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Escape from the Bronx 1983
Escape from the Bronx is grimier than its predecessor, 1990: The Bronx Warriors. The clean Carpenter-esque composition of the original is traded in for a more handheld style, and the amateur martial arts are now solely guns and bombs. This, coupled with the lack of goofy rollerblade and synchronized dance gangs work in the film’s favor. Escape from the Bronx is also leaner, moving from one action set piece to the next without any scene feeling drawn out—the kidnapping of the…
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Under the Cherry Moon 1986
Smooth. Every cut, transition, and needle drop in this film is smooth. If in Prince’s filmography, Purple Rain was his commercial hit, Under the Cherry Moon was his artistic masterpiece. I hope sometime soon this stylish gem gets reappraised, because it’s a tiramisu of a film if there ever was one. Yes, there is that same brand of wacky comedy that exists in Purple Rain, but this film blends it in better with the rom com, pop bliss, and tragedy…
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Under the Same Moon 2007
Yes I saw this in my Spanish class...and yes I also saw it over zoom. Under different circumstances maybe I would see the film differently, but for now I think I have a good idea about how I feel.
I wanna start off with the positives. A story about Latino lives, told by a Latina director and a Latina screenwriter. As a Mexican immigrant myself, I think it’s wonderful to see this kind of representation, especially on a topic like…
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Hello Cubans 1963
In Salut les Cubains, Agnès Varda paints a portrait of beautiful Cuba in the 1960’s. Just like in her other documentary short, Black Panthers—which portrays an important “Free Huey” protest from the Black Panther Party—Varda lets life play out in complete purity, without any judgement or bias. At the same time, she illuminates the story with a serene artistic power that few documentaries have.
Varda shows us the beauty of life in Cuba after the revolution, something the American media…
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