When I first watched the first season of Game of Thrones I wasn’t impressed. I thought it was an extremely well-made TV show but it just wasn’t for me. It was only when I watched […]
Category: Film
Dreaming of Perestroika: 7 Movies About Post-Modernity in Eastern Europe
Eastern European cinema isn’t one that is often mentioned in blogs and mainstream circles. Sure, we know about Andrei Tarkovsky, the masters behind the Czech New Wave, Béla Tarr, Alexander Sukorov, and Sergei Parajanov. But there’s […]
A Look Into the 2021 Oscar Movies
The nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards are coming out on Monday! After the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards, and the BAFTAs, we’re already pretty sure of what films are getting nominated for each […]
Till Death Do Us a Part: A List of Psychotic Romances on Film
Psychotic women, manipulative men, murder, incest, doubles, and dangerous sex. Films like these have always interested me and I’ve already talked about some of them in my article Cinema of the Flesh. However, I also […]
Revisiting Cruising
This last Christmas I gave myself the Blu Ray edition of William Friedkin’s Cruising, a movie I had been wanting to buy for years and was finally able to do so after this amazing 4K […]
The Best Movies of 2020
Happy Holidays everyone! As we endure the last days of this crazy year, I’ve decided to share with you my list of the Best Movies of 2020. Please, have in mind that I haven’t watched […]
Independent, Foreign and Women-Directed Movies are Set to Shine in Upcoming Award Season
As we approach the end of this extremely difficult year, an uncertain moment for film arrives: award season. With the announcement of the nominees for the European and Gothan Movie Awards, we can say one […]
Papiro & Mint’s 2020 International Film Festival Coverage
It’s that time of the year again: film festival season! Even though I’m used to covering the São Paulo International Film Festival in October with titles from Cannes, Sundance, Venice and Berlin, I actually got […]
The 25 Best Movies of the 2000 Decade
After many websites (including Papiro & Mint) set up a its of the best movies of the 2010 decade, many critics decided to gather around to name the best movies of the 2000s . Unlike […]
The Best New Criterion Collection Releases of 2020
The Criterion Collection has just announced their December release titles, featuring films such as David Cronenberg’s Crash, Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Amores Perros and the re-release of Robert Bresson’s Mouchette. These films, however, are only some […]
