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Carlos Aguilar
@Carlos_Film
Film critic. 🇲🇽 DACA. #BlackLivesMatter Bylines: @latimesent, @nytimes, @TheWrap, @ebertvoices, @indiewire. Member @LAFilmCritics
Sep 16, 2024 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
It’s fascinating that in the late ‘90s/early 2000s when the New Mexican Cinema emerged, there was a great synergy between the world of film and music in Mexico, particularly with rock bands/acts. The most successful films all had an equally memorable soundtrack. Thread:


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Image The first example that comes to mind is SEXO, PUDOR Y LÁGRIMAS. An erotic dramedy that was provocative for the time and became a box-office success when it debuted in 1999. The eponymous song by Alex Syntek was just as much of a radio hit.
Jan 23, 2024 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Thread: the 10 Best Picture #Oscars nominees for 2024 as scenes with @TheMuppets (sort of)

AMERICAN FICTION
Dir. Cord Jefferson Image ANATOMY OF A FALL
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Jun 27, 2023 • 22 tweets • 10 min read
Now that we are halfway through the year, here’s a thread with 20 international films that were released in the U.S. over the last 6 months, all of which I think are good to great. I included reviews my me and other great critics. Most of these titles are now streaming or on VOD. ALCARRÀS 🇪🇸
Dir. Carla Simón
Review via @ebertvoices: https://t.co/XJgrW6Urtbtinyurl.com/533yzbr3
Jan 24, 2023 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Thread: All 10 Best Picture #Oscars nominees for 2023 as scenes with @TheMuppets

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Dir. Edward Berger AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Dir. James Cameron
Aug 12, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
My fall plans The Delta variant I’ll stop now lol
Jul 21, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
10 better Netflix “Originals” to watch instead of that horrid top 10:
-A SUN 🇹🇼
-THE DISCIPLE 🇮🇳
-I LOST MY BODY 🇫🇷
-ATLANTICS 🇸🇳
-I’M NO LONGER HERE 🇲🇽
-HAPPY AS LAZZARO 🇮🇹
-MY HAPPY FAMILY 🇬🇪
-ALL IS WELL 🇩🇪
-TRAGIC JUNGLE 🇲🇽
-THE PLATFORM 🇪🇸 Of these 10, the ones I feel remain the most obscure and should be more widely seen are ALL IS WELL and MY HAPPY FAMILY, both directed or co-directed by women with women as protagonists.
Dec 27, 2020 • 19 tweets • 11 min read
2020 was a great year for U.S. Latino and Latin American film releases. In this thread I’ve included 15 great ones with links to the pieces I had the pleasure to write about them: BACURAU 🇧🇷

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (@kmendoncafilho) and Juliano Dornelles

My review: americasquarterly.org/article/a-dyst…
Jan 10, 2020 • 156 tweets • 37 min read
Film thread: In the 2010s Mexico produced a record number of movies. With that in mind, I’ve decided to highlight 150 Mexican films (yes, so many!) from the last decade that I think are good, great, or amazing - all worth a watch. These are just my personal choices and in no way a definitive “best of” list. There are plenty more that I probably haven’t seen yet. For the purpose of this thread I focused on films about Mexico also mostly made by Mexican directors.
Dec 30, 2019 • 137 tweets • 34 min read
This thread highlights 135 international animated features from the 2010s (I know that’s a lot!). Animation is never appreciated enough, so I decided to celebrate these great works before the decade is over. Nobody asked for this list, but here it is for those interested: 1. 25 April
Dir. Leanne Pooley