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Eliecer's Favorite Films

217 films

Mixtape order.

  • Gregorio
  • Meeting of little men
  • Sueños lejanos
  • Miss Universe in Peru
  • Paths of liberation

The Films of Grupo Chaski, Ranked

10 films

"We are a non-profit civic association that has been working since 1982 in the field of audiovisual production and dissemination…

  • The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
  • The Age of the Medici
  • The Messiah
  • India: Matri Bhumi
  • Journey to Italy

The Films of Roberto Rossellini, Ranked

33 films

“There is nothing in his films that belongs to literature or to poetry, not even a trace of “the beautiful”…

  • It Happened in Hualfin
  • Las AAA son las tres armas: Carta abierta de Rodolfo Walsh a la junta militar
  • Mexico: The Frozen Revolution
  • The Traitors
  • They Kill Me If I Don't Work and If I Work They Kill Me

The Films of Raymundo Gleyzer and Cine de la Base, Ranked

13 films

"When we hold the position that cinema is a weapon, many comrades respond that the camera is not a rifle,…

  • Man with a Movie Camera
  • A Sixth Part of the World
  • Kino Eye
  • Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin
  • Kino-Pravda No. 19: A Movie-Camera Race Moscow – Arctic Ocean

The Films of Dziga Vertov and the Kinoks, Ranked

12 films

"We call ourselves kinoks—as opposed to “cinematographers,” a herd of junkmen doing rather well peddling their rags.

We see no…

  • Rosewood
  • Following the tracks of Che

He said my voice was like a can(n)on – 2023

2 films

Films seen for the first time in 2023 that have become favorites and part of my personal canon. Ranked by…

  • The Guns
  • The Hour of the Furnaces
  • The Courage of the People
  • They Kill Me If I Don't Work and If I Work They Kill Me
  • The Traitors

Militant South American Cinema

15 films

Militant cinema as a reaction to capitalist imperialism (e.g., Operation Condor) and as a display of the romantic side of…

  • 79 Springs
  • LBJ
  • The Tiger Leaps and Kills, But It Will Die... It Will Die...
  • Now!
  • April in Vietnam in the Year of the Cat

The Films of Santiago Alvarez, Ranked

18 films

"I began to study medicine, I studied for two years but I left it because my family couldn't afford it.…

  • Following the tracks of Che
  • Paco Yunque
  • Tim Buckley: My Fleeting House
  • Soy Andina
  • Peru's 10km Wall of Shame: Rich and Poor Divided
  • White Hunter, Black Heart
  • Honkytonk Man
  • Unforgiven
  • A Perfect World
  • The Bridges of Madison County

The Films of Clint Eastwood, Ranked

39 films

"The Hennessy Line ran right along over there. Stretching from horizon to horizon. (What're you talking about, Grandpa?) The Run!…

  • One Way or Another
  • On the Other Island
  • And... We've Got Sabor
  • About Extra Hours and Volunteer Work
  • I'm Going to Santiago

The Films of Sara Gómez, Ranked

12 films

"This young person, Sarita Gómez, makes didactic films. She will dance for us accompanied by other filmmakers and an actress,…

  • The Long Gray Line
  • The Long Voyage Home
  • Wagon Master
  • My Darling Clementine
  • Steamboat Round the Bend

The Films of John Ford, Ranked

64 films

“John Ford should be understood as the product of a ghettoized racial minority which, during his lifetime, went from being…