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michaelzendejas72
Jan 19, 20233 min read
Stream of the Week: Belly (1998)
I’ve always had an affinity for gangster films. Aside from being wildly entertaining, they often offer phenomenal critiques of...
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michaelzendejas72
Jan 9, 20237 min read
Exclusive Interview: Professor Chon A. Noriega
Professor Chon A. Noriega is one of the prominent experts on Chicano cinema. He's helped recover and preserve many independent films,...
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michaelzendejas72
Jan 5, 20234 min read
Babylon (2022) Review
Damien Chazelle’s newest movie has gotten a lot of love and hate, which made me excited to see it. Even in the screening I attended,...
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michaelzendejas72
Jan 3, 20235 min read
23 Films Releasing in 2023
As great as last year was for movie fans, this year is going to be one for the books. We’re getting some long-awaited sequels, stunning...
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michaelzendejas72
Jan 2, 20237 min read
Best and Worst Movies of 2022
Despite 2022 officially being in the rear view, there are still so many movies I've yet to see from last year: EO, All That Breathes, The...
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michaelzendejas72
Dec 27, 20224 min read
The Whale (2022) Review
I hate Darren Aronofsky’s movies—but I love Brendan Fraser. I’m definitely not the only one who felt this torn walking into the theater...
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michaelzendejas72
Dec 22, 20224 min read
In Front of Your Face (2022) Review
Hong Sang-soo’s been one of my favorite directors since I watched his movie, The Woman Who Ran (2020). I think his work is so unique not...
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michaelzendejas72
Dec 16, 20224 min read
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Review
When the first installment in James Cameron’s Avatar universe was released in 2009, no one would argue that it was visually...
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michaelzendejas72
Dec 12, 20223 min read
Stream of the Week
Santiago Mitre’s captivating historical courtroom drama, Argentina, 1985 (2022), is centered around the true story of a public...
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michaelzendejas72
Dec 7, 20223 min read
10 must-watch Latin American films
Sight & Sound Magazine recently released their 100 Greatest Films of All Time list. While there are definitely a ton of classics...
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michaelzendejas72
Dec 5, 20224 min read
Wakanda Forever (2022) and Representation
It’d be an understatement to call Marvel’s latest offering a success. The second Black Panther installation had global box office sales...
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michaelzendejas72
Dec 3, 20223 min read
Stream of the Week
A lot of people say The Godfather (1972) is Francis Ford Coppola’s best film, but I’d disagree. This Stream of the Week is easily the...
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michaelzendejas72
Nov 27, 20223 min read
Glass Onion (2022): Spoiler-Free Review
It’s kind of a shame that Rian Johnson’s long-awaited Knives Out (2019) sequel gets such a short run in theaters. While I can’t say I was...
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michaelzendejas72
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022): Spoiler-Free Review
I’m calling it right now: Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion Pinocchio is my Movie of the Year. Setting this classic story in Fascist WW2...
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michaelzendejas72
Nov 8, 20222 min read
Stream of the Week
When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I instantly got excited. Henry Selick’s direction on stop motion classics like The Nightmare...
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michaelzendejas72
Nov 6, 20223 min read
Spoiler-Free Review: Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Despite the absurd hilarity present even in the trailer, there’s something incredibly profound at the heart of Martin McDonagh’s newest...
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michaelzendejas72
Oct 12, 20222 min read
New York Film Festival: Master Gardener (2022) Review
With his breathtaking drama, The Card Counter (2021), Paul Schrader became one of my favorite living American directors; and my...
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michaelzendejas72
Oct 10, 20226 min read
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Enys Men (2022) director Mark Jenkin and star Mary Woodvine
This was definitely one of the more compelling watches at this year's New York Film Festival. Set around Mary Woodvine’s breathtaking...
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michaelzendejas72
Oct 7, 20223 min read
New York Film Festival: The Eternal Daughter (2022) Review
Premiering just last month at the Venice International Film Festival, Joanna Hogg’s latest mystery-drama is eye-popping from the very...
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michaelzendejas72
Oct 4, 20223 min read
New York Film Festival: Triangle of Sadness (2022)
Ruben Östlund made huge waves at Cannes with this film, even winning the Palm d’Or; but even before it’s French premiere, I marked it as...
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