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The Smashing Machine (2025): The Rise and Fall of an MMA Legend

There is a striking contrast between the Mark Kerr we see crushing opponents inside the ring and the smiling, distracted Mark Kerr riding a carousel like a child. That powerful juxtaposition reveals the complexity of the inner battle Kerr fights. The Smashing Machine (2025), directed by Benny Safdie, explores a fragment of the life of one of the pioneers of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) — his meteoric rise and brutal downfall. With an almost documentary tone, Safdie exposes the humanity of a figure who is both sweet and bitter, inspiring and tragic.

The electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) TIFF 2021

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Hugo Pagan Soto

There are characters that are born to be immortalized on celluloid, well now it’s a hard drive. But the idea is that they are figures so unique that they seem destined to be captured by the lens. The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) does just that, in its almost two hours it only delves into the life of the English artist Louis Wain. It was his peculiar paintings of cats that earned him social recognition and redirected his artistic career. With the characteristic chronicle of the biographical genre, the director Will Sharpe tells us a drama centered on the study of his central character, more from a personal level than from the artist’s point of view.