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Superman (2025): A Hero Larger than Life

Superman is not only the first, but also the pinnacle of all superheroes. Everything we associate with the all-powerful and heroic figure is, in some way, defined by the Son of Krypton. The superhero genre will forever be indebted to Richard Donner’s 1978 film. Superman paved the way for what would become decades of comic book franchises. Now it’s James Gunn’s turn to relaunch the character with Superman (2025). For DC Studios, this film is positioned as the cornerstone of its new cinematic universe.

Hands Over the City: The Power of Corruption

Posted on July 22 by Hugo Pagan Soto

Few films achieve the narrative force that Francesco Rosi accomplishes in Hands Over the City (1963). In Venice, it would win the Golden Lion, and in Italian cinema, it would mark a turning point within the Neorealism movement. The film maintains the essence of Neorealism with its settings in real locations and its commitment to social reality, but it opens a new avenue with a more political, analytical discourse, committed to denouncing power structures. This would become Rosi’s trademark.

Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025)

Posted on July 16 by Hugo Pagan Soto

Cinema’s fascination with giant monsters is as old as cinema itself. Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025) is the perfect example of how the industry has fully capitalized on this niche. This is the seventh film in a saga that began in 1993 with the release of Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg. That first installment marked a turning point in the use of digital and animatronic effects, and John Williams’ score would go on to become one of the most iconic in film history.

F1 (2025): Cinema in High Gear

Posted on July 14 by Hugo Pagan Soto

Cinema’s love affair with car racing is nothing new. While F1 (2025) has ignited the passion of motorsport fans with its stunning action sequences and immersive portrayal of the Formula 1 world, we can look much further back and see that this type of story has long had a place on the big screen. In 1932, the ever-bold Howard Hawks turned James Cagney into a famed race car driver in The Crowd Roars. True to his style, Hawks captured one of the earliest sound films to depict racing with a raw sense of realism, even using actual racetracks for the action scenes.

The Kingdom (2024): A Brutal Coming-of-Age in the Corsican Underworld

Posted on July 4 by Hugo Pagan Soto

The opening sequence of The Kingdom (2024) by Julien Colonna has a magical aura. Mystery surrounds the ceremony that introduces us to Lesia (Ghjuvanna Benedetti). There is an unusual beauty in the cadence with which the director portrays the ritual, contrasting Lesia’s innocence with the ferocity of the men butchering a freshly hunted animal. It’s a foreshadowing of what’s to come and the beginning of a circle that will inevitably have to close.