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Recent reviews

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  Y Tu Mamá También 2001

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Feb 2025

  If Challengers (2024) is an intense study of love and ambition, Y Tu Mamá También is its older, freer-spirited parent, chasing desire down a freewheeling path. 

  This sun-drenched trip movie by Alfonso Cuarón follows two privileged teens from Mexico City, Julio (Gael García Bernal) and Tenoch (Diego Luna), as they embark on a spontaneous road trip to impress Luisa (Maribel Verdú), an enigmatic Spanish woman. 

  What begins as a carefree escape, passing through Mexico’s roadside taquerías, local bonds, and golden…

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  Paris, Texas 1984

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Feb 2025

  A reunion of hearts, where bonds restart. Paris, Texas isn’t just a Lana Del Rey song; it’s the story of Travis (Harry Dean Stanton), an emotionally adrift man emerging from the desert, attempting to piece together the fragmented relationships he left behind. Filmmaker Wim Wenders captures this tale through slow-paced shots and intimate, wordless exchanges, where vast empty landscapes mirror the emotional distance between Travis and the people he once loved. 

  The drifter and his estranged wife, Jane (Nastassja Kinski),…

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  An American in Paris 1951

  ★★★½ Watched 28 Jan 2025

  Vincente Minnelli’s musical, An American in Paris, entrances with its romance, artistry, and escapism blend. Gene Kelly shines as Jerry Mulligan, an American G.I. turned painter who tap-dances his problems away. Jerry falls for the gamine charms of Lise Bouvier (Leslie Caron), a shopgirl engaged to his friend, music hall star Henri Baurel (Georges Guétary).

  The city of Paris, though Hollywood-made, feels alive in lush Technicolor, where love reigns, dreams come true, and art thrives. Through intimate liaisons and a…

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  The Last Showgirl 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Jan 2025

  Pamela Anderson returns with The Last Showgirl. Inspired by the Jubilee! spectacle, director Gia Coppola captures the poignant unraveling of a glamorous dancer and her raison d’être. The film follows Shelly, a once-iconic dancer at “Le Razzle Dazzle,” as the closure of her beloved revue marks the end of her three-decade career and the start of a quest for a new purpose. Coppola’s use of 16 mm film evokes nostalgia, beautifully portraying the fading glamour of cabaret in Sin City. 

  Full review on The Concordian :))

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