Gonçalo Trindade

Gonçalo Trindade

Favorite films

  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • In Front of Your Face
  • Cloud Atlas

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  • 12 Angry Men

    ★★★★★

  • Adolescence

    ★★★★½

  • I'm Still Here

    ★★★

  • Anora

    ★★★★

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  • 12 Angry Men

    12 Angry Men

    ★★★★★

    Finally saw it. I gasped at least five times. Hadn’t been in literal awe of a film like this in a very, very long time. Sidney Lumet really was one of the best to ever do it.

  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

    ★★★★½

    Technically incredible (can’t even imagine the work and rehearsal that went into this) and emotionally nuanced, complex and devastating. Very realistic and impactful in the topics it approaches, and each scene, each character feels real. The entire cast will probably win every award there is later in the year, everyone here is perfect. TV doesn’t get much better than this.

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★

    Saw this at the Berlinale with Bong, Robert Pattinson, Toni Collette and the rest of the cast in attendance, which felt like a privilege. I love Bong, so it was special to be there.

    Unfortunately, the film itself is easily his worst (alongside his first, Barking Dogs Never Bite). Do you know that edit of Blade Runner the studio forced Harrison Ford to do, with the voice over? That’s what this feels like. The editing, the soundtrack, the dialogue, everything…

  • Through the Graves the Wind Is Blowing

    Through the Graves the Wind Is Blowing

    ★★★★½

    Funny, fascinating and powerful, analysing the past to draw parallels with the present—with very effective, harrowing results. Travis does a lot with very little, creating some really amazing moments and some very visually arresting images. Absolutely excellent.

    And a note to Wilkinson, who today at the world premiere at the Berlinale used his q&a at the end to give the stage to a young girl from Gaza who gave an incredible, moving speech—resulting, as it was unfortunately to be expected,…