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).
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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.
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Perhaps we are all already on the verge of paranoia, and it only takes the slightest push to set it off. A House of Dynamite (2025), directed by Kathryn Bigelow, works with the anxiety of nuclear annihilation to construct a story that feels lifted from the Cold War era, yet unfolds unmistakably in our present. Noah Oppenheim’s script confronts us with the reality that the possibility of nuclear conflict is stronger today than ever, even as the public’s attention is scattered by economic crises, climate change, and the noise of social media.
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In 2005, the state of Florida passed the “Stand Your Ground” law — legislation now in effect in several U.S. states — which allows a person to use force (even lethal force) in self-defense without any obligation to retreat first if they believe their life or physical integrity is in danger. Unlike other self-defense laws, this one does not require the threatened individual to attempt to flee or avoid confrontation before using force.
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Long before superheroes took over the screens. There were flesh-and-blood action heroes before Marvel and DC sought the niche of action cinema with their characters. Nostalgia always gets the better of me and I can’t resist returning to those action movies and characters from the 80s and 90s that paved my way to the movies. Stallone, Van Damme, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Steven Seagal, Bruce Lee… these legends and many others dominated the big screen with their epic adventures from which they always emerged victorious.
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