Portraits of friends, women and men, the Polish Market on Potsdamer Platz, the Wall, a picknick in the Park, on the road in Italy, Turin in Winter, a poem by Cesare Pavese. The film was originally shot on Super8, was then transmitted to MiniDV and left without sound to be punctuated here and there with some short pieces of music.
Stand and Deliver is an inspirational classic from 1988 starring Edward James Olmos as Jaime Escalante, and his class of rag tag students in East Los Angeles. It’s the story of how a new teacher shows a motley group of students in the inner city with backgrounds as gang members, dishwashers, and mechanics — the power of self-determination. He teaches the teenagers to believe in themselves through algebra and calculus.
With a quirky outline, Project Hail Mary stays within the bounds of human language and imperial fantasy.
Overall, “Dark Fate” is a run-of-the-mill flick. Together, Reyes and Davis have excellent chemistry, but their characters’ story is nothing new, lacking surprise and deep emotion. During the middle points, the film drags considerably, and when the action hits, it feels consistently tight, eliminating the rhythm and fluidity of conflicts.
Based on a true story, when his beloved dog goes missing, the owner embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
