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Spoiler-Free Review for Brahmāstra: Part One—Shiva (2022)
From his coming-of-age debut, Wake Up Sid (2009), to the romantic comedy-drama follow-up, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), the films of...
michaelzendejas72
Sep 14, 20223 min read
Stream of the Week
Originally titled Comacheria, this week’s best stream is a thrilling critique of capitalism, colonialism, and how one feeds into the...
michaelzendejas72
Sep 10, 20223 min read
Emily the Criminal (2022) Review
Known for the deadpan hilarity she brings to off-beat comedies like Life After Beth (2014) and Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), Aubrey Plaza...
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Sep 6, 20223 min read
In Defense of Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
The English-language debut of director Halina Reijn has already been widely revered, but there appears to be a large portion of both...
michaelzendejas72
Sep 4, 20223 min read
Top 10 Watches for August, 2022
With August already in the rear-view, here are my 10 favorite watches from last month! 11. Chicano Love is Forever (1977) - ...
michaelzendejas72
Sep 1, 20224 min read
The Arc of History: Prey (2022)
After premiering to mixed reviews in 1987, no one could’ve predicted that Predator’s impact would last as long as it has. There were some...
michaelzendejas72
Aug 9, 20223 min read
Stream of the Week
Sebastian Meise’s a director that clearly has thematic obsessions: memory, time and human connection are present in each of the works...
michaelzendejas72
Aug 1, 20222 min read
NOPE: Spoiler-Free Review
Despite the critical and financial success of Jordan Peele’s debut, Get Out (2017), and sophomore effort, Us (2019), Peele’s newest...
michaelzendejas72
Jul 22, 20222 min read
Spoiler-free Review: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)
I think it’s easy to say Dean Fleischer-Camp’s feature-length directing debut, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, is maybe the most...
michaelzendejas72
Jul 7, 20222 min read
Best Movies of 2022 (So Far...)
With June finally in the rearview, we are officially halfway through the year (yikes), so I thought it’d be useful to recap some of the...
michaelzendejas72
Jul 5, 20223 min read
10 Movies for Pride Month
By no means is this an exhaustive list, but I do think each one of these movies has something important to say about very relevant...
michaelzendejas72
Jun 28, 20223 min read
Stream of the Week
Until watching this film, I was completely unfamiliar with the work of Indian filmmaker, S.S. Rajamouli. I’m glad to say that’s no longer...
michaelzendejas72
Jun 26, 20223 min read
Class, Healthcare and Revolution in Redes (1936)
As the rest of the world plunged into The Great Depression starting in 1929, the real value of Mexico’s exports fell by about 75% in just...
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Jun 24, 20224 min read
STREAM OF THE WEEK
Because of his groundbreaking work in horror, Kiyoshi Kurosawa has often been called the “David Cronenberg of Japan.” While it may not...
michaelzendejas72
Jun 16, 20222 min read
Man Marked for Death, 20 Years Later (1984) Review
When I first started this blog, the main goal was to shed light on movies I thought were overlooked, especially the cinema of Latin...
michaelzendejas72
Jun 14, 20224 min read
Memoria Review (Spoiler-Free!)
Watching a film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul is akin to reading poetry, or listening to a prayer; you get the sense that what you’re...
michaelzendejas72
Jun 6, 20222 min read
Top Gun (2022): Beyond the Propaganda
Considering how the film received so much input and support from the US Military, along with the Navy and Air force literally having...
michaelzendejas72
Jun 5, 20223 min read
Crimes of the Future (2022) Spoiler-Free Review
My only regret about listing David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future (2022) as #6 on my 10 To Watch in 2022 list is that I should’ve...
michaelzendejas72
Jun 3, 20222 min read
May Round-Up
June is here, which means it's time to look back at some of the best movies I saw last month: 10. La Llorona (2019) - I just put out...
michaelzendejas72
Jun 1, 20224 min read
La Llorona (2019): History, Genocide and Memory in Latin America
In the introduction to Memory of Fire, his three-volume history of the American continents, historian and journalist, Eduardo Galeano,...
michaelzendejas72
May 30, 20224 min read
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