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No Time To Dan @danburden1138.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Genuinely don't understand the question. If none of the THOUSANDS of movies made each year, from every different country, do nothing for you, then the movies aren't the problem. They are making movies for you. You just can't be bothered to find them.

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

It was a struggle. Still, I tried my best to articulate why Kleber Mendonça Filho's THE SECRET AGENT is one of the great cinematic achievements of 2025. Maybe this thing ended up more essay than review, but please give it a read. At The Film Experience: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/11...

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Review: "The Secret Agent" is a mischievous masterpiece - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Today, The Secret Agent begins its Oscar-qualifying run, ahead o...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

WICKED: FOR GOOD can only rely on its leading ladies up to a point. While Erivo and Grande soar as mightily as in last year's first act, the conclusion to this tale is a descent into the abyss, defying gravity no more. My review, for The Film Experience: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/11...

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Review: Erivo and Grande can’t save "Wicked: For Good" - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Months before it arrived on Broadway, when it first opened for p...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I'm overjoyed that the Gotham Awards recognized Tessa Thompson's tremendous work as the titular diva in HEDDA. I waxed rhapsodic about her in my review of Nia DaCosta's Ibsen reinvention, posted earlier today at The Film Experience. Give it a read! thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/10...

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Review: Nia DaCosta reinvents Ibsen with "Hedda" - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves You might be excused for believing Nia DaCosta has decided to re...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Unsurprisingly, THE MASTERMIND was right up my alley. Kelly Reichardt's ironic take on the heist movie is a deadpan hilarious comedy of failure led by a perfectly pathetic Josh O'Connor. Come read my review at The Film Experience. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/10...

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Review: Reichardt takes on the heist movie in "The Mastermind" - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Many of contemporary cinema's most celebrated auteurs have recen...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Pedro Pinho's I ONLY REST IN THE STORM demands the decolonization of our imaginations! Blessed with a magnetic turn by Cleo Diára and great film photography by Ivo Lopes Araújo, it's a rich text, funny as fuck and just as queer. My #NYFF review: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/10...

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NYFF 63: Pedro Pinho's "I Only Rest In the Storm" is a Portuguese must-watch - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Today, in Portugal, the country celebrated 115 years since the m...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU gives a whole new meaning to "send hole pics." Rose Byrne is tremendous as a woman under the influence and on the verge of a nervous breakdown, holding together the tragicomic meditation on motherhood as if her life depended on it. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/10...

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NYFF 63: Rose Byrne sinks her teeth into Mary Bronstein's "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves No mother is ever good enough. Not according to her children, no...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Lucile Hadžihalilovic's THE ICE TOWER, now in theaters, is both a retelling of the Snow Queen fairytale and its echo as a backstage melodrama with a Freudian twist. Marion Cotillard is entrancing while Clara Pacini recalls a young Sandrine Bonnaire. My review: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/10...

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Review: A mesmerizing Marion Cotillard reigns over Lucile Hadžihalilovic's "The Ice Tower" - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves The Ice Tower starts in the fashion of a trance-like fairytale, ...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Koberidze's DRY LEAF was shot on a 2008 Sony Ericsson, with a resolution of 240p. It's also the most beautiful film of the cinematic year. Come read this review at The Film Experience, part of my #NYFF coverage. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/10...

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NYFF 63: "Dry Leaf" is the dawn of the low-res epic poem - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Alexandre Koberidze shot the most beautiful film of the year on ...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

PETER HUJAR'S DAY looks like a very straightforward project at first glance. And yet, I found some fascinating tensions within Ira Sachs' latest, especially regarding portraiture as an artistic practice. Find my #NYFF review at The Film Experience: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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NYFF 63: "Peter Hujar's Day" ponders portraiture - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves The subject of many recent retrospectives, republishing projects...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

The Jennifer Lawrence stans must calm down because Nadia Melliti makes for an amazing Cannes Best Actress winner. I was lucky enough to watch Hafsia Herzi's THE LITTLE SISTER as part of my #TIFF50 experience. Come read my thoughts at The Film Experience: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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TIFF 50: A star is born in "The Little Sister" - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Like The Sun Rises on Us All in Venice, The Little Sister suffer...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The troubled legacy of Spanish colonialism in North Africa echoes through three #TIFF50 titles. There is Eimi Imanishi's NOMAD SHADOW, Oliver Laxe's SIRÂT, and Maryam Touzani's CALLE MÁLAGA with a luminous Carmen Maura. Read my reviews at The Film Experience: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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TIFF 50: Between Spain and the Sahara in "Nomad Shadow," "Sirât" and "Calle Málaga" - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Histories of colonialism were omnipresent at TIFF, even in films...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Lucía Aleñar Iglesias's FORASTERA is an impressive feature debut that earned its director the FIPRESCI prize at this year's TIFF. It tells the story of a summertime haunting, as a grief-stricken girl starts to assume her dead grandmother's identity. My review: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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TIFF 50: Lucía Aleñar Iglesias wins the FIPRESCI Prize for "Forastera" - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Light has character. In Lucía Aleñar Igles...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

A POET and KOKUHO both played at #TIFF50 and will represent their countries, Colombia and Japan, at the 98th Academy Awards. For The Film Experience, I reviewed these stories of artists grasping at greatness, jeopardising their dignity and sense of self. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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TIFF 50: Colombia's "A Poet" and Japan's "Kokuho" - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves It's easy to understand why artists would be drawn to stories ab...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

It's been two weeks since I saw it at #TIFF50, but I can't stop thinking about THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE. Blessed with a fervent Amanda Seyfried performance and Daniel Blumberg's awe-inspiring song score, Mona Fastvold's experiment is a musical like none other. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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TIFF 50: Musical mayhem in "The Testament of Ann Lee" - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Why do we make musicals? What compels us to sing and dance our e...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Angeline Jolie is superb in Alice Winocour's latest. COUTURE is a mural-like look at the Paris Fashion Week that has plenty to say about bodies and their intrinsic fragility. I reviewed it, along with plenty of other #TIFF50 titles, at The Film Experience: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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TIFF 50: “Couture” reflects on fashion, bodies and mortality - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves In Alice Winocour's Couture , Angeline Jolie enters the film in ...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Fresh off its #TIFF50 world premiere, Tim Mielant's STEVE is already in theaters. Yeon Sang-ho's THE UGLY isn't too far behind, opening next week for a limited release. I reviewed both titles at The Film Experience. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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TIFF 50: "Steve" and "The Ugly" waste no time - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Following festival coverages can be a frustrating business for t...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Bursting with outrage at what British imperialism inflicted on the Māori people, MARAMA is an anticolonial spin on a classic Gothic tale. Taratoa Stappard's feature debut had its world premiere at #TIFF50, and here's my review for The Film Experience: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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TIFF 50: "Mārama" serves Gothic horror with an anticolonial twist - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Before even its company credits unfold on screen, Mārama hi...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN has amazing costumes, a brilliant Jacob Elordi performance, giddily grotesque effects, a lush score and some nice sets that survive the sabotage of Dan Laustsen's lensing. Nevertheless, it's a lifeless slog. My #TIFF50 review: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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TIFF 50: "Frankenstein" has great gowns, beautiful gowns - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Last year, Emilia Pérez finished in second place for ...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Richard Linklater delivered both one of the best and one of the very worst films at TIFF. Can you guess which enchanted me and which one induced a serious need to roll my eyes until they popped out of their sockets? My reviews of NOUVELLE VAGUE and BLUE MOON: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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TIFF 50: A Linklater Double Feature - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Nowadays, if you're not named Hong Sang-soo, it's rare for a dir...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Tamara Kotevska, best known for HONEYLAND, makes her solo directorial debut with THE TALE OF SILYAN. This beautiful documentary is set to represent North Macedonia at the 98th Academy Awards. Here's my review: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I know the internet wanted Stone or Seyfried to take home the Best Actress Volpi Cup at this year's Venice Film Festival, but Xin Zhilei makes for a worthy victor. Sadly, the rest of Cai Shangjun's THE SUN RISES ON US ALL isn't at her level. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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TIFF 50: Xin Zhilei earns the Volpi Cup in "The Sun Rises on Us All" - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Every year, folks think they can predict the wiles and ways of f...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

HAMNET made me cry like few films have, but that doesn't mean it's a flawless masterpiece. I tried to reckon with my feelings in this review, ruminating on Chloé Zhao's best work to date, a troublesome last act, a miraculous Buckley and even better Watson. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/9/...

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TIFF 50: "Hamnet" is Chloé Zhao's best film to date - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Another year, another TIFF coverage extended far past the festiv...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I'm back at TIFF, for the third year in a row, covering the festival for The Film Experience.

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I wrote about Shô Miyake's TWO SEASONS, TWO STRANGERS for The Film Experience. This year's Locarno Golden Lion winner is a moving, occasionally humorous, always graceful musing on those lonely souls who experience present life in the past tense. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/8/...

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Review: "Two Seasons, Two Strangers" wins Locarno - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Berlin, Cannes, and Venice are considered the major European fil...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Obsessing over Amy Madigan in WEAPONS? Then come read my thoughts on her oft-forgotten Oscar-nominated work in TWICE IN A LIFETIME. At The Film Experience, I also reviewed Brenda Vaccaro and James Woods' nominations for two of the worst movies in Oscar history. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/8/...

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Amy Madigan and Oscar Horrors Past - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Weapons is the talk of the town and people can't stop obsessing ...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

I'll be ranking Wes Anderson's feature filmography at The Film Experience, going through the director's oeuvre, one melancholic diorama at a time. This first part concerns travelogues, second drafts, and one of my favorite performances in his body of work. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/7/...

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Wes Anderson Ranked: Part One - Travelogues - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME starts streaming on Peacock next Friday, July...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Celebrated my birthday with Glauber Rocha.

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

BEATING HEARTS does not deserve all the effort and excellence of Adèle Exarchopoulos, Laurent Tangy and Jon Brion. Those three are giving it their all to a film whose inclusion in last year's Cannes Main Competition is genuinely baffling.

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Hot take: Egoyan's SEVEN VEILS is better and more interesting than the much-ballyhooed TÁR in almost every regard. Well, maybe not the cinematography. I do love Florian Hoffmeister's lensing of Field's film.

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

THE SURFER and WAKE IN FRIGHT would make for a tremendous double feature about how Australia is evil.

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Consider the following thread my pitch to get HOMEM COM H (aka LATIN BLOOD: THE BALLAD OF NEY MATOGROSSO) a gratuitous post on @jamnpp.bsky.social's My New Plaid Pants. Consider...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I'm trying to watch as much queer cinema as I can this Pride Month, and found "the earliest known adult film to incorporate bisexual and homosexual intercourse." Historical importance aside, 1920's LE MÉNAGE MODERNDE DE MADAME BUTTERFLY features what's probably the worst blow job I've ever seen.

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Between national and international events, every time I look at the news, I just want to scream. Have felt like I'm spiraling all day.

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

PRIDE, Lisboa 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Joanna St @joannast102.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The most important takeaway from watching Chimes at Midnight for the first time, aside from being astounded by literally every aspect of it, is how Bixby seems on his way to aging graceful into Welles’ gravitas, whiskers, heft, and charm. The resemblance is already so uncanny.

Medium shot of Orson Welles in Chimes at Midnight

Medium close-up of Bixby, will all his fluff and regality

Orson Welles slumped up in bed looking disheveled as fuck in Chimes at Midnight

Bixby barely sitting upright in a chair, looking as if he either just woke up or is about to fall asleep (maybe both are true?)

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The Bad Fritz @fritzandtheoscars.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I watch Tennessee Williams for the human drama. The human drama:

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

My Cannes at Home series continues, with a bunch of capsule reviews. Come read my thoughts on Richard Linklater's WAKING LIFE, Lynne Ramsay's MORVERN CALLAR, Kleber Mendonça Filho's AQUARIUS, Tarik Saleh's CAIRO CONSPIRACY, and Julia Ducournau's TITANE. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/5/...

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Cannes at Home: From Linklater to Ducournau - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Between an Oscar, a Silver Bear, and THE SECRET AGENT's sterling re...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Look, I love Mendonça, Panahi, and Trier. I'd even argue they've all deserved the Palme more than the eventual winner in past Cannes editions. And yet, it would be really funny if, after all this, NEON somehow missed acquiring the Palme d'Or winner.

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Cannes at Home continues over at The Film Experience. It's time to revisit past works from Dominik Moll, Oliver Laxe, Hafsia Herzi, and the ever-polarizing Ari Aster. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/5/...

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Cannes at Home: Murder in the Alps, Fire in Galicia, and more! - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves I don't know about you, but I can't contain my excitement for SIR&a...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

At The Film Experience, I'll be exploring past works from this year's Cannes Official Competition directors. Today, I looked at Mascha Schilinski's feature film debut, DARK BLUE GIRL, and Sergei Loznitsa's first literary adaptation, IN THE FOG. thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/5/...

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Cannes at Home: We're Back! - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Could SOUND OF FALLING be the first German film to win the Palme si...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I've decided to watch every Oscar-nominated performance I still haven't seen by the end of the year. Along the way, I'll be writing about it all at The Film Experience. After this introduction, there are "only" 129 films to go... thefilmexperience.net/blog/2025/4/...

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My Oscar Completism Project: An Introduction - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Sadly, my Best Actress journey may never be complete as THE BARKER,...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

"...Because in the movies, anything is possible, and we might as well relish its miracles while we can. We'd be fools not to..." Miguel Gomes' GRAND TOUR is now streaming on MUBI. Don't miss this masterpiece, one of the year's best films. Here's my review: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2024/9/...

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TIFF '24: "Grand Tour" confirms Miguel Gomes has the Magic Touch - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Some directors wish to transcend the artform they practice. Watc...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

THE SHROUDS is David Cronenberg's most personal film in years, a work of grief-stricken self-reflection, beset by madness, escaping from itself. I reviewed it back at TIFF for The Film Experience. Here's what I wrote back then: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2024/9/...

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TIFF '24: For the Dead and the Dying and Those Left Behind - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves Vincent Cassel and Guy pearce in David Cronenberg's THE SHROUDS. ...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Amid the SINNERS praise, I wish more attention were being paid to Ruth E. Carter's superlative costume design. Next to the music, it's what I loved most about the movie. Here's a piece I wrote in 2023 about her career, from SCHOOL DAZE to her second Oscar: thefilmexperience.net/blog/2023/3/...

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All hail the glorious Ruth E. Carter! - Blog - The Film Experience

by Cláudio Alves With her latest victory, costume designer Ruth E. Carter became ...

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Decided to watch Altman's QUINTET for the first time today, but made sure to read the rules of the made-up game at the center of its "story." Incredible costumes and location shooting, bizarre score, an overqualified cast doing career-worst work, so many ideas, so little sense - incredible.

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Just found out that Anamaria Vartolomei will be playing Marquise de Merteuil (the role that should have earned Glenn Close the Oscar) in a DANGEROUS LIAISONS prequel miniseries. Directed by Jessica Palud, costarring Diane Kruger, Lucas Bravo, Vincent Lacoste and Patric D'Assumção. I'm seated.

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Cláudio Alves @claudioalvesdc.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The way Preminger's THE CARDINAL wastes Ossie Davis is downright criminal. Also, how on earth did Romy Schneider get a Best Actress Golden Globe nomination for this???

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