Movie Reviews Only
| Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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| 4/5 | 86% | Transit (2018) |
[Christian] Petzold manipulates temporaralities, tensions, and aesthetics with skill and grace. [Full Review in Spanish] ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Jun 18, 2018
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| 3/5 | No Score Yet | In Times Of Fading Light (In Zeiten Des Abnehmenden Lichts) (2017) |
Sumptuous. [Full Review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Jun 8, 2018
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| 3/5 | 83% | Memoir of War (La douleur) (2018) |
There's a spectral tone to this film that works. [Full Review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Jun 8, 2018
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| 2.5/5 | 84% | Disobedience (2018) |
Disobedience... does not achieve the necessary alchemy so that the tension between the austerity of it's setting and the heartbeat of the story becomes a melodramatic volcano. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted May 25, 2018
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| 3/5 | 80% | Playground (Plac zabaw) (2017) |
In this sense, the Polish director's attention to the prolegomena of violence is closer to the post-Columbine exploration of Gus Van Sant in Elephant (2003)... [Full review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted May 25, 2018
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| 3/5 | 80% | Playground (Plac zabaw) (2017) |
Those who know the encyclopedia of atrocious crimes will recognize Playground's story... although that chilling sequence is not the most interesting part of the feature film... [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted May 22, 2018
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| 4/5 | No Score Yet | Maria By Callas: In Her Own Words (2017) |
The documentary work done on this film is titanic... [Full Review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted May 21, 2018
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| 3.5/5 | No Score Yet | Dust (La pols) (2016) |
[Director Llàtzer] Garcia is back in control... and with the same team, formed by Laura Lopez, Guillem Motos and Marta Aran... [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Apr 19, 2018
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| 4.5/5 | No Score Yet | 9 Fingers (9 doigts) (2017) |
Crime cinema has never had such depth. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Apr 17, 2018
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| 3/5 | 86% | In Syria (Insyriated) (2017) |
The cast give great performances, especially Hiam Abbass. [Full Review in Spanish] ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Apr 16, 2018
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| 3.5/5 | 85% | Heartstone (Hjartasteinn) (2017) |
Many coming-of-age stories come out every year, but few manage to transmit the vulnerability and violence that define what is perhaps the most complicated and exciting stage of our journey through the world. [Full Review in Spanish] ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Apr 16, 2018
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| 3/5 | No Score Yet | Les grands esprits (2017) |
The way the filmmaker approaches the young students on the outskirts is especially moving. [Full Review in Spanish] ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Apr 16, 2018
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| 3.5/5 | 73% | Ready Player One (2018) |
The visuals of Ready Player One really are ingenious, though the conglomeration of homages do not always mix well and it becomes a bit of a hodgepodge. [Full Review in Spanish] ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Apr 2, 2018
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| 3/5 | 67% | Rock'n Roll (2017) |
A fun, honest picture. [Full Review in Spanish] ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Apr 2, 2018
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| 3/5 | No Score Yet | Pixi Post Y Los Genios De Navidad (2016) |
[The film's] purpose is clear: to teach youngsters the importance of cultural diversity. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Mar 30, 2018
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| 4.5/5 | 91% | Mimosas (2017) |
None of them have any idea where this journey will take them... but it is what happens during and not the final destination that should matter to us, especially if Mauro Herce is in charge of filming the process. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Mar 29, 2018
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| 2.5/5 | No Score Yet | CC1682 (2016) |
Designed as a daily fresco of the country and structured in the form of a collage of formats and archives with less than desired expertise... [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Mar 29, 2018
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| 3/5 | 38% | Radin! (2016) |
[Actor] Danny Boon may be a miser, but this French comedy belongs to him. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Mar 28, 2018
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| 3/5 | 89% | The Insult (L'insulte) (2018) |
The protagonists are presented honestly; each has virtues and darkness. [Full Review in Spanish] ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Mar 16, 2018
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| 3/5 | 42% | Mary Magdalene (2018) |
It's a moving image, one that deserves much more space. [Full Review in Spanish] ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Mar 16, 2018
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| 4/5 | 96% | The Death of Stalin (2018) |
What luck we've had that Armando Iannucci was in charge of bringing this book to the screen. [Full Review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Feb 28, 2018
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| 3/5 | 90% | Million Dollar Baby (2004) |
...[Clint] Eastwood teaches us his journey to achieve [respect] with modesty. [Full Review in Spanish] ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Feb 27, 2018
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| 2.5/5 | 90% | The Departed (2006) |
It starts strong, but the development loses steam and narrative intensity, offering little. [Full Review in Spanish] ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Feb 27, 2018
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| 4/5 | 97% | Spotlight (2015) |
...a brilliant, precise cast. [Full Review in Spanish] ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Feb 27, 2018
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| 2/5 | 13% | Fifty Shades Freed (2018) |
...poor quality. [Full REview in Spanish] ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Feb 15, 2018
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| 4/5 | 93% | Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2017) |
Subtle and extraordinary. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Feb 12, 2018
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| 4.5/5 | 96% | The Florida Project (2017) |
One of the best and more moving interpretations of [Willem Dafoe's] career. [Full Review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Jan 29, 2018
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| 4/5 | 90% | Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle (Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo) (2017) |
It reminds us that sometimes it's better to stop looking for your lost screws. [Full Review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Jan 22, 2018
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| 4.5/5 | 90% | Closeness (Tesnota) (2017) |
[Kantemir] Balagov has made the best debut of the year. ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Jan 22, 2018
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| 3.5/5 | 84% | Loving Vincent (2017) |
The great affection of the filmmakers and their technical team for the work of [Vincent van Gogh] manifests without any doubt. [Full Review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Jan 22, 2018
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| 4/5 | 87% | The Post (2018) |
A feature film that perfectly captures the current zeitgeist. [Full Review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Jan 22, 2018
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| 5/5 | 92% | Good Time (2017) |
Despite the recognizable elements, everything in Good Time is instinctive, unpredictable and disconcerting. [Full Review in Spanish] ‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Jan 8, 2018
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| 3.5/5 | 84% | Loving Vincent (2017) |
... in Loving Vincent the artifice itself is a masterpiece... [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Jan 8, 2018
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| 3/5 | 73% | Final Portrait (2018) |
It is not an innovative proposal, but not too trite... [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Dec 29, 2017
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| 3.5/5 | 100% | Alanis (2017) |
Alanis is a contemporary thriller about the emptiness suffered by women who only have their bodies as the means to make money to live. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Dec 13, 2017
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| 3/5 | 83% | Les démons (The Demons) (2015) |
... [director} Philippe Lesage has posited The Demons at the moment when a child begins to learn that the world is a place full of turbulence... [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Dec 6, 2017
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| 3.5/5 | 82% | Life and Nothing More (La Vida y Nada Más) (2017) |
There is no strangeness in the look that the filmmaker imposes or a willingness to portray singularities or shocks, but a distance of respect from someone who believes that cinema is capable of capturing moments of life. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Nov 27, 2017
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| 3/5 | 67% | Anchor and Hope (2017) |
More truth than it appears on the surface. [Full Review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Nov 27, 2017
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| 3.5/5 | No Score Yet | Los nadie (2016) |
[Juan Sebastian Mesa has] a spirit of truth. [Full Review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Nov 21, 2017
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| 3.5/5 | No Score Yet | Los nadie (2016) |
Beyond 'Narcos': 'Los Nadie' shows the punk soul of Colombia. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Nov 14, 2017
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| 3/5 | 52% | The Bookshop (2017) |
Production design is undoubtedly one of the great successes of the film. [Full Review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Nov 14, 2017
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| 3/5 | No Score Yet | Brava (2017) |
The threat of violence steers this drama towards the dark to see the light. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Nov 13, 2017
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| 2.5/5 | 23% | Inside (2018) |
Nightmare of mother against mother that you can see with your children. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Nov 13, 2017
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| 3.5/5 | 100% | El Invierno (2016) |
A voice to follow and a new classic. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Nov 13, 2017
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| 4/5 | 91% | Heal the Living (Réparer les vivants) (2017) |
The filmmaker achieves at least a few remarkable milestones. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Nov 13, 2017
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| 2.5/5 | 57% | Tales Of An Immoral Couple (La Vida Inmoral De La Pareja Ideal) (2017) |
Sometimes, transgressive loves turn into boring messes. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Nov 10, 2017
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| 2.5/5 | 53% | Dough (2016) |
[It] will leave a smile on the spectators who demand very little. [Full Review in Spanish]‐ Sensacine
Read More | Posted Nov 10, 2017
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| 4.5/5 | No Score Yet | Converso (2017) |
... the Spanish documentary of the year. [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Nov 8, 2017
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| 2/5 | No Score Yet | Operation Goldenshell (Operación Concha) (2017) |
... despite seeing them in 2017 you get the feeling that many jokes have been repeated... [Full review in Spanish] ‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Nov 8, 2017
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| 3/5 | 52% | The Bookshop (2017) |
In The Library there are, in fact, twists reminiscent of the style of Wes Anderson... and although they are effective and estimable resources, they point to the indefinite cinema style of the Catalan [director Isabel Coixet] [Full review in Spanish]‐ Cinemanía (Spain)
Read More | Posted Nov 7, 2017
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