Twenty years after the appearance and rise of the Buenos Aires Hardcore movement, its protagonists, now adults and with children, share their memories of that time: the shows, the ideal that united them and how that peculiar way of living music ended up marking them for forever. This documentary is an archaeological work to find the vital impulse of the Buenos Aires hardcore scene beyond any visual testimony that still remains on the shelves of private collections.
When it comes down to it, The English explores what happens when power is unchecked and how those who seem powerless, have more strength than most through their convictions for justice.
Kate Winslet and Saorise Ronan deliver stellar performances in a film that doesn't live up to its potential.
'The Worst Person In The World' follows a part of life I don't see often portrayed on-screen: extended adolescence.
“Candyman ain't a 'he.’ Candyman is the whole damn hive." Candyman represents all Black victims of white supremacy, and this art form narratively conveys it in a succinct, adulatory way, the history of which is rare to find.
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, though its feminism may be unintentional, cannot exist without its focus on women reclaiming power. The movie is feminist by definition, even if Amirpour didn’t write it with that in mind. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night is mesmerizing, poetic, and stunning, both for its portrayal of feminist ideas and its powerful story that is both horrific and subtly romantic at once.
Netflix’s new mystery thriller, The Marked Woman (released originally as La Desconocida), is confusing. More critically, though, it commits the worst mistake a movie can make: it’s boring. From Spanish director Gabe Ibáñez, the film squanders its premise at every turn, fills the story with unlikeable characters, and lacks emotional payoff.
