MarioYuwono is from Indonesia, but was born in Italy and attended school in Jakarta, Moscow, Berlin and Los Angeles. He has been obsessed with films ever since he saw his first movie at the age of five, and would go on to spend his younger years reading film encyclopedias and movie guides. Combined with a global upbringing rooted in greater social awareness, this drives him to be more observant of values promoted in films. He believes in cinema’s potential to enable greater empathy and meaningfully expand people’s horizons, in line with Hollywood Insider’s goal. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Screenwriting from California State University in Northridge. Aside from reporting on film, TV and culture, Mario also aspires to write for film and television, and is a strong believer in social change, equality and inclusion.
Photo: ‘Small Axe’/ Amazon Prime “If you are the big tree, we are the small axe”. That’s according to Bob Marley and the Wailers in their 1973 song “Small Axe”. While the song, based on a Jamaican proverb, was initially written as a metaphor for Marley...
Photo: ‘Anne with an E’ and ‘Sense8’/Netflix Cancelled Shows: On October 5th, it was announced that the fourth and final season of the Netflix female wrestling dramedy GLOW has been cancelled. The show’s creators said in a follow-up statement,...
Photo: ‘Killing Eve’/BBC America The spy thriller genre is one that’s quite male-dominated: the Mission: Impossible series, the Jason Bourne movies, Kingsman, and of course, James Bond. While there have been exceptions like La Femme Nikita, Red Sparrow,...
Photo: ‘His House’/Netflix Some of the best horror movies are those grounded in real-world fears. In Get Out, it’s the fear among oppressed minorities that our supposed allies don’t really care about us, and that we’re on our own. Strip away the sci-fi...
Photo: ‘Uncharted’/Sony Pictures Releasing Generally speaking, video game adaptations get a bad rap, and for good reason. While a few have been entertaining B-movies (the first Mortal Kombat and Tomb Raider movies), the rest is—putting it mildly—of very...
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