Thursday, January 23, 2025

Hector A. Gonzalez

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Movie Review: Rebirth and Transformation in the Cold Beauty of Maura Delpero’s ‘Vermiglio’

Director: Maura DelperoWriter: Maura DelperoStars: Tommaso Ragno, Roberta Rovelli, Martina Scrinzi Synopsis: 1944, Vermiglio, a remote mountain village. The arrival of Pietro, a deserter, into the family of the local teacher, and his...

List: Hector Gonzalez’s Top 10 Films of 2024

The 2024 cinematic year was filled with contradictions, disappointments, mediocrity, and lackluster pictures. But, many visionary projects broke the medium’s conventions in fascinating ways. These contain a potent, sensory visual language curated...

Movie Review: ‘Babygirl’ is a Modern Revision of the Erotic Thriller by Halina Reijn

Director: Halina ReijnWriter: Halina ReijnStars: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas Synopsis: A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much-younger intern. The...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘The Damned’ Basks in the Silence of the Battlefield

Director: Roberto MinerviniWriter: Roberto MinerviniStars: Jeremiah Knupp, René W. Solomon, Timothy Carlson Synopsis: In the winter of 1862, during the Civil War, the U.S. Army sends a volunteer company to patrol the uncharted...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ is Too Safe and Not Quite Cinematic

Directors: R.J. Cutler, David FurnishStars: Elton John Synopsis: It showcases a never-before-seen concert footage of him over the past 50 years, as well as hand-written journals and present-day footage of him and his...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Grand Tour’ Magically Inspires

Director: Miguel GomesWriter: Telmo Churro, Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes, Mariana RicardoStars: Gonçalo Waddington, Crista Alfaiate, Claudio de la Silva Synopsis: Edward, civil servant, flees fiancee Molly on their wedding day in Rangoon, 1917....

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘The Room Next Door’ is More Loquacious Than Expressionistic

Director: Pedro AlmodóvarWriter: Pedro Almodóvar, Sigrid NunezStars: Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro Synopsis: Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Pepe’ is an Existential Journey of Pablo Escobar’s Cocaine Hippos

Director: Nelson Carlos de Los Santos AriasWriter: Nelson Carlos de Los Santos AriasStars: Jhon Narváez, Fareed Matjila, Steven Alexander Synopsis: A voice that claims to be from a hippopotamus. A voice that doesn't...

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