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The Platform is an obvious and violent parable
The Platform is a violent and very obvious parable about the capitalist system. However, the way it is presented is more frightening as...

JORGE MARIN
Feb 22, 20202 min read
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1917: duty, honor and despair
1917 came, in a way, to supply a shortage of films about the First World War, since the last primary production about the conflict was...

JORGE MARIN
Jan 18, 20202 min read
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire: desire and art
Portrait of a Lady on Fire includes itself in that category of films that go beyond the script and acting and is consolidated as a work...

JORGE MARIN
Jan 11, 20202 min read
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The Two Popes: mutual provocations
The Two Popes is a movie based on a play by Anthony McCarten, who wrote the script, and spends much of his 125 minutes in dialogues...

JORGE MARIN
Dec 7, 20192 min read
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American Industry calls the class warfare into question
American Factory is a 2019 documentary about a GM automobile factory that was shut down in 2008. Six years later, the facility was...

JORGE MARIN
Nov 23, 20192 min read
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Monster' Ball: repeated violences
Monster's Ball is an excellent movie about violence, not just the episodic one portrayed in the news, but the intimate violence of each...

JORGE MARIN
Nov 16, 20192 min read
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Carnal Knowledge: men who think they desire women
Carnal Knowledge is rightly considered Mike Nichols' best work. It can be said that it is a chronicle that sensitively reflects the...

JORGE MARIN
Nov 9, 20192 min read
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Babel: tragic misunderstandings
Babel is not about the separation of peoples due to language diferences, as shown in the biblical account. Director Alejandro Iñárritu...

JORGE MARIN
Nov 2, 20192 min read
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The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari: reality twists
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is considered to be a masterpiece of German Expressionism. Filmed in 1920, the action takes place in several...

JORGE MARIN
Oct 26, 20192 min read
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Pain and Glory: tender and delicate autobiography
Pain and Glory is one of the most tender and delicate movies by director Pedro Almodóvar. Autobiographical, and with Antonio Banderas as...

JORGE MARIN
Oct 19, 20192 min read
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Phantom Thread are shadows of married couples
Phantom Thread is a delicate and crude film at the same time, as it deals with the execution of art, from the artisan weft to the final...

JORGE MARIN
Oct 12, 20192 min read
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