The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast will also be discussing the movies we watch via Tribeca @ Home. However, I thought I’d give some mini-reviews on all the films I catch during the festival. Some movies warrant larger reviews, while others make more sense for just a few words.
Berkreviews A STRANGE PATH
A Strange Path follows David (Lucas Limeira), who is an experimental filmmaker returning home to Brazil for the first time in ten years with the expectation of showing his movie at a local festival. However, the spread of COVID-19 forces his plans to change, and he finds his focus to now be on not only his well-being, but his estranged father. The actual film’s director, Guto Parente, uses experimental footage throughout to emphasize David’s mental state. There are some compelling aspects of the film, but it doesn’t all gel. The twists the film’s story takes don’t quite land as they should, and makes some of the events of the film feel silly. It is a relatable story about regret, family, and belonging that makes it worth one’s time.
Rating: Decent Watch
Berkreviews ONE NIGHT WITH ADELA
One Night with Adela has two big things working for it: It’s a one-take movie, and Laura Galán. Galán plays Adela, a disturbed street sweeper in Madrid, who savagely enacts retribution for an incident from her youth over the course of one night. It’s not exactly clear what that retribution will be, but Adela hints at the events to come while speaking to a radio talk show DJ. Though, very early one, after an excellent tracking shot, we see the levels that Adela is willing to go this evening. Galán is playing a very different character from her role in Piggy – another excellent film – and she is incredible here. There is a sequence late that relies on her performance and some very impressive cinematography, as there are no cuts. She’s putting on a type of performance, and the camera is rotating around her. It’s impressive in every aspect, and it burned itself into my brain. Fans of revenge stories will really enjoy director Hugo Ruiz’s very ambitious debut.
Rating: Not Quite Golden, Ponyboy
Berkreviews RATHER
Rather is a documentary by Frank Marshall about the news icon, Dan Rather. Rather is indeed an icon of the news, and this documentary definitely leans towards the positive. It features several iconic moments of his career, from the first report all the way to his modern tweeting. The film moves quickly between some of the highlights but dives deeper into some of the more controversial moments. One that really stood out was his live interview with then Vice-President Goerge Bush. The two were clearly furious with each other, and the interview gets very wild. Marshall’s film does a tremendous job of telling the story of the man and his role in the media, and how the two cross paths. I’m biased here, as I hold journalism in the highest regard as it is essential to accountability.
Rating: Must See
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