All We Imagine as Light (2024) Review
I became very excited to see Payal Kapadia’s newest offering after it gained so much acclaim at Cannes, where it became the first Indian...
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6 days ago5 min
Exclusive Interview with Direct Action Co-Director Ben Russell
I was excited about this French documentary the second I read its synopsis, so I couldn’t be more excited to speak with one of its...
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michaelzendejas72
Oct 65 min
In Defense of Megalopolis (2024)
It’s been a week since I’ve seen Francis Ford Coppola’s latest epic sci-fi drama, and I’m still debating whether it was a masterpiece or...
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michaelzendejas72
Oct 54 min
In the Summers (2024) Review
Right before Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio’s Sundance darling begins, a title card lets viewers know the portions in Spanish were...
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michaelzendejas72
Oct 38 min
My October Watchlist
Normally, this list would consist of 31 movie recommendations based on movies I’ve already seen, but instead I thought it’d be more...
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michaelzendejas72
Oct 28 min
Exclusive Interview with The Sealed Soil Restorationist Jillian Borders
New York Film Festival is not only where some of the best films to release this year are screened, but is also a great place to see some...
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michaelzendejas72
Oct 15 min
The Wild Robot (2024) Review
It’s funny to think how little thought has historically been paid to animated movies, especially those made for children. This seems to...
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michaelzendejas72
Sep 273 min
By the Stream (2024) Review
Readers of this blog will know I’m a huge fan of Hong Sang-soo; so, I couldn’t have been more excited to learn the Korean auteur was...
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michaelzendejas72
Sep 264 min
The Substance (2024) Review
What first drew me to Coralie Fargeat’s sophomore feature is the mythology surrounding it: gruesome tales of people passing out in the...
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michaelzendejas72
Sep 253 min
New York Film Festival: Anora (2024) Review
The return of Sean Baker is not to be taken lightly. After thrilling us with 2021’s Red Rocket , this newest offering continues to build...
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michaelzendejas72
Sep 237 min
New York Film Festival: Exclusive Interview with Director Nicolás Pereda
Nicolás Pereda’s latest offering, Lázaro at Night , deals with three actors in a love triangle struggling with the line between their...
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michaelzendejas72
Sep 214 min
New York Film Festival: Happyend (2024) Review
For millions of people, the end of high school represents a kind of apocalypse where the frivolities of childhood are replaced with...
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michaelzendejas72
Sep 205 min
New York Film Festival: The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) Review
Mohammad Rasoulof made a big splash at Cannes with this latest offering, having to sneak out of Iran and travel by road for almost a...
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michaelzendejas72
Sep 194 min
New York Film Festival: The Brutalist (2024) Review
Don’t let the most recent wave of hype fool you: Brady Corbet’s newest epic historical drama is what Mao would call a paper tiger. It may...
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michaelzendejas72
Sep 83 min
My Old Ass (2024) Review
One of the hardest parts about aging is thinking of everything you could have done, everything you should have done. But chasing the...
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michaelzendejas72
Sep 63 min
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) Review
After more than three and a half decades, Tim Burton has finally provided audiences with a follow-up to his iconic 1988 comedy-horror....
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michaelzendejas72
Aug 173 min
Top 10 Sports Films
The Olympics has come and gone, but it did leave me thinking about my favorite sports movies. This list is obviously not exhaustive, nor...
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michaelzendejas72
Aug 144 min
Alien: Romulus (2024) Review
When I first heard about another addition to the Alien franchise, I was skeptical to say the least. We live in the era of reboots and...
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michaelzendejas72
Jul 53 min
Maxxxine (2024) Review
From the grindhouse style of X (2022) to the technicolor nightmare that was Pearl (2022), it’s clear Ti West’s X trilogy has been a fun,...
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michaelzendejas72
Jun 293 min
Kinds of Kindness (2024) Review
Less than half a year after winning four Oscars for Poor Things (a movie that I hated), Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone are back. This...
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