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REVIEW: Olivier Assayas’ ‘Wasp Network’ Is a Movie About Cubans Starring Almost No Cubans

Monica Castillo — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 18:27:16 +0000

“Oye, did you see the Cuban movie in Toronto?” My Cuban grandmother doesn’t usually talk to me about movies, so I know when she asked me about one, it must be important. I told her yes, that I had seen Agosto and thought it was a sweet coming-of-age drama set during the Special Period. “Not that one,

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How the Line Between Autobiography and Fiction Is Blurred in Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Dolor y Gloria’

Monica Castillo — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 22:12:52 +0000

The Spanish master of cinema Pedro Almodóvar is once again gracing New York Film Festival screens with a new movie, Dolor y gloria, after much-lauded appearances at Cannes, Telluride and Toronto International Film Festival. The movie finds the director at what seems to be his most candid and emotionally raw work. Antonio Banderas – in

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These Are the Latino & Latin American Movies Playing New York Film Festival

Manuel Betancourt — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 20:33:30 +0000

“The festival is critical to bringing awareness to cinema from around the world.” That’s director Martin Scorsese talking about the New York Film Festival, whose 57th edition will be premiering his latest feature The Irishman. Joining him are a number of thrilling global titles. The Big Apple fest can always be counted on to have one or

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Actresses Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira on Embodying Alfonso Cuarón’s Memories in ‘Roma’

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 18:20:01 +0000

Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is a gift to Mexico. That’s how actress Marina de Tavira put it when we sat down to talk about the black-and-white movie that had just screened as part of the New York Film Festival. “This is Alfonso’s gift to Mexico. Loving his country and giving a voice, light, and a look at

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This Queer Soccer Sci-Fi Comedy Is the Most Wonderfully Bizarre Movie You’ve Ever Seen

Manuel Betancourt — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 19:36:14 +0000

Soccer players are modern-day demigods. They’re loved and revered all around the world. The opening images of Diamantino remind us that contemporary stadiums are all but 21st-century cathedrals, housing some of the most sublime art around. That’s how we meet the titular character, a Cristiano Ronaldo-like player who’s the best in all the world and who fronts

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‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Reveals How POC Are at the Mercy of a Corrupt Justice System

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:13:29 +0000

At the heart of If Beale Street Could Talk is an accusation of sexual assault. Victoria Rogers (Emily Rios) has identified Alonzo “Fonny” Hunt (Stephan James) as her attacker and quickly turns his life on its head. Gone is his bright future with the love of his life, the young Tish (KiKi Layne), and his

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Alfonso Cuarón On Painstakingly Recreating His Childhood Memories for the Deeply Personal ‘Roma’

Monica Castillo — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 19:01:05 +0000

Continuing to dazzle audiences on its festival tour, Alfonso Cuarón‘s Roma is making fans even out of the director’s closest friends. Guillermo del Toro, one of the Three Amigos group of Mexican directors that includes Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu, was on hand at the New York Film Festival on Saturday to introduce Cuarón’s deeply personal film about

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From Alfonso Cuarón to María Félix: Latin American Movies Playing at New York Film Festival

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 19:39:47 +0000

In a city that is not wanting for film festivals, the New York Film Festival stands out by being a cinephile’s dream. Often boasting award-winning titles from Cannes, Venice, and Toronto, its 30-film main slate is the kind that makes you want to spend endless days cooped up in an Upper West Side movie theater.

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Alfonso Cuaron’s Highly Anticipated Mexico-Set Movie ‘Roma’ Heads to New York

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:23:20 +0000

The wait’s been long. It’s been five years since Alfonso Cuarón’s last movie (Oscar winner Gravity) and seventeen since his last project set in Mexico (the OG Gael-Diego classic Y tu mamá también). But finally we’re getting his long-awaited new film. And while there was talk a few months back that Roma could premiere at the Cannes

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Ramon Pesante’s Heart-Pounding Thriller About Trolling a Troll Was Shot on a Cellphone

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 20:50:54 +0000

If you’re someone who’s been on the internet most of their life, chances are you’ve been a victim of trolling – the posting of offensive and personal attacks online created with the sole intention of eliciting an emotional response from the target of the message. It’s an issue Puerto Rican filmmaker Ramon Pesante thought was

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