Alfonso Mastrantonio

Alfonso Mastrantonio

Movie buff, former cinema student, once an aspirant film critic, now tv professional.

Favorite films

  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Umberto D.
  • Rushmore
  • The Prestige

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  • Manchester by the Sea

    ★★½

  • Marriage Story

    ★★★½

  • Sicario

    ★★★★

  • Living on One Dollar

    ★★★½

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  • Manchester by the Sea

    Manchester by the Sea

    ★★½

    Tried a little bit too hard to rip my crying soul out of my body...

    (i think the unironic use of Albinoni's Adagio should be banned from soundtracks, but that's just me, I get it...)

  • Marriage Story

    Marriage Story

    ★★★½

    Marvelously crafted and acted, moving plot in which everybody will find a piece of his/her own troubled love stories.

    Still, what I found somehow problematic is:

    Noah Baumbach's movie inspired by the end of his parents' marriage:
    (The Squid and the Whale, 2005)
    Mom and dad are insensitive self-centered narcisists that don't understand their children suffer for their decisions

    Noah Baumbach's movie inspired by the end of his marriage:
    Mom and Dad are loving parents whose love story is torn…

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  • Living on One Dollar

    Living on One Dollar

    ★★★½

    These guys did the reckless and idealistic kind of thing everyone dreams to do as a 20 years old student: they went to Guatemala to experience what it means to live under the poverty threshold, settling for two months in a village of farmworkers. 2 economy students and 2 filmmakers, living on an irregular budget of 1 dollar a day per person. The movie is just 50 minutes long but manage to show you all is needed to move you…