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After Hours: An Absurd Yet Incredibly Charming Offering
Many films start and finish in the same place; sometimes the beginning sequences end in a cliffhanger, making it clear that the gaps will...
Genaro Luna
Nov 10, 20243 min read


Trzy kolory: Biały - A Film About Resilience… In All Aspects
The second installment of a color trilogy (Blue, White, & Red) was written, produced, and directed by Polish Krzysztof Kieślowski. It was...
Genaro Luna
Oct 20, 20243 min read


The Company of Strangers: A Magical View On Aging and Real Lives
This 1990 docufiction feature opens like a movie about kids on a field trip - a jovial soundtrack plays while a bright yellow bus gallops...
Genaro Luna
Oct 16, 20243 min read


Ratas, Ratones, Rateros: Welcome to Ecuador
The Ecuadorian film industry hasn’t and isn’t booming throughout history—nevertheless, queue in the entrance for Sebastian Cordero, one...
Genaro Luna
Oct 12, 20243 min read


Tokyo Godfathers: My New Favorite Christmas Movie
Christmas time marks a period where gifts are exchanged, meals are shared, and movies are watched. Some movies are comedies, adventures,...
Genaro Luna
Oct 6, 20243 min read


El Laberinto del Fauno: An Otherworldly Experience
2006 saw the inception of some great films to the big screen like Inland Empire, The Prestige, Children of Men, and The Last King of...
Genaro Luna
Sep 28, 20244 min read


Anomalisa: Am I The Problem or Is It The World?
I have to get something out of my chest before I start… Kaufman works so well as a writer, at times, masterfully as we’ve seen in Eternal...
Genaro Luna
Sep 24, 20244 min read


La Casa Lobo: A CHILing Project from CHILEan Directors… I’ll see myself out…
Inspired by the real post-WWII German colony in Southern Chile called Dignidad, two Chilean directors, Cristobal León & Joaquín Cociña,...
Genaro Luna
Sep 17, 20244 min read


The Party: 3 B’s… Black n’ White, Bottle Movie, and Black Comedy
I honestly love movies that end on a cliffhanger and leave the audience, picking up the pieces. In all fairness, the pieces are left like...
Genaro Luna
Sep 15, 20243 min read


Lazzaro Felice: An Exceptional Surrealist Exploration
I didn’t want to use “adventure” in the title because even though we embark on one with Italian director Alice Rohrwacher, “exploration”...
Genaro Luna
Sep 10, 20243 min read


Incendies: A Remarkable Poetic Transposition
After the exponential success Denis Villeneuve has rightly gotten in recent years due to extraordinary films like Prisoners, Arrival,...
Genaro Luna
Sep 5, 20243 min read


Alpeis: Unmistakably Absurd Yet No One Flinches
Deadpan - intentionally deadpan, may I add. That’s it in a nutshell. Oddly, Alps hits me as a picture with so much to unpack and discuss...
Genaro Luna
Aug 29, 20245 min read


Love Lies Bleeding: They Forgot One More… Power
After her critically acclaimed debut “Saint Maud”, Rose Glass strikes back, literally packing a punch, with her gritty, oily, and boiling...
Genaro Luna
Aug 26, 20243 min read


Close: An Un-breakable Bond
The quote “a friend is one soul abiding in two bodies” has never rung clearer to me than after seeing Lukas Dhont’s 2022 coming-of-age...
Genaro Luna
Aug 22, 20244 min read


Longlegs: “Cuckoo…Cuckoo”
One of the most anticipated thrillers of 2024, is one of those movies that look dull yet stunning, are slow yet complete, and quiet yet...
Genaro Luna
Aug 19, 20243 min read


Cidade de Deus: “Sun is for Everyone, Beach for a Few”
I have to be honest… I am not well-seasoned in the Brazilian film culture. I grew up watching Brazilian “novelas” with my mom, that’s it....
Genaro Luna
Aug 16, 20244 min read


The Killing of a Sacred Deer: Revenge is a Dish Best Served…Slow
How hard is it to forget about someone’s passing? Does one blame oneself?... or do we find a scapegoat? What about if it’s your father…...
Genaro Luna
Aug 5, 20245 min read


Past Lives: A Movie That Speaks Not Only Korean and English but The Language of Love
Directed by Celine Song, this new romantic film took viewers by storm. Set in Korea and New York City, this tale follows Nora (Greta Lee)...
Genaro Luna
Jul 30, 20243 min read


Drive My Car: But Who’s Driving?
A film that explores how unspoken truths can become the foundation for estrangement. Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” is such a...
Genaro Luna
Jul 22, 20243 min read


Amores Perros: A Testament to Filmmaking
“You don’t have bad situations, you made bad decisions that led you to bad situations” - someone Whether this phrase rings true to you or...
Genaro Luna
Jul 8, 20243 min read
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