Hector A. Gonzalez

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Movie Review (Locarno 2025): Radu Jude’s ‘Dracula’ Sinks Its Teeth Into AI and Capitalist Vampirism

Director: Radu JudeWriter: Radu JudeStars: Adonis Tanța, Gabriel Spahiu, Oana Mardare, Ilinca Manolache Synopsis: In modern-day Transylvania, vampire hunts and labor strikes collide with sci-fi twists, romance, and AI-crafted tales, as multiple storylines...

Movie Review (Locarno 2025): ‘Mare’s Nest’ Uses Words as Lifelines in a Crumbling World

Director: Ben RiversWriter: Ben RiversStars: Moon Guo Barker Synopsis: Moon journeys through a world without adults, encountering a sage and translator in a mountain hut. She meets various people who share performances, films,...

Movie Review (Locarno Film Festival 2025): The Past Refuses to Stay Buried in Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’

Director: Jafar PanahiWriter: Jafar PanahiStars: Vahid Mobassari, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi Synopsis: A small mishap triggers a chain reaction of ever-growing problems. Jafar Panahi is a punk filmmaker, not in the stylistic or aesthetic...

Movie Review (Locarno 2025): ‘Arco’ is an Imaginative, Albeit Too Sweet, Animation Picture

Director: Ugo BienvenuWriters: Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry Stars: Margot Ringard Oldra, Oscar Presanini, Nathanaël Perrot Synopsis: What if rainbows were actually time travelers flying across the sky? On his first flight through...

Movie Review (Locarno 2025): ‘Blue Heron’ Shows Images as Gateways to the Past and Family Memory

Director: Sophy RomvariWriter: Sophy RomvariStars: Eylul Goven, Amy Zimmer, Iringó Réti Synopsis: A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes...

Semaine de la Critique, Cannes 2025: Capsules

The Semaine de la Critique (or Critics’ Week) at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival had plenty of unrecognized gems. Every year, it tends to happen: this sidebar of the acclaimed festival often...

Quinzaine des Cinéastes: Cannes 2025: Capsules

Some of the most inspired and creative voices in modern cinema have debuted or premiered their films at the Cannes Film Festival sidebar Quinzaine des cinéastes (or Directors’ Fortnight). Although this isn’t...

Movie Review (Cannes 2025): In ‘Resurrection’, Bi Gan Reimagines the Language of Cinematic Dreams

Director: Bi GanWriters: Bi GanStars: Jackson Yee, Shu Qi, Mark Chao Synopsis: A woman's consciousness falls into an eternal time zone during a surgical procedure. Trapped in many dreams, she finds the corpse...

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