Here are our latest reviews of films for home viewing.
Pre-2023 Film Reviews
The Accidental Tourist (1988)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: (The Accidental Tourist) is a strong film, with excellent performances and well-crafted in every way.
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: The Age of Innocence is a character study of the Gilded Age, where formal manners can be as brutal as a gunshot.
Desert Hearts (1985)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Simply told, with no great flashes, Desert Hearts does not dance around its subject but does not exaggerate it either.
Django: Sangre de mi Sangre (2018)
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It is a film of intrigue and suspense, tension and black comedy, shootouts, sex scenes, and betrayals. But more importantly, it is a Peruvian film that was clearly made with care.
La Educacion del Rey (2018)
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It mixes elements of a thriller, crime film and even family drama to create a final product that is at times predictable, but consistently intriguing and tense.
El pequeño seductor (2015)
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It appears to have been produced for five soles (and it probably was, according to Chato, he was never paid) and in three days, and with a director who probably spent the entire shoot texting. In short, it is not a movie.
The Exorcist (1973)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Sometimes shocking in its imagery, The Exorcist benefits from a steady pace and from cast and crew taking everything seriously.
Papá Youtuber (2019)
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: “Papá Youtuber” isn’t on the same level as Ladines’ first film, but considering how terrible it could have been —if one takes the trailers as a reference, for example— it’s definitely not all that bad.
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Sebastian Zavala @ Ventana Indiscreta [Spanish]
- Excerpt: With an enigmatic protagonist, a story based on cruel real events and an innovative staging, Dreyer’s film is considered one of the greatest classics in the history of cinema.
Racetrack (Weisman retrospective) (1985)
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Frederick Wiseman is an American institution and one of cinema’s greatest documentarians, but this 1985 film about the activities at one of horse racing’s Triple Crown venues, while often engrossing, stumbles as it nears the finish line.
Rosa Chumbe (2015)
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Its story is bolstered by two impressive central performances, which make Rosa Chumbe a somewhat tough experience, but one that is definitely worth seeing on the big screen.
Take Out (2004)
- Excerpt: You can see the seed of films like Tangerine in Take Out’s simple and direct film-making style and sympathy for members of the underclass that keep the city running
Tom & Viv (1994)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Unbearably slow, unbearably boring, Tom & Viv plays to all the worst tropes of Oscar-bait biopics and maybe throws in a few new tropes just for fun.
