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1/4
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Tick, Tick... Boom!
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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This movie sucks and not because I watched after West Side Story (I could have watched afterBlack Widow). It sucks because Miranda has no sense of the cinematic space.
Posted Dec 12, 2021
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4/4
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West Side Story
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Spielberg makes us forget the earlier version from 1961.
Posted Dec 11, 2021
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1/4
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House of Gucci
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Not even Lady Gaga could save this mess.
Posted Dec 05, 2021
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1/4
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Io sto bene
(2020)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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The movie starts off very well and the acting is pretty good, but the shift between past and present doesn't make much sense. Messy, to say the least.
Posted Dec 02, 2021
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3/4
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Titane
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A vibrant provocation that ends up as a moving love story with an odd couple of father and daughter ... or son.
Posted Dec 02, 2021
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1/4
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Encanto
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Too bad this was Disney's 60th animated movie. A story written under the guidance of the most conventional algorithm and eight perfectly forgettable songs. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Nov 27, 2021
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2.5/4
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Brother's Keeper
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A good social and youth melodrama that cannot and does not want to hide the influence of Abbas Kiarostami's cinema.
Posted Nov 25, 2021
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2.5/4
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A Son
(2019)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A remarkable debut by Mehdi, an extraordinary performance by Sami Bouajila. Of the best of Arab cinema seen last year.
Posted Nov 20, 2021
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2.5/4
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The Power of the Dog
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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The Power of the Dog, eighth feature film by the Oscar-winning New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion, belongs to that strange category of films whose hidden meaning is defined in his last scene. Sometimes even in his last image.
Posted Nov 19, 2021
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3/4
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The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A small movie in which apparently not much happens until you realize that everything has happened and that you cannot forget it.
Posted Nov 17, 2021
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2/4
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Some Beasts
(2019)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A film that is sometimes difficult to watch and, at the same time, difficult to take your eyes off the screen.
Posted Nov 16, 2021
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2/4
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Night Raiders
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A solid dystopian drama that, as is often the case with formula, is more about the present than the future.
Posted Nov 14, 2021
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2.5/4
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Strawberry Mansion
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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An imaginative and charming film not despite its financial limitations but, in part, because of them.
Posted Nov 13, 2021
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1/4
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Drunken Birds
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Multiple movies for one ticket. Some are interesting, others not much. Good musical selection, no doubt.
Posted Nov 12, 2021
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3.5/4
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The Shadow of the Tyrant
(1960)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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The greatest political thriller in the history of Mexican cinema.
Posted Nov 12, 2021
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2/4
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The Closet
(2020)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A solid horror film that also works as a powerful social denunciation. The worst horrors are not supernatural.
Posted Nov 11, 2021
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3.5/4
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
(1969)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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What has happened to Hollywood cinema that it seems impossible that a movie like this could be produced today? Spoiler: Hollywood infantilism.
Posted Nov 10, 2021
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3.5/4
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
(1933)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Did you know that some of Dr. Mabuse's monologues were taken from actual Hitler speeches?
Posted Nov 10, 2021
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4/4
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I Vitelloni
(1953)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Masterpiece. Its influence can be seen everywhere, from Mean Streets to Pixar.
Posted Nov 06, 2021
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1/4
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Annette
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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What a frustrating movie. I understand why there are people who do not like musicals.
Posted Nov 03, 2021
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2.5/4
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Sorry We Missed You
(2019)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A vibrant and emotional indictment about the consequences of the gig-economy within a middle class family. Loach directs like he's young and pissed off.
Posted Oct 28, 2021
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1/4
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Land
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A bland melodrama about a woman who isolates herself in the mountains of Wyoming to seek to survive a certain personal trauma. Impeccable landscape photography, good performances and a real waste of time.
Posted Oct 26, 2021
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1.5/4
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Halloween Kills
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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The movie has some good ideas but after the interesting reboot of 2018, this second part of the final (?) Halloween trilogy is a disappointment. But entertaining.
Posted Oct 24, 2021
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1/4
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Dune
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A spectacular but empty film. A single scene from David Lynch's failed version - Kenneth McMillan floating in the air and laughing wickedly - is more cinema than this entire movie.
Posted Oct 24, 2021
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2/4
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Halloween
(2018)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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The best Halloween installment since the original movie.
Posted Oct 24, 2021
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1/4
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Fuego Adentro
(2020)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Even at its 80-minute length, the story feels long, especially at the beginning, in its contemplative ramblings.
Posted Oct 21, 2021
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1/4
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Dune
(1984)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Of course, this movie is very flawed. But Kenneth McMillan laughing, preying on his victims and floating in the air ... I saw this movie at the premiere and I have never forgotten those images. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Oct 20, 2021
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3/4
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Sweet Smell of Success
(1957)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A movie that could have been made yesterday. The corruption that he portrays is still so rampant and perhaps it is worse because now these types of characters do not have the power they had.
Posted Oct 18, 2021
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2.5/4
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Who's Stopping Us
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Made over five years, this semi-fictional chronicle about a group of eight Spaniards who pass from adolescence to early youth, ends in the midst of a pandemic. A fascinating time capsule.
Posted Oct 17, 2021
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3/4
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Halloween
(1978)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Halloween is still the best slasher in movie history.
Posted Oct 16, 2021
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1/4
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The Last Duel
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Didactic and repetitive, although Ben Affleck seems to have had a lot of fun. And the duel is exciting, I have to accept it. But stop mentioning Rashomon, please.
Posted Oct 16, 2021
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1.5/4
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The Night House
(2020)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Well directed and with a remarkable performance by Rebeca Hall. Not even the inconsistent ending manages to sink the film.
Posted Oct 12, 2021
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1/4
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The Many Saints of Newark
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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The most interesting thing is the way in which it underlines the obvious: this whole family is nothing more than a bunch of sociopaths willing to kill each other. They are criminals, but unlike the original Sopranos, they are never that interesting.
Posted Oct 11, 2021
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2/4
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Norm Macdonald: Hitler's Dog, Gossip, & Trickery
(2017)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Macdonald's rhythm can be confusing: he interrupts himself without any justification, until one realizes that everything is perfectly planned so that the joke settles and we keep laughing while we ruminate on the meaning of its impassive punch-lines.
Posted Oct 10, 2021
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2/4
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Dave Chappelle: The Closer
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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What is the function of the court jester? Tell the truth. Sure, it makes us laugh too, but the laughter caused by the jester's ridiculous behavior is usually a poisoned apple. Dave Chappelle is a good court jester.
Posted Oct 09, 2021
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1/4
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The Belly of the Sea
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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This movie works more like an experimental theater piece. I wish Villaronga had made it that way. In this way, surely I would not have seen it.
Posted Oct 09, 2021
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2.5/4
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Night of the Kings
(2020)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A prison drama like you have never seen, more interested in the act of telling stories than in the stories that take place inside the prison.
Posted Oct 07, 2021
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1/4
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Blue Moon
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A well-intentioned film but chaotic in form and substance. What was the San Sebastián Jury thinking?
Posted Oct 07, 2021
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2/4
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Fool's Paradise
(1921)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A delirious and exotic melodrama in the best style of Cecil B De Mille where it is clear that there is no possible competition against a self-sacrificing Mexican woman.
Posted Oct 06, 2021
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2/4
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The Night
(2020)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Although the story is quite derivative - and surely the "fault" of the woman will raise the eyebrows of any feminist in the audience - the truth is that the director Ahari delivers a very effective horror film.
Posted Oct 03, 2021
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3/4
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The Sacred Spirit
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A dark comedy directed with undeniable formal control and a penchant for the strange and unexpected. A cinematic UFO.
Posted Oct 03, 2021
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3/4
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No Time to Die
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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A great closing for the cycle of films starring Daniel Craig and one of the best James Bond films in the history of the franchise.
Posted Oct 02, 2021
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2/4
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And Then We Danced
(2019)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Gelbakhiani, a dancer with no previous acting experience, is sensational as the young gay man discovering himself, overjoyed at finding love while dancing.
Posted Sep 30, 2021
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1.5/4
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Arab Blues
(2020)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Farahani's charisma and the competent performance of the extended cast are the high points of this conventional but entertaining comedy.
Posted Sep 30, 2021
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2/4
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Haruhara-san's Recorder
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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What Sachi needs is not our morbid curiosity but our empathy. With her discreet and delicate style, Sugita achieves this goal. You end up wishing the best for that girl; you want to hug her to tell her that everything is going to be okay.
Posted Sep 29, 2021
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3/4
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Returning to Reims
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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This film directed and edited by Jean-Gabriel Périot, it moves and sways gracefully, crossing the boundaries between personal memory, historical reflection and social chronicle.
Posted Sep 29, 2021
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2.5/4
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Hit the Road
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Panah Panahi is a worthy son of his father but his debut as a filmmaker shows that he is capable of letting go of his father's influence to build his own path. A road movie as funny as it is moving.
Posted Sep 28, 2021
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2/4
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Crisis
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Three intersecting stories - in the style of the far superior Traffic - about the opioid pandemic in the United States, directed with skill and with a competent cast. Unfairly relegated by problems not really related to the quality of the film.
Posted Sep 24, 2021
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1.5/4
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CODA
(2021)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Not bad, the actors are very convincing but, I insist, is there no way for the gringos to read subtitles and watch the original films? In this case, La famille Bélier, was a much better movie.
Posted Sep 24, 2021
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2.5/4
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The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo
(2020)
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Ernesto Diezmartinez
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Thorough and outrageous dismantling of the ineptitude, incapacity and complicity of the Mexican State in an emblematic case of the unpunished femicide of a young girl and the subsequent triple murder of her mother.
Posted Sep 24, 2021
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