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Hector A. Gonzalez

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Movie Review (Berlinale 2024): ‘La Cocina’ Stages Too Many Dramas

Director: Alonso RuizpalaciosWriters: Alonso Ruizpalacios, Arnold WeskerStars: Kerry Ardra, María Fernanda Bosque, Raúl Briones Carmona Synopsis: Follows the life in the kitchen of a NYC restaurant where cultures from all over the...

Movie Review (Berlinale 2024): ‘The Outrun’ Needs a Faster Moving Story

Director: Nora FingscheidtWriters: Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot, Daisy LewisStars: Saoirse Ronan, Saskia Reeves, Stephen Dillane Synopsis: After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled...

Movie Review (Berlinale 2024): ‘The Visitor’ Provokes Repeatedly

Director: Bruce La BruceWriters: Alex Babboni, Victor Fraga, Bruce La BruceStars: Bishop Black, Macklin Kowal, Amy Kingsmill Synopsis: A refugee is among multiple identical men appearing around London. Masked as a homeless man,...

List: Hector Gonzalez’s Top 10 of 2023

Anyone who says 2023 wasn’t a good year in film hasn’t seen enough of them. The 2020s have been an excellent decade so far, cinema-wise. Each year that passes, we get more...

Movie Review: ‘Monster’ is a Truth Told in Three Touching Perspectives

Director: Kore-eda HirokazuWriter: Yuji SakamotoStars: Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa Synopsis: A mother demands answers from teacher when her son begins acting strangely. Hirokazu Kore-eda has adopted a more schmaltzy approach to telling...

Movie Review (FCEPR 2023): ‘About Dry Grasses’ is an Immaculate Character Study

Director: Nuri Bilge CeylanWriters: Akin Aksu, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge CeylanStars: Deniz Celiloglu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici Synopsis: A young teacher hopes to be appointed to Istanbul after mandatory duty at a small...

Movie Review (FCEPR 2023): ‘The Universal Theory is a Cluttered Combination of Film Noir and Sci-Fi

Director: Timm KrögerWriters: Roderick Warich and Timm KrögerStars: Jan Bulow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler Synopsis: The year of 1962. A physics congress in the Alps. An Iranian guest. A mysterious pianist. A bizarre...

Movie Review (FCEPR 2023): ‘Banel & Adama’ is a Beautiful and Artistic Debut by Ramata-Toulaye Sy

Director: Ramata-Toulaye SyWriters Ramata-Toulaye SyStars: Khady Mane, Mamadou Diallo, Binta Racine Sy Synopsis: A young couple in Senegal must contend with the disapproval of their remote village. After a series of award-winning short films,...

Hector A. Gonzalez

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