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Intermedias Review

Performance and Moral Order in Americana: Chad Powers (Glen Powell) and The Lowdown (Ethan Hawke)

September 26, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura In a season crowded with star-led vehicles, two projects stand out for how explicitly they turn performance…

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Bau, Artist at War: A Heroic Life Reduced to Hollow Reverence

September 25, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura Sean McNamara’s Bau, Artist at War attempts to capture the remarkable life of Joseph Bau—a Holocaust survivor, document forger,…

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Amélie Bonnin’s Musicals “Partir un jour”: Gendered Gaze, Unsung Love, Loosely Held Threads

September 21, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura Updated on October 31, 2025 With Partir un jour (Leave One Day, feature’s English title), French writer-director Amélie Bonnin returns…

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Posted in: Cinema, Film Review, Radio Canada - Dans la Mosaïque, Review Filed under: CinéFranco, French Cinema, Hudson Moura

Jordan Peele’s Him: When Greatness and Storytelling Both Collapse Under Pressure

September 18, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura In Him (2025), director Justin Tipping and producer Jordan Peele deliver a surreal, psychologically charged descent into…

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Swiped: No Match Found — A Biopic That Misses the Mark

September 13, 2025 hudmoura

Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s tech biopic tries to swipe right on feminist heroism, but leaves behind an empty profile.

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The Cost of Heaven: A Parable of Illusions, Risk, and Financial Desperation

September 12, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura Co-written by director Mathieu Denis, The Cost of Heaven (Gagne ton ciel, Québec, 2025) is a taut,…

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The Weight of Wit: Transatlantic Comedy and Marital Cruelty in The Roses

August 30, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura Jay Roach—whose career toggles between broad American farce (Austin Powers, Meet the Parents) and sober topical drama (Bombshell)—returns…

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Cozy Crimes, British Wit: Senior Agency in The Thursday Murder Club

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by Hudson Moura Directed by Chris Columbus—best known for American box-office hits such as Home Alone (1990) and Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)—The Thursday Murder…

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Posted in: Cinema, Film Analysis, Film Review, Radio Canada - Dans la Mosaïque, Review Filed under: Hudson Moura, Netflix

Eenie Meanie: Fast, Furious, and a Bit Flimsy

August 22, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura Written and directed by Shawn Simmons, Eenie Meanie is a gender-flipped car-chase thriller that never quite decides whether it…

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Between Memoir and Melodrama: The Problematic Framing of ‘The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox’ and Its Double Bind of Bias and Misinformation

August 16, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura Created by K.J. Steinberg, known for This Is Us and Gossip Girl, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox is an eight-episode limited…

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Vanessa Kirby’s Netflix Psychological Thriller ‘Night Always Comes’: A Gritty but Predictable Descent into Survival and Trauma

August 15, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura Directed by Benjamin Caron and written by Sarah Conradt, Night Always Comes (2025) is an adaptation of Willy Vlautin’s…

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Posted in: Cinema, Film Review, Radio Canada - Dans la Mosaïque, Review Filed under: Hudson Moura, Netflix

How “Alien Earth” Reinvents the Alien Franchise: A Review of Noah Hawley’s FX Series on Disney+

August 5, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura With Alien Earth, creator and director Noah Hawley boldly extends the legacy of Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett’s…

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The Fantastic Four First Steps: Retro-Futurist Heroics and the Mathematics of Family

July 26, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura Matt Shakman’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) is a daring blend of nostalgic pastiche and futuristic spectacle, reinventing…

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Posted in: Cinema, Film Review, Hollywood, Radio Canada - Dans la Mosaïque, Review Filed under: Hollywood, Hudson Moura, Superhero

Truth, Justice, and Geopolitics: James Gunn’s Bold Reframing of Superman

July 21, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura In Superman (2025), written and directed by James Gunn, the iconic Kryptonian returns not just to save…

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Posted in: Cinema, Film Review, Radio Canada - Dans la Mosaïque, Review Filed under: Hollywood, Hudson Moura, Superhero

M3GAN 2.0: From Killer Doll to Cyber-Savior

June 30, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura In M3GAN 2.0 (2025), director Gerard Johnstone leans fully into the techno-paranoia and dark humor that made the original…

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Posted in: Cinema, Film Review, Radio Canada - Dans la Mosaïque, Review Filed under: franchise, Horror, Hudson Moura, sequel

Celine Song’s Materialists: Valuing Love in a World of Worth

June 19, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura In Materialists, Canado-Korean playwright-turned-filmmaker Celine Song (Past Lives) returns with a romantic dramedy that cleverly interrogates the tensions…

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Voice, Body, Rebellion: Ney Matogrosso’s Dazzling Ballad on Netflix

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by Hudson Moura In Latin Blood: The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso (Homem com H, Brazil, 2025), director Esmir Filho crafts a…

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Posted in: Cinema, Film Review, Radio Canada - Dans la Mosaïque, Review Filed under: Brazilian Cinema, Hudson Moura, LGBTQ+, Netflix, Queer cinema

Bride Hard: A Misfired Mashup of Action Tropes and Wedding Clichés

June 17, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura With a title that playfully riffs on Die Hard, Bride Hard arrives as an action-comedy hybrid that attempts to blend…

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Elio: A Cosmic Tale of Imagination and Connection

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by Hudson Moura Pixar’s Elio is a tender, visually imaginative space adventure that explores big emotional themes through the lens of one…

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Posted in: Film Review, Radio Canada - Dans la Mosaïque Filed under: Animation, Disney, Hudson Moura, Pixar

Time-Traveling Deathmatch: Predator – Killer of Killers Redefines the Hunt and the Honor Code

June 7, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura In Predator – Killer of Killers, the legendary alien hunter returns in a bold animated anthology that reimagines…

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Posted in: Film Review, Radio Canada - Dans la Mosaïque Filed under: Animation, Hudson Moura

Animated Worlds: The Hybrid Charm of Lilo & Stitch

May 28, 2025 hudmoura

by Hudson Moura Dean Fleischer Camp’s Lilo & Stitch (2025) is not simply another Disney live-action remake—it is an ambitious, technically impressive…

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