Friday, May 9, 2025

Hector A. Gonzalez

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Movie Review (FCEPR 2023): ‘Sisterhood’ is Nothing But Smoke and Mirrors 

Director: Dina DumaWriters: Dina Duma and Martin IvanovStars: Antonija Belazelkoska, Mia Giraud, Marija Jancevska Synopsis: The friendship of two adolescent girls is threatened the moment they have to face the dire repercussions of...

Movie Review (FCEPR 2023): ‘A Brighter Tomorrow’ Continues Nanni Moretti’s Streak of Wearisome Pictures

Director: Nanni MorettiWriters: Francesca Marciano, Nanni Moretti, and Federica PontremoliStars: Nanni Moretti, Margherita Buy, Silvio Orlando Synopsis: A movie director struggles with his relationship with his family, and with his latest movie, about...

Movie Review: ‘Fingernails’ is More Form Than Function

Director: Christos NikouWriters: Christos Nikou, Sam Steiner, Stavros RaptisStars: Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White Synopsis: Anna and Ryan have found true love, and it's proven by a controversial new technology. There's...

Movie Review (NYFF 2023): ‘Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World’ is All Jokes

Director: Radu JudeWriter: Radu JudeStars: Nina Hoss, Dorina Lazar, Uwe Boll Synopsis: An overworked and underpaid production assistant has to shoot a workplace safety video commissioned by a multinational company. But an interviewee...

Movie Review (NYFF 2023): ‘Maestro’ is Pure Oscar Bait

Director: Bradley CooperWriters: Bradley Cooper and Josh SingerStars: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer Synopsis: This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. Even though Maestro...

Movie Review (NYFF 2023): ‘Strange Way of Life’ Focuses Only on the Looks

Director: Pedro AlmodóvarWriter: Pedro AlmodóvarStars: Pedro Pascal, Ethan Hawke, George Steane Synopsis: After twenty-five years Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend Sheriff Jake. They celebrate the meeting, but...

Movie Review (Venice Film Festival 2023): ‘El Conde’ Needs More Horror Bite

Director: Pablo LarraínWriters: Guillermo Calderón and Pablo LarraínStars: Alfredo Castro, Catalina Guerra, Paula Luchsinger Synopsis: Centers on Augusto Pinochet who is not dead but an aged vampire. After living 250 years in this...

Movie Review (Venice Film Festival 2023): ‘Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person’ Lacks Any Real Depth

Director: Ariane Louis-SeizeWriters: Christine Doyon and Ariane Louis-SeizeStars: Sara Montpetit, Noémie O’Farrell, Félix-Antoine Bénard Synopsis: Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she's too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents...

Hector A. Gonzalez

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