Film Reviews

Analyses of films from Asia, Spain, and the Middle East. For a more complete list of my published reviews, please refer to the [Reviews] heading on page 5 within the Publications List.

Craven vs. Craven (Lacuesta, 2002)
&
Antonio Gaudi
(Teshigahana, 1985)
 Sephardic Music on Screen The Clay Bird
(Matir Moina, dir. Tareque Masud, BanglaDesh, 2007)
Abordando a Gaudí
(Nagari #4 Miami)
World Film Barcelona(click to view full essay in PDF) SephardicCover(click to view full essay in PDF) ClayBirdCoverGIF(click to view full essay in PDF)
Gaudi
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The Willow Tree
(
Beed-e majnoon by Majid Majidi, 2005)
Nobody Knows
(Daremo shiranai, dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu, Japan, 2004)
Sansho the Bailiff
(Sanshō dayū, dir. Mizoguchi Kenji, Japan,  1954)
Shadowlight Productions
(a review of recordings of the DVD pack of their performances)

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Sense of Home
(omnibus film coordinated by Kawase Naomi, 2011)
Secuencias no. 52 2021 (Spain)
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