Ernesto Diezmartinez
Tomatometer-approved critic
Ernesto Diezmartínez was born in Culiacan, Sinaloa, México, in 1966. He has been continually writing about the movies in several newspapers and magazines since the 80s. He has been publishing his own specialized column about the subject in the Mexican newspaper Reforma until 2018 and since then, in the Mexican-Spanish magazine Letras Libres. He teaches Cinema Studies in Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. Diezmartínez has been a juror in several international film festivals. He is a member of FIPRESCI and of the Critics Choice Association.
http://www.ernestodiezmartinez.com/
Movies reviews only
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Beau Is Afraid (2023) |
In the end, a lot of the merit held by this exasperating therapeutic exercise is owed to [Joaquin] Pheonix's commitment. [Full review in Spanish] - Letras Libres
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| Posted Apr 27, 2023
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Pacifiction (2022) |
Albert Serra's film starts from a premise worthy of being an espionage thriller but later dashes all expectation through digressions, redundancies, and blind alleyways. [Full review in Spanish] - Letras Libres
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| Posted Apr 14, 2023
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West Side Story (1961) |
Great example of a kind of cinema extint in Hollywood right now. [Full Review in Spanish]. - Letras Libres
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| Posted Dec 16, 2021
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Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021) |
This movie sucks and not because I watched after West Side Story (I could have watched afterBlack Widow). It sucks because Miranda has no sense of the cinematic space. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Dec 12, 2021
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West Side Story (2021) |
Spielberg makes us forget the earlier version from 1961. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Dec 11, 2021
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House of Gucci (2021) |
Not even Lady Gaga could save this mess. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Dec 05, 2021
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Io sto bene (2020) |
The movie starts off very well and the acting is pretty good, but the shift between past and present doesn't make much sense. Messy, to say the least. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Dec 02, 2021
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Titane (2021) |
A vibrant provocation that ends up as a moving love story with an odd couple of father and daughter ... or son. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Dec 02, 2021
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Encanto (2021) |
Too bad this was Disney's 60th animated movie. A story written under the guidance of the most conventional algorithm and eight perfectly forgettable songs. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 27, 2021
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Brother's Keeper (2021) |
A good social and youth melodrama that cannot and does not want to hide the influence of Abbas Kiarostami's cinema. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 25, 2021
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A Son (2019) |
A remarkable debut by Mehdi, an extraordinary performance by Sami Bouajila. Of the best of Arab cinema seen last year. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 20, 2021
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The Power of the Dog (2021) |
The Power of the Dog, eighth feature film by the Oscar-winning New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion, belongs to that strange category of films whose hidden meaning is defined in his last scene. Sometimes even in his last image. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 19, 2021
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The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet (2021) |
A small movie in which apparently not much happens until you realize that everything has happened and that you cannot forget it. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 17, 2021
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Some Beasts (2019) |
A film that is sometimes difficult to watch and, at the same time, difficult to take your eyes off the screen. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 16, 2021
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Night Raiders (2021) |
A solid dystopian drama that, as is often the case with formula, is more about the present than the future. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 14, 2021
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Strawberry Mansion (2021) |
An imaginative and charming film not despite its financial limitations but, in part, because of them. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 13, 2021
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Drunken Birds (2021) |
Multiple movies for one ticket. Some are interesting, others not much. Good musical selection, no doubt. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 12, 2021
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The Shadow of the Tyrant (1960) |
The greatest political thriller in the history of Mexican cinema. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 12, 2021
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The Closet (2020) |
A solid horror film that also works as a powerful social denunciation. The worst horrors are not supernatural. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 11, 2021
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) |
What has happened to Hollywood cinema that it seems impossible that a movie like this could be produced today? Spoiler: Hollywood infantilism. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 10, 2021
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) |
Did you know that some of Dr. Mabuse's monologues were taken from actual Hitler speeches? - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 10, 2021
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I Vitelloni (1953) |
Masterpiece. Its influence can be seen everywhere, from Mean Streets to Pixar. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 06, 2021
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Annette (2021) |
What a frustrating movie. I understand why there are people who do not like musicals. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Nov 03, 2021
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Sorry We Missed You (2019) |
A vibrant and emotional indictment about the consequences of the gig-economy within a middle class family. Loach directs like he's young and pissed off. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 28, 2021
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Land (2021) |
A bland melodrama about a woman who isolates herself in the mountains of Wyoming to seek to survive a certain personal trauma. Impeccable landscape photography, good performances and a real waste of time. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 26, 2021
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Halloween Kills (2021) |
The movie has some good ideas but after the interesting reboot of 2018, this second part of the final (?) Halloween trilogy is a disappointment. But entertaining. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 24, 2021
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Dune (2021) |
A spectacular but empty film. A single scene from David Lynch's failed version - Kenneth McMillan floating in the air and laughing wickedly - is more cinema than this entire movie. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 24, 2021
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Halloween (2018) |
The best Halloween installment since the original movie. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 24, 2021
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Fuego Adentro (2020) |
Even at its 80-minute length, the story feels long, especially at the beginning, in its contemplative ramblings. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 21, 2021
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Dune (1984) |
Of course, this movie is very flawed. But Kenneth McMillan laughing, preying on his victims and floating in the air ... I saw this movie at the premiere and I have never forgotten those images. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 20, 2021
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Sweet Smell of Success (1957) |
A movie that could have been made yesterday. The corruption that he portrays is still so rampant and perhaps it is worse because now these types of characters do not have the power they had. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 18, 2021
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Who's Stopping Us (2021) |
Made over five years, this semi-fictional chronicle about a group of eight Spaniards who pass from adolescence to early youth, ends in the midst of a pandemic. A fascinating time capsule. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 17, 2021
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Halloween (1978) |
Halloween is still the best slasher in movie history. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 16, 2021
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The Last Duel (2021) |
Didactic and repetitive, although Ben Affleck seems to have had a lot of fun. And the duel is exciting, I have to accept it. But stop mentioning Rashomon, please. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 16, 2021
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The Night House (2020) |
Well directed and with a remarkable performance by Rebeca Hall. Not even the inconsistent ending manages to sink the film. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 12, 2021
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The Many Saints of Newark (2021) |
The most interesting thing is the way in which it underlines the obvious: this whole family is nothing more than a bunch of sociopaths willing to kill each other. They are criminals, but unlike the original Sopranos, they are never that interesting. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 11, 2021
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Norm Macdonald: Hitler's Dog, Gossip, & Trickery (2017) |
Macdonald's rhythm can be confusing: he interrupts himself without any justification, until one realizes that everything is perfectly planned so that the joke settles and we keep laughing while we ruminate on the meaning of its impassive punch-lines. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 10, 2021
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Dave Chappelle: The Closer (2021) |
What is the function of the court jester? Tell the truth. Sure, it makes us laugh too, but the laughter caused by the jester's ridiculous behavior is usually a poisoned apple. Dave Chappelle is a good court jester. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 09, 2021
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The Belly of the Sea (2021) |
This movie works more like an experimental theater piece. I wish Villaronga had made it that way. In this way, surely I would not have seen it. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 09, 2021
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Night of the Kings (2020) |
A prison drama like you have never seen, more interested in the act of telling stories than in the stories that take place inside the prison. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 07, 2021
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Blue Moon (2021) |
A well-intentioned film but chaotic in form and substance. What was the San Sebastián Jury thinking? - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 07, 2021
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Fool's Paradise (1921) |
A delirious and exotic melodrama in the best style of Cecil B De Mille where it is clear that there is no possible competition against a self-sacrificing Mexican woman. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 06, 2021
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The Night (2020) |
Although the story is quite derivative - and surely the "fault" of the woman will raise the eyebrows of any feminist in the audience - the truth is that the director Ahari delivers a very effective horror film. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 03, 2021
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The Sacred Spirit (2021) |
A dark comedy directed with undeniable formal control and a penchant for the strange and unexpected. A cinematic UFO. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 03, 2021
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No Time to Die (2021) |
A great closing for the cycle of films starring Daniel Craig and one of the best James Bond films in the history of the franchise. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Oct 02, 2021
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And Then We Danced (2019) |
Gelbakhiani, a dancer with no previous acting experience, is sensational as the young gay man discovering himself, overjoyed at finding love while dancing. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Sep 30, 2021
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Arab Blues (2020) |
Farahani's charisma and the competent performance of the extended cast are the high points of this conventional but entertaining comedy. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Sep 30, 2021
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Haruhara-san's Recorder (2021) |
What Sachi needs is not our morbid curiosity but our empathy. With her discreet and delicate style, Sugita achieves this goal. You end up wishing the best for that girl; you want to hug her to tell her that everything is going to be okay. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Sep 29, 2021
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Returning to Reims (2021) |
This film directed and edited by Jean-Gabriel Périot, it moves and sways gracefully, crossing the boundaries between personal memory, historical reflection and social chronicle. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Sep 29, 2021
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Hit the Road (2021) |
Panah Panahi is a worthy son of his father but his debut as a filmmaker shows that he is capable of letting go of his father's influence to build his own path. A road movie as funny as it is moving. - Cine Vértigo
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| Posted Sep 28, 2021
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