
Francisco J. Ariza
Movies reviews only
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Main Street (1923) |
A first-class film both in entertainment and as an expression of art. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Jan 25, 2023
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You Can't Take It With You (1938) |
Undoubtedly a success. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Jul 01, 2022
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Sunrise (1927) |
Innovative through technology and development which will, without a doubt, be echoed in films yet to come. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Jul 01, 2022
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Lady for a Day (1933) |
The best film Columbia has ever brought to the screen. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted May 14, 2021
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The Power and the Glory (1933) |
Apart from its value as a well-directed, well-presented and well-filmed photodrama, photographed, "The Power and the Glory" has the additional appeal of offering something different when it comes to cinematographic continuity. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted May 13, 2021
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Dinner at Eight (1933) |
Several superb movies in one. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted May 13, 2021
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It Happened One Night (1934) |
Director Frank Capra's masterful hand delicately and lavishly operates each scene. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Mar 31, 2021
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Secrets (1933) |
The film will be applauded everywhere. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Jan 13, 2021
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Our Betters (1933) |
The plot offers nothing... rather, it gives the performers the opportunity to show off in the roles entrusted to them. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Jan 13, 2021
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Cavalcade (1933) |
The subject is high-minded... But its content is so well-spun, its performance so careful and its development so artistic that each scene, even isolated, is a small gem. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Jan 13, 2021
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Hamlet (1921) |
Asta Nielsen's work, withfrom director Sven Gade and the many who collaborate with them, is simply extraordinary. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Dec 11, 2020
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Dangerous (1935) |
[Bette Davis] is a first rate actress. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Nov 19, 2020
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I Dream Too Much (1935) |
Incomplete... but eminently satisfying. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Nov 19, 2020
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The Golem (1920) |
A slightly more artistic "Cabinet of Doctor Galigari"... a marvel. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Oct 13, 2020
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Hoopla (1933) |
Clara Bow shines. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Oct 08, 2020
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The Invisible Man (1933) |
Above all, what stands out in the film is the mastery with which, without becoming ridiculous or absurd, the protagonist is introduced. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Oct 08, 2020
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Faust (1926) |
Faust is a splendid, beautiful production full of pictorial novelties. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Oct 07, 2020
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He Who Gets Slapped (1924) |
Lon Chaney has never been better. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 10, 2020
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The Kid (1921) |
[The Kid] has definitively cemented the actor's renown... in terms of his theatrical gifts. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Aug 05, 2020
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Trifling Women (1922) |
There are set decoration and stage details that surpass those of "Doctor Caligari". [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Jul 23, 2020
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The Way of All Flesh (1927) |
If all films are entrusted to Emil Jannings in the future will be of this quality, we will wait with enthusiasm. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Jul 02, 2020
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Bird of Paradise (1932) |
This magazine alludes to Dolores del Río's difficulties obtaining an acting contract. Such stumbles undoubtedly will disappear when her work is applauded in this film. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Apr 24, 2020
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Mujeres en Mi Vida (1950) |
Allows Ramón Pereda... to stand out in with a performance that leaves nothing to be desired. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Apr 07, 2020
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After Tomorrow (1932) |
Charles Farrell, Marian Nixon, Minna Gombell and William Collier play leading roles and they all deserve congratulations. But mine are particularly directed at director [Frank] Borzage. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Apr 06, 2020
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Ben-Hur (1925) |
Superior to the previous iterations of the same character, embodies all possible technical perfections... and all photography refinements and handling of large masses that made the great famous biblical photodramas. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 19, 2019
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I Wanted Wings (1941) |
It was necessary to put a couple of ladies between planes and aviators and, although they are fifth legs of a table, without them there would be no movie or drama. And there is. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 17, 2019
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The Philadelphia Story (1940) |
Here is a movie that lovers of good dialogue will not stop applauding. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 17, 2019
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The music and the dancing animate the tragic episode described by the poet and serve to make the plot development less slow. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 17, 2019
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You're Missing the Point (1940) |
The plot is just a pretext to make Cantinflas shine. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 17, 2019
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Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) |
The movie entertains well and largely. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 16, 2019
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Escape (1940) |
The picture is of a convincing realism. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 16, 2019
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It's a kind of tango presented as a film. But well presented, and with a multitude of additional tangos.[Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 16, 2019
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Metropolis (1927) |
Metropolis is unique because of its character, but it won't thrill anyone or make money. [Full Review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 10, 2019
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I Accuse (1919) |
The development of the film is characterized by a series of contrasts that no one can interpret. Next to the sublime is the ridiculous and boring. [Full Review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 10, 2019
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Under the Roofs of Paris (1930) |
A small jewel that won't need to be adapted or subtitled because the dialogue is very brief and intelligible for anyone. [Full Review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 10, 2019
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Trader Horn (1931) |
One of the most splendid premieres of the year. [Full Review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 10, 2019
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Salome (1922) |
As the reader has noticed, this film bores me. [Full Review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 10, 2019
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The Blue Angel (1930) |
Its success is guaranteed. [Full Review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 10, 2019
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City Lights (1931) |
A very likable movie, but it's not extraordinary. [Full Review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 10, 2019
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Foolish Wives (1922) |
Foolish Wives may not be a wonder from another world, but it also doesn't merit all the taunts that hostile critics have received it with. [Full review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 10, 2019
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Pola Neri is the heroine of this movie. She is transcendent in her performance, as usual, creating a work of art. [Full Review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 09, 2019
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The Idle Class (1921) |
The movie will make one laugh, and even though it's not "The Kid," one has to remember that masterpieces are not made every five minutes. [Full Review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 09, 2019
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The Three Musketeers (1921) |
A very long and very entertaining comedy in the style of Chaplin. [Full Review in Spanish] - Cine-Mundial
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| Posted Sep 09, 2019
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