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So far Guillermo Lopez Meza has created 186 blog entries.

De Humani Corporis Fabrica

The immersive documentary takes a journey inside the body, with footage viewers have probably never seen before.

By |April 27th, 2023|Documentary|0 Comments

Trenque Lauquen

The movie, an ever-changing narrative puzzle, is an invitation to get lost in baroque labyrinths of storytelling.

By |April 20th, 2023|South American, Top Picks|0 Comments

Gods of Mexico

A rich visual poem full of vitality and a sublime rarity in an era where many have forgotten how to stop and merely look.

By |March 2nd, 2023|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Women Talking

A “message movie” that acts against expectations in how it explores the necessity of forgiveness.

By |December 21st, 2022|Book adaptation|0 Comments

Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Beautiful, self-critical, vulnerable, and above all impeccable in its craftmanship, Bardo is a statement of cinema as a form of therapy, exorcism, death, and resurrection.

By |December 16th, 2022|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Fantasy|0 Comments

“Sr.”

As an introduction to the work of Robert Downey Sr., the documentary is instructive and makes you want to visit his irreverent films. As a celebration of a father-son relationship, it’s sublime.

Amigo

The kind of playful film that pays direct homage to a certain type of cinema without revealing too much about its influences, though clearly inspired by What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

By |December 5th, 2022|Horror, Thriller|0 Comments

She Said

Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan are terrific as the new and equally charismatic versions of Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in this feminine (and feminist) answer to All the President’s Men.

By |November 18th, 2022|Book adaptation, Top Picks|0 Comments

Tár

The movie starts as a character study piece and slowly becomes a psychological thriller (kind of) where an artist is no longer the author of her fate.

By |October 28th, 2022|Drama|0 Comments