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Love Lies Bleeding: An Unconventional Neo-Noir

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Hugo Pagan Soto

To give you an idea of what to expect with Love Lies Bleeding (2024), imagine a mix between Lynch, Tarantino, and the Coens. Director and screenwriter Rose Glass ventures into that strange galaxy. The film embraces the narrative of neo-noir to take the audience on a frenetic journey with all the ingredients that the title suggests. It engages with the approach and keeps us captive with perfect execution and very weighty performances. Glass is risky and confident in its conception and in the tone of its narrative.

No Sudden Move (2021)

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Hugo Pagan Soto

A retro Warner Brothers logo welcomes us. The titles evoke a style from a bygone era. A few minutes and a few brief details are enough for No Sudden Move (2021) to get us into the mood. To the rhythm of Curt Goynes (Don Cheadle) we walk on a random street of the 1950’s Detroit and as he walks the movie speaks as one of those noirs that graced the screen in those days that the Steven Soderbergh film alludes to. Nostalgia aside, the veteran director conceives a neo-noir that is both faithful to the original concepts of the genre and justly transgressive avoiding obsolete codes.