Giuseppe Ghigi taught History of Italian Cinema at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and has long focused on the relationship between cinema and history. He contributes as a film critic to national newspapers and specialist journals, and is the author of several monographs on directors and actors, as well as essays on film genres and the language of cinema. He has served several times as a selector for the Venice International Film Critics’ Week. His latest book is Si salvi chi può! Cinema, apocalisse e altri disastri (Marsilio, 2022).