Dave Valbuena

Dave Valbuena

Favorite films

  • The Red Shoes
  • Spirited Away
  • Billy Elliot
  • Phantom Thread

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  • La Cocina

    ★★★½

  • Big World

    ★★★★★

  • Chained for Life

    ★★★

  • Vox Lux

    ★★½

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  • La Cocina

    La Cocina

    ★★★½

    Maybe a better ending? I don’t know but La Cocina’s closing sequence stopped me from liking this film more than I was expecting, either way I think it was a chaotic yet so funny and enjoyable depiction of the immigrant experience and the hard work laborers who still struggle with making their American Dream come to fruition.

  • Big World

    Big World

    ★★★★★

    My heart shattered so hard with Big World. It’s a heartbreaking yet highly poignant and hopeful coming-of-age movie.

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  • The Great Lillian Hall

    The Great Lillian Hall

    ★★★★

    Jessica Lange can do no wrong, still one of the greatest actresses in the industry

  • Queer

    Queer

    ★★★★★

    When a movie isn’t for you, it just isn’t for you—end of story. But Queer? That’s my favorite damn movie in Guadagnino’s entire catalog, period. I was absolutely blown away by every aspect of it: it’s comedic, dramatic, tragic, symbolic, psychological, psychedelic… you name it. I felt everything—every single emotion it conveyed. Fuck it, I even felt like I drank that fucking Yage drink myself.

    I’m not a massive Daniel Craig fan, but damn! This movie proves he’s one of…