First NYFF62 watch vs. rewatch:
-NYFF62 reaction: Hysterical comedy, frail romance, sexy thrills, and deep self-delusions, Anora is one of those entertaining crowd-pleasers that has it all in the right time, for the right cinephilia. In the center of it there's an incandescent performance by Mikey Madison as the title character (but she prefers to be called just "Ani"), a stripper and sex worker not entirely with a heart of gold, making a deal that could change her life, although…
Godard once said that "cinema is a fraud", so the only way to "criticize a movie is making another movie". Walk Hard is a perfect example of that and is a great comedy in that regard. However, many times you hear the saying: Hollywood always learns the wrong lessons from the success of certain films. We should add that some critics and cinephiles do the same when they feel "enlightened" by a good joke (the "Elaine from Seinfeld hating The…
Let's talk about CATS (spoiler-free).
Tonight I attended an "advance screening", which means to have the privilege of watching it for free before release. Also with the fortune of appreciating it before the reviews came out, reaffirming the sad critical collapse that was already predicted. Is truly a bad movie? A misunderstood one, maybe? Or is it beyond good and evil? I think that any film adaptation of this musical would have never been a critical triumph. Andrew Lloyd Webber's…
Venezuela’s official and well-deserved submission for foreign-language Oscar, "The Family" is a solid and strong debut.
Gustavo Rondón Córdova presents the family unit as the most human and steadfast resource against succumbing entirely to moral decay, and as the last space where Andrés (Giovanni García) and Pedro (Reggie Reyes) can find true loyalty, even if their understanding of each other is imperfect.
The film’s greatest virtue is the way it conveys Venezuelans’ hard situation without making a sensational statement. There…
