8 years ago
All posts by Monica Castillo
With A Little Help From Our Friends
It’s difficult to keep track of everything everyone is writing at all times. We’re not going to try to do that. What we at Movie Mezzanine will attempt is to roundup at least ten of the most interesting reads (articles, interviews, think pieces, and the like) ...
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“The Pleasures Of Being Out Of Step” Misses A Beat Or Two
A record bathed in blue is spinning. The needle grazes overhead. It drops, and the scene is taken over by a blank black screen. A wilting jazz number plays over the unpainted canvas, and it’s the only thing to the audience has to grab onto in the darkened thea...
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Don’t Call “Miss Lovely” a Bollywood Movie
Bathed in the red lights of a bygone era, Miss Lovely shines as a Hindi answer to Boogie Nights with more than a few nods to film noir. The figures that color this world are just as intriguing as the Dario Argento-esque lighting and the aged film techniques us...
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“X-Men: Days of Future Past”: All The Mutants and Pep Talks You Could Ask For
After 61 live-action feature-length DC Comics movies and Marvel Comics pictures, there’s bound to be a bushel of subpar apples in the multi-billion dollar barrel. The 62nd picture hails the return of Bryan Singer to the franchise he helped put on the box offic...
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I Ain’t Afraid of No “Stage Fright”
I had a dream this movie would be -- So different from the shit I'm watching! A dream of a funny yet bloody musical horror comedy. But now that dream is dead, and all that's left is Stage Fright.
The curtain rises: Minnie Driver plays a Christine Daaé-esque s...
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Jon Favreau’s “Chef” Not Thoroughly Cooked
The camera slowly pans over freshly washed vegetables glistening in an expensive looking wooden bowl. Slabs of steak shine under the lights until thrown onto a hissing skillet. Fruits are sliced and diced so carefully and exact, you know your meal is in the ha...
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Tribeca Review: Exploring Afro-Latino Identity in “Pelo Malo” & “Manos Sucias”
Like their neighbors to the north, Latin America struggles with racism. Afro-Latinos are less likely to see themselves represented in positions of power, in mass media, or live in the best parts of town because of discrimination. Much of the same structural in...
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Tribeca Review: “Ballet 422”
He doesn’t look special, just another face in the crowd of dancers onstage. If the camera wasn’t fixed squarely on Justin Peck, your eyes may wander over to the other ballerinas leaping around him, to the grandiose scenery behind, before pausing to take in the...
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“Cuban Fury” Needs More Than Just Corazón
One, two, three. Five, six, seven. That Latin rhythm plays almost nonstop throughout the movie Cuban Fury. You can trace the history of salsa through its soundtrack, from Benny More to Tito Puente to Willie Colon to Mark Anthony. Yet, even with a “best of” pla...
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“Winter’s Tale”: Love’s Lost In The Cold
Carrying that seasonal feeling of freezing rain and dreary sunless days is unfortunately a movie meant to warm the hearts of its audience. Winter's Tale is a fantasy story out of time and a movie terribly constructed. I can only imagine it will make a great c...
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