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Hector A. Gonzalez

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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...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘It’s Not Me’ is a Dreamy and Personal Essay

Director: Leos CaraxWriter: Leos CaraxStars: Leos Carax, Denis Lavant, Nastya Golubeva Carax Synopsis: A self-portrait of the director and his oeuvre, revisiting in free-form more than 40 years of the author's filmography. One of...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Scénarios’ (and ‘Exposé du film annonce du film “Scénario”’), Jean-Luc Godard’s Cinematic Farewell and Warning

Director: Jean-Luc GodardWriter: Jean-Luc GodardStars: Jean-Luc Godard Synopsis: The story explores genesis and decline through fragmented notes and images, haunted by death. The second part depicts the director completing his farewell work, a...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Afternoons of Solitude’ is Daring and Ambitious

Director: Albert SerraWriter: Albert SerraStars: Roberto Dominguez, Francisco Manuel Duran, Antonio Gutierrez Synopsis: Explores the spiritual pain of bullfighting, the tormented torero in a ring, one of the most excessive and graphic examples...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Maria’ Breaks Larraín’s Spell

Director: Pablo LarraínWriter: Steven KnightStars: Angelina Jolie, Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino Synopsis: Follows the life story of the world's greatest opera singer, Maria Callas, during her final days in 1970s Paris. Pablo Larraín is one...

Movie Review (Venice 2024): ‘Pavements’ Hands Out Deserved Flowers

Director: Alex Ross PerryWriters: Stephen Malkmus, Alex Ross PerryStars: Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kanberg, Joe Keery Synopsis: Documentary about the American indie band Pavement, which combines scripts with documentary images of the band and...

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