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 […]
What’s in My Bag? (Quarantine Edition)
It’s been a while since I’ve last posted here in Papiro & Mint and I think that’s because nothing has really been going on lately. Cinemas are closed, festivals are on hold and there’s not […]
A Look Inside Le Cinéma Français: An Illustrated Guide to the Best of French Films
If there’s one thing I can say from this quarantine is that it definitely made me a compulsive book buyer. While some people went crazy with their kids and others decided to take up physical […]
Revisiting The Innocents
The first time I watched Jack Clayton’s The Innocents I thought it was a good movie but nothing out of the ordinary. I could see it was brilliantly shot but I thought the story lacked […]
A Short Trip Into Forgotten French Films
One of my current pleasures is to discover more about french cinema in the early 30s and 40s, which even though they are extremely important when it comes to french film history, they are mostly […]
Will 2020 Change the Ways We Watch Films?
While the future of the coronavirus pandemic remains uncertain, one thing we can say for sure. Many movies that were already supposed to be released had their premiere postponed, like 007 No Time to Die, […]
