It's a good story. I don't think there's any need to get too political about it, because at the end of the day it's fiction, and we seem to have forgotten how to simply enjoy a good piece of fiction. As a mexican I did not feel it disrespected the disappearance crisis or anything. As a piece of fiction I thought it was provoking, thrilling and daunting. As a musical I thought it was just horrible. So, I have to…
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Women Talking 2022
Sarah Polley's beautiful Women Talking is a poem in motion, an exercise in what it was like when people were able to live around the spoken word, when we were able to have discussions, to disagree, to listen and be listened. The relevance of issues that feel overwhelmingly current. The magnificent performances. The piercing recounting of barbaric acts. The underlying never yielding hope. The catastrophic consequences of any one decision that could be taken by these women, either doing nothing,…
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The Wife 2017
It’s getting more and more difficult these days to find stories as well written, directed and acted as “The Wife.” This gem of a film is a profound character exploration that managed to make me forget about script sctructure completely (which other screenwriters know is very hard to do when you live and breathe screenplays), and simply enjoy the intense psychological ride. There are a couple soft spots (narrative wise) that prevented me from going all 5-stars on this film,…
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El Día de la Unión 2018
“El día de la unión” está lejos de ser una obra maestra, y su director probablemente es de los personajes más detestados del cine mexicano en las redes, en los últimos meses, pero me parece un error garrafal juzgar una película por la personalidad de su creador. Cuando vean este filme, recuerden que en él, no solo participó Kuno Becker, fueron miles de personas que se dejaron un pedazo de su vida para lograr que cuando uno está en el…
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