Thursday, February 13, 2025

Hector A. Gonzalez

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Locarno 2024: Capsule Reviews of ‘By the Stream’, ‘Moon’, ‘The Sparrow in the Chimney’

This year’s Locarno Film Festival hasn’t had enough buzz or outreach compared to the recent ones. It is unfortunate because it is lenient toward giving more opportunities to rising or less-recognized directors...

Locarno Film Festival 2024: Capsule Reviews of ‘Bogancloch’, ‘Dragon Dilatation’, ‘Transamazonia’

While it may be the least looked-at European festival out of the big four (Cannes, Berlinale, Venice), the Locarno is a fascinating film festival. It gives most of its program spaces to...

Movie Review (Locarno 2024): ‘REAL’ is a Flimsy, Yet Compelling Look At Hyper Connection

Director: Adele TulliWriter: Adele Tulli Synopsis: REAL aims to delve into the ongoing metamorphoses triggered by our relationship with digital technologies, through an associative mosaic of stories, shedding light on different aspects of living...

Movie Review (Locarno 2024): ‘Mexico 86’ is Full of Endearment and Understanding

Director: Cesar DiazWriter: Cesar DiazStars: Bérénice Bejo, Fermín Martínez, Leonardo Ortizgris Synopsis: A Guatemalan activist battles a corrupt dictatorship in 1976 and flees to Mexico, leaving her son. Ten years later he joins...

Movie Review (Locarno 2024): ‘A Woman is a Woman’ Revisited and Restored

Director: Jean-Luc GodardWriters: Geneviève Cluny, Jean-Luc GodardStars: Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo Synopsis: An exotic dancer is desperate to become a mother and accepts her reluctant boyfriend's suggestion that she be impregnated...

Movie Review: ‘Kinds of Kindness’ is a Giant Step Backwards For Lanthimos

Director: Yorgos LanthimosWriter: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis FilippouStars: Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, Margaret Qualley Synopsis: A man seeks to break free from his predetermined path, a cop questions his wife's demeanor after her return...

Quinzaine des cineastes, Cannes 2024: Capsule Reviews of ‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’, ‘Savanna of the Mountain’, and ‘Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed’

Created in 1968 by the French Directors Guild, the Quinzaine des cineastes (formerly known as the Quinzaine des réalisateurs), or the Directors Fortnight, aids filmmakers from around the world and contributes to...

Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2024: Capsule Reviews of ‘Holy Cow’, ‘The Story of Souleymane’, and ‘When the Light Breaks’

The Un Certain Regard (translated to “a certain glance”) section of the Cannes Film Festival offers a lens into the perspectives of the world. This section mainly consists of filmmakers on the...

Hector A. Gonzalez

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