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24 Best Movies of 2024
Despite what many of my fellow critics have said, I think this was a fantastic year for film. With 2025 proposing many new challenges,...
michaelzendejas72
Dec 31, 202410 min read


Santosh (2024) Review
When the titular character’s husband dies in Sandhya Suri’s narrative-feature debut, she must take his job as a police constable to avoid...
michaelzendejas72
Dec 26, 20243 min read


Exclusive Interview with Flow (2024) Director Gints Zilbalodis
With many notable wins on the festival circuit complimenting a Best International Feature nomination, Flow has quickly become one of the...
michaelzendejas72
Dec 6, 20246 min read


Interview with Andrea Calao
Something I really appreciate about the Austin Film Festival is how many different types of movies one can encounter while attending....
michaelzendejas72
Nov 23, 20245 min read


Small Things Like These (2024) Review
Claire Keegan’s transcendent novelette feels like one of those books that’d pose serious challenges for adaptation. While its...
michaelzendejas72
Nov 19, 20245 min read


Austin Film Festival: Interview with John August
Twenty-five years ago, John August’s first script was made into a film. Directed and shot by Doug Liman, Go is a wild ride following a...
michaelzendejas72
Oct 30, 20246 min read


Dahomey (2024) Review
In A Dying Colonialism , Frantz Fanon details the cultural and political changes that emerged from the Algerians’ rejection of French...
michaelzendejas72
Oct 25, 20244 min read


Interview with Union Producer Mars Verrone
When Amazon's first labor union was established, workers around not just the US, but the world were given a spark of hope in times when...
michaelzendejas72
Oct 14, 20245 min read


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...
michaelzendejas72
Oct 10, 20244 min read


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...
michaelzendejas72
Oct 7, 20245 min read


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...
michaelzendejas72
Oct 6, 20245 min read


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...
michaelzendejas72
Oct 5, 20244 min read


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...
michaelzendejas72
Oct 3, 20248 min read


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...
michaelzendejas72
Oct 2, 20248 min read


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...
michaelzendejas72
Oct 1, 20245 min read


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...
michaelzendejas72
Sep 27, 20243 min read


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...
michaelzendejas72
Sep 26, 20244 min read


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...
michaelzendejas72
Sep 25, 20243 min read


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...
michaelzendejas72
Sep 23, 20247 min read


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...
michaelzendejas72
Sep 21, 20244 min read
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