The Great Beauty
by Felipe Rosa
The Great Beauty: Paolo Sorrentino created a film that is hard to grasp in full
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: comedy, drama
Goodfellas
by Felipe Rosa
Goodfellas: this film tells a story that is, at the same time, very entertaining and revealing of
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, crime
Casting a ballot – DGA Awards 2013
by Felipe Rosa
The next stop in my tour of guild awards is the Directors Guild of America, to be presented January 25th. Here is their list of nominees. Not to sound like a broken note, but given the wide quality of the films in 2013, there were many names that could be added to this list without any loss of quality. My fictional ballot, however, would be: Best Director – Feature Film: Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity Mr. Cuarón (not only because he, after […]
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2013
Casting a ballot – PGA Awards 2013
by Felipe Rosa
The next stop in the awards season is the Producers Guild of America, to be presented on January 19th. The full list of nominees can be seen in their website.
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2013
Casting a ballot – SAG Awards 2013
by Felipe Rosa
Much like I did last year, I’ll cast a fictional ballot for many awards
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2013
Thoughts on the Oscar 2013 nominations
by Felipe Rosa
The Nomination Morning for the Oscars (for those that follow it with any interest, of course) are always a mix of excitement and disappointment. There will always be surprises; if good or bad, it depends on how you feel about each particular case. Here’s the full list of nominees, from the AMPAS website. In a year this good, it would be simply impossible to recognize everything and everybody without expanding the field (which was what the ASC did but, case in […]
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2013
Top 10 Movies – 2013
by Felipe Rosa
The task of making a list of favorite movies is always a thankless one; it is a common enough question and fixture, but such list is generally dynamic as one re-watches and re-evaluates films. Some years in particular, it becomes very hard as there are just too many films that must be mentioned. 2013 is one of those years. Thankfully, no matter how traditional it is, the number 10 is just an arbitrary, round quantity, so I feel perfectly comfortable picking […]
Categories: Lists
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Revisit
by Felipe Rosa
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: a new visit confirms that, while the action sequences
Categories: Film reviews, Revisit • Tags: action, sci fi
The Seventh Seal
by Felipe Rosa
The Seventh Seal: a film with this setting, group of characters and story is expected to be
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama, fantasy, top
