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Late Night With The Devil: Killer Ratings

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Hugo Pagan Soto

The Cairnes brothers’ Australian horror film, Late Night With The Devil (2023) began its festival circuit early in 2023 and took the best screenplay award at the Sitges festival. This Australian production is the third feature film by the pair of brothers who also created the script and worked on the editing. From the hand of IFC Films, the film hit theaters in a limited way in March 2024 and in its first three days in theaters in the United States it raised 2.8 million dollars to become the best premiere for IFC. It exceeded 12 million dollars worldwide, a more than respectable figure for an independent film.

Furiosa: The New Adventure In The Mad Max Universe

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Hugo Pagan Soto

45 years have passed since the inception of the Mad Max universe until Furiosa (2024). It was in 1979 when George Miller and Mel Gibson, two unknowns, shook the world of cinema. The low-budget post-apocalyptic epic Mad Max (1979) would eventually become a landmark film and the perfect vehicle to launch the careers of the director and protagonist. For Miller, this has been the project of his career as a director and producer. Furiosa is the fifth film in the franchise with a 30-year hiatus between Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).

The Fall Guy: An Ode To Stuntmen

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Hugo Pagan Soto

Before Ryan Gosling became the stunt double Colt Seavers in The Fall Guy (2024), cinema had already done its part to highlight the work of these professionals who risk everything so that the directors have the perfect shot. Gosling played a stuntman in Nicolas Winding Refn’s acclaimed Drive (2011). Tarantino gave us Death Proof (2007) where he not only fathered Kurt Russell’s Stuntman Mike but also made veteran stuntwoman Zoë Bell the film’s protagonist. Old Quentin would repeat the dose with his Cliff Booth to take Brad Pitt to collect an Oscar for his Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood (2019). And so we can go back to 1932 with The Lost Squadron where some former pilots from the First World War enlist as stunt pilots in Hollywood.

The Settlers: A Western in Tierra del Fuego

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Hugo Pagan Soto

With The Settlers (2023) director Felipe Gálvez Haberle makes his debut in style. He conceives a work that is pure cinematic poetry but can hit with devastating force. The Chilean addresses a part of his country’s history that is rarely commented on, the massacre of the Selk’nam people. These indigenous people, known as the Onas, lived in Tierra del Fuego from very ancient times until their massacre began at the end of the 19th century.

The Zone of Interest, Cinematic Perfection

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Hugo Pagan Soto

The Zone of Interest welcomes the audience with a black screen filled with an ominous sound that makes us anticipate the worst. We imagine that when that first image finally appears on the screen it will be terrifying. But director Jonathan Glazer’s intention is different. The first thing we see is a peaceful day in the countryside and a family enjoying themselves on river banks. Although what we see is not disturbing, the anticipation and the music have created in the audience the objective of disturbing and making the mind invent distressing scenarios.