics and people … Continue reading The Best Movies of 2024
A Decade of Papiro & Mint: 10 Years in 10 Memorable Articles
In 2014 I created Papiro & Mint to talk about the photography books I started buying while I was living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ten years have now passed and the blog has become something entirely different. More than talking about movies through personalized lists, covering photographic books and editorials, and indicating bands and … Continue reading A Decade of Papiro & Mint: 10 Years in 10 Memorable Articles
The Best Movies of 2023
2023 was probably the year when I least wrote in Papiro & Mint, and this is probably the latest I have ever posted my list of best movies of the year, but guess what? Papiro & Mint turned 10 years old today! I'm so out of time that the only time I had to write … Continue reading The Best Movies of 2023
The Best Movies of 2022
It's that time of the year again! Even though I haven't seen some major films such as Babylon, The Whale, Women Talking, and some other major titles that many people are putting on their 2022 list, I've decided to share my final top 10 not only because I'm happy with this cannon but I also … Continue reading The Best Movies of 2022