By Liz Lopez Austin City Limits announced new tapings of their Season 45, featuring artists who are highlights of the namesake ACL Festival this year. Among them making her ACL debut is the groundbreaking singer/songwriter Rosalía from Spain.
Author: Mark Saldana
Critica De Cine: WHERE’S MY ROY COHN?
Por Liz Lopez Rating: A Matt Tyrnauer, el director de “Studio 54”, ahora presenta el documental “Where’s My Roy Cohn?”, sobre el abogado de Nueva York que era conocido por alcanzar todo el poder que podía mientras ascendía en su carrera. No le importaba si era legal o no el proceso . Era un hijo… Continue reading Critica De Cine: WHERE’S MY ROY COHN?
Review: LUCY IN THE SKY
By Liz Lopez Rating: C+ Noah Hawley (“Legion” and “Fargo” TV series) makes his feature directing debut with “Lucy In the Sky,” based on a screenplay he wrote with Brian C. Brown and Elliott DiGuiseppi and despite any revisions he made to the script, the storytelling is still lacking. This is sad to say, but… Continue reading Review: LUCY IN THE SKY
Fantastic Fest 2019 Review: THE DEEPER YOU DIG
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) From writers/directors/actors Toby Poser and John Adams comes a chilling thriller which basically takes elements from Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart and sets it in modern times. Thought it isn’t an exact adaptation, Poser and Adams, instead, take the theme of guilt and utilizes it to tell… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2019 Review: THE DEEPER YOU DIG
Fantastic Fest 2019 Review: IRON FISTS AND KUNG FU KICKS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Australian director Serge Ou’s comprehensive documentary tells the vast history martial arts cinema and does so with great style and aplomb. It is a rather daunting task to pull this off, as the filmography of martial arts movies is quite extensive. Still, Ou manages to condense… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2019 Review: IRON FISTS AND KUNG FU KICKS
Fantastic Fest 2019 Review: KNIVES AND SKIN
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Though not a true musical, Jennifer Reeder’s Knives and Skin uses music and song in some inventive and powerful ways. This film, which tackles the scary years of high school, focuses on a group of teenage girls struggling with identity amidst the aftermath a classmate’s disappearance.… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2019 Review: KNIVES AND SKIN
Critica De Cine: JOKER
By Liz Lopez Rating: A Joaquin Phoenix (“Walk the Line”, “Gladiator”) es excelente en sus muchas interpretaciones de personajes con rasgos de personalidad descritos como “obsesivos” y “paranoicos”, entre otros y ahora en “Joker”, interpreta a Arthur Fleck, quien tiene una enfermedad mental grave y quiere ser un comediante de pie. Todd Phillips (“War Dogs”,… Continue reading Critica De Cine: JOKER
Review: JOKER
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) The award for the “Feel Bad Movie of the Year” goes to Joker. Writer/director Todd Phillips and co-writer Scott Silver have taken the iconic DC Comics villain and have given him his most fully realized cinematic treatment ever. The downside of this (for some audiences) is… Continue reading Review: JOKER
Fantastic Fest 2019 Review: PELICAN BLOOD
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) A mother’s true love usually knows no bounds and said mothers will do whatever it takes to defend their children, even if this desperation drives them to take seemingly irrational measures. Those are the central themes of this powerful and emotionally charged film which played the… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2019 Review: PELICAN BLOOD
Fantastic Fest 2019 Review: FIRST LOVE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Japanese filmmaker extraordinaire Takashi Mikke brought his latest movie to Fantastic Fest this year and the it’s definitely a fun, crazy and violent affair. Mikke’s latest piece presents a true romance amidst criminal power plays, serendipitous circumstances, and filters it through a slightly heightened reality where… Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2019 Review: FIRST LOVE