Just a few thoughts on cinema, books and other forms of arts
“The Anomaly” won the Goncourt Prize, considered the most important literary award in France. The problem with that, is that my expectations are always too high. I start the book thinking that I am holding a book which will be passed on from generation to generation, be read and analyzed in 100 years and become … Continue reading “The Anomaly” or how to start 2021 by asking yourself a ton of existential questions
We are all wondering when this strange time is going to come to an end. The 21st Century's humanity is facing a situation that it never thought it would have to; being aware that we're all sharing the same world and that each one of us is playing an active role in the safety of … Continue reading Free cultural adventures to discover from your couch
New Year's Eve is around the corner and you either finally get time for yourself or you're pretending to work while being alone in your office. Either way, you have more time than the usual on your hand. If you're a normal person, Christmas movies are a thing that you don't get and you wish … Continue reading 5 best Netflix films to watch before the end of year
Photography, in my opinion, is a challenging space for art. Nowadays, so many people call themselves "photographer" just because they spend lots of money on an expensive camera that, yes, makes what they take aesthetically nice. But being a photographer is more than that, it's being able to see more than there is in front … Continue reading ‘Tim Walker: Wonderful Things at the V&A’, a journey into a man’s mind
This month is Pride month. June has been chosen to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969. The streets of the world are holding many pride events to spread the love and recognize the impact LGBT people have had in the world. To follow the spirit, I share with you my favourite LGBT … Continue reading Seven best LGBT films to celebrate Pride month
‘Osmosis’ is the new Netflix Original French sci-fi show. The platform offers us a Black Mirror-à-la-française with a story set in a Parisian near-future. The plot is about a new dating app promising to its users to find their soulmate by swallowing a brain-hacking pill that connects to their dream partner’s mind. If it makes … Continue reading Osmosis: anything but love at first sight
“It is a completely different film with different themes, one was a work of fiction and the other based off of a memoir. The one commonality is they take place at conversion therapy facilities,” says David Craig, co-producer and actor in Boy Erased, when asked to compare his film with The Miseducation of Cameron Post … Continue reading Conversion-therapy films: the depiction of a sad reality
“This name I can say” said Guillermo del Toro when opening the result for Best Director last night. Everyone knew this meant that his friend, Alfonso Cuarón, was going to take home his 2nd Oscar for Best Director. He was to give The New Mexican Cinema its fifth win in the past six years. Several … Continue reading Why do Mexican directors keep winning the Oscar’s Best Director award?
Adam McKay is known for The Big Short (2015), a depiction of the financial world but mostly for his SNL scripts. Today he goes further with Vice putting his outrageous comedy into a docudrama that, as a French girl clueless about the American political history, felt like a copy of 'American Politics for Dummies'. McKay tells us … Continue reading America’s gloomy vices painted through a not so ‘vice’-president’s choices
Netflix's new series shows that cinema is moving forward, that Netflix is definitely revolutionizing the seventh art. When Netflix's films were prohibited at the Oscars last year, we felt that the cinematic industry was threatened by the rise of this innovative platform. Maniac proves us that Netflix knows its way around to show that cinema … Continue reading 7 reasons why you should watch ‘Maniac’