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Eephus (2024): A Love Letter to Baseball

In sports cinema, epic storytelling is a constant: the historic feat, the underdog’s triumph, the game-winning play in the final minute, narrative devices that form the backbone of films within this subgenre. In the case of Eephus (2024), directed by Carson Lund, the film takes a very different path. Lund opts for a story rooted in the everyday, without glory, yet full of humanity, crafting a baseball movie that is essentially a love letter to the game.

Sentimental Value (2025): Memory, Guilt, and Redemption

Posted on 6 Days Ago by Hugo Pagan Soto

With Sentimental Value (2025), director Joachim Trier portrays life from its most intimate perspective. The narrative unfolds as a chronology of multigenerational trauma, told from multiple viewpoints, with the family home at its center as both nucleus and metaphor. Within that centuries-old house lie roots, memories, attachment, pain, and a structural flaw that feels like a condemnation present since its creation, akin to an original sin.

Twinless (2025): Bending Genre Clichés Through Dark Comedy

Posted on 11 Days Ago by Hugo Pagan Soto

With Twinless (2025), director and screenwriter James Sweeney achieves something increasingly rare in contemporary cinema. The film develops a fresh and innovative story; its central idea provides a very distinctive starting point and confronts us with a narrative that moves confidently between drama and dark comedy. Sweeney not only stands out behind the camera but also presents strong credentials in a compelling co-starring role.

Nouvelle Vague (2025): Imagining Godard

Posted on 16 Days Ago by Hugo Pagan Soto

The French New Wave is one of the greatest turning points in the history of cinema. With Nouvelle Vague (2025), Richard Linklater transports us to the exact moment when one of the most important works of this movement was born. He invites us to reimagine Belmondo, Seberg, and Godard during the days they were shooting À bout de souffle (1960).

Train Dreams (2025): A Poetic Portrait of an Ordinary Life

Posted on 20 Days Ago by Hugo Pagan Soto

Every life is extraordinary; from the everyday, we transcend. Train Dreams (2025), directed by Clint Bentley, is an intimate journey that follows the life of Robert Grainier, an ordinary man in the American West at the beginning of the twentieth century. Through Robert’s eyes, we witness the transformation of society and how a simple life becomes exceptional when we take the time to look closely. The epic of our protagonist is built from silence, from love, from loss, and from pain. Clint Bentley crafts a drama that flows with gentleness yet strikes with devastating power.