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3.5/5
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Nightmare Alley
(2021)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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Nightmare Alley is an elegant adaptation that tackles the obsessions of Lindsay Gersham in the context of the digital age. A cruel allegory of our use of image, persuasion and pathos. Full review in Spanish
Posted Mar 03, 2022
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3.5/5
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Blanco de Verano
(2020)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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Formally and thematically stylish, Summer White is an intelligent coming-of-age that tackles the ideas of power and territoriality. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 10, 2022
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4/5
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Benedetta
(2021)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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An intelligent film about messianism, representation and the egotistical power of leaders. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jan 10, 2022
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3.5/5
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Last Night in Soho
(2021)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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With his unique sensibility for pace and rhythmic montage, Wright weaves a compelling psychological nightmare that revisits the idea of male gaze in horror films. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Nov 07, 2021
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1/5
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The Medium
(2021)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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The Medium is a bitter disappointment. A banal horror movie full of clichés, formal derivations and autoexotic tropes. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Nov 07, 2021
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3/5
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Antlers
(2021)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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A peculiar blend of monster movies with social horror that doesn't always hit the target. Nevertheless, an enjoyable and interesting film. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Oct 26, 2021
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3.5/5
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Lamb
(2021)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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Lamb is an ambitious movie that dwells, through christian values and mythical culture, on loss and the ever growing fear of becoming inconsequential. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Oct 26, 2021
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3.5/5
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Hold Your Fire
(2021)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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An astute coral film that explores police violence in the United States and the evergoing racial conflict in the heart of its society. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Oct 26, 2021
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3.5/5
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Attica
(2021)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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A chilling and visceral archive work by legendary filmmaker Stanley Nelson. Truly captivating, thoroughly horrifying. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Oct 26, 2021
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3.5/5
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The Execution
(2021)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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An ambitious and well crafted thriller that subverts the cultural expectations of the serial killer trope. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Oct 26, 2021
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4/5
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France
(2021)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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A tragicomical allegory by Bruno Dumont on the media representation of France and the terrifying future of a nostalgic and broken republic. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Oct 26, 2021
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5/5
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Ahed's Knee
(2021)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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A complex statement about violence, fascism, authority, cinema and the intimate relationship, in Israel, between victims, executioners and bystanders. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Oct 26, 2021
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2.5/5
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Prayers for the Stolen
(2021)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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Prayers for the Stolen is a well crafted movie that, nevertheless, lacks the ideological complexity of Huezo's previous work. In the end, this is a paternalistic and innocent take on Mexico's drug related violence. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Sep 18, 2021
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3.5/5
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Tragic Jungle
(2020)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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Olaizola threads between fantasy and naturalism to recreate a forgotten realm of history. By doing so, Selva Trágica transcends the boundaries of period pieces in search of a complex physical and conceptual experience. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Jun 11, 2021
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2.5/5
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Crisis
(2021)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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Crisis is an entertaining, albeit superficial and sometimes clumsy thriller, that portrays, with real courage, an urgent and complicated subject. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted May 05, 2021
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3.5/5
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Nomadland
(2020)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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Even if Zhao can be a little bit obvious in her emotional intentions, this character study is an interesting critique of the american dream. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Apr 27, 2021
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3.5/5
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Undine
(2020)
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Nicolás Ruiz
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Christian Petzold reflects on the architectural development of Berlin to summon mythical nostalgia and construct a modern vision of love and sacrifice. [Full review in Spanish]
Posted Mar 30, 2021
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