Another weekend of new releases and it’s hard to choose the best, but here are a mix bag of choices for you to pick from: Cantinflas a childhood favorite, one for photographers and documentary lovers Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People, and a claustrophobic ride As Above, So Below.
Cantinflas
It’s finally here! I know I’m being bias cause I grew up with this character called “Cantinflas” and the man who created him, Mario Moreno. The film is the untold story of Mexico’s greatest and most beloved comedy film star. Even now, twenty-one years after his dead he’s still revered.
I really liked this film and I hope others will go check it out. Here’s the link to our previous post on the film and its leading actor’s Óscar Jaenada and Ilse Salas. Also starring Michael Imperioli, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Barbara Mori, Ana Layevska, and Adal Ramones.
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
The book, Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present by Deborah Willis, inspires this documentary. As a photographer these kinds of documentaries always intrigue me, especially when it deals with historical facts. Directed Thomas Allen Harris.
The November Man
Pierce Brosnan is back in a kind of Bond role just with a different name The November Man aka Peter Devereaux, a lethal and highly trained ex-CIA agent that is lured out of retirement for one last mission. That’s when it all gets complicated. So if you need a Pierce Brosnan fix, this one is for you. Along for the ride are; Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, Eliza Taylor, and Will Patton.
As Above, So Below
If you are into the found footage films, here’s another one kind of. A lot of shaky camerawork and plotlines collide in this low-budget horror adventure set in the Paris catacombs—too claustrophobic for me.
The film is from brothers John Erick Dowdle, Director and co-writer with Drew Dowdle and starring Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, and Edwin Hodge.
