fun exploration of the intellectual history of modernity (which I think they do better than in previous occasions) but a bit too profane around delicate topics for my liking, and at times overly-produced when the basic formula already works well
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Mirreyes contra Godínez 2: El retiro 2022
En un principio, me estaba pareciendo una gran película. Me impresionó la gran labor recuperar perspectivas que representan muchas esquinas—a menudo en conflicto con sí mismas—de la sociedad mestiza mexicana de una manera respetuosa, humorística y creativa. ¿En qué otra película encajas a una feminista lectora de Judith Butler con un Americanista de hueso colorado? La actuación de Carlos Ballarta me pareció excelente.
Sin embargo, la trama se torna propaganda zionista y de las fuerzas armadas de Israel de una manera que termina dejando mal sabor de boca. Me imagino que es por motivos de financiamiento. De todas maneras… 👎🏽
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World War Z 2013
Exemplifies what the global health security paradigm is. Protagonist is granted too much immunity. Good pre-covid era epidemiological movie that makes so much more sense in retrospect.
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Jurassic World Dominion 2022
Fun movie, enjoyable from perspectives in the environmental humanities. It's depiction of what technological interventions over life systems for the sake of profit can (and already does) look like is comprehensive and representative of contemporary ecological arrangements. I particularly enjoyed it's warning on GMO seeds, patents, and the risks these entail. I found this movie's attempt to represent the perils that STS (Science and Technology Studies) have been warning us of in the context of neoliberalism and the capitalocene (global…
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