‘Handling the Undead’ film review: zombies as exploration of grief
With Renate Reinsve, ‘Handling the Undead’ reinterprets zombie movie conventions to talk about loss. Read our review.
Lalo Ortega
Reviews
Review: ‘Good Boy’ (and the world’s most idiotic human)
‘Good Boy’ generates compassion and anguish for its canine protagonist in a horror story, but the novelty of the approach wears off quickly.
Lalo Ortega
‘Black Phone 2’ film review: A competent sequel that skids on ice
Scott Derrickson delivers in ‘Black Phone 2’ a thematically coherent sequel, though it loses control in the climax.
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‘Little Trouble Girls’ film review: the art of blooming in the shadows
‘Little Trouble Girls’ is a coming-of-age drama caught between sexuality and religious repression. Check out our review from Festival do Rio.
Lalo Ortega
Review: ‘Kika’ offers an empathetic look at diverse sexual expressions
In ‘Kika,’ director Alexe Poukine approaches sex work with curiosity and empathy. Read our review from the Festival do Rio.
Lalo Ortega
‘Lucky Lu’ film review: (Electric) Bicycle Thieves
With echoes of Vittorio de Sica’s classic, ‘Lucky Lu’ explores the social precarity of the gig economy. Check out our review from the Rio Festival.
Lalo Ortega
‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ film review: lynchian motherhood
Rose Byrne delivers a stunning performance as a suffocating mother in ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’. Our review from Festival do Rio.
Lalo Ortega
‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ film review: a document to awaken empathy
‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ confronts by blurring the boundary between reality and dramatization. Check out our review from Festival do Rio.
Lalo Ortega
Review: ‘Tron: Ares’ needs more creative coding
With an apathetic Jared Leto, ‘Tron: Ares’ is a visually stunning fantasy as superficial in its themes as its predecessors.
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