Melissa Silvestri

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Review: El Velador

"Natalia Almada's chilling look at what happens when criminal drug lords are deified even in death, while their victims are completely forgotten might be wordless, but speks volumes about a problem that is unlikely to go away."

El Velador | Review

Shooting Spree: Almada Documents Open Air and Closed Doors of War Zone

Interview: Dennis Lee (Jesus Henry Christ)

Jesus Henry Christ is based off my short film of the same title that I made while at Columbia University’s graduate film program. As the short film did well, producers requested the feature version. So, I took the title and the main character, Henry James Herman, a ten year-old with a photographic memory, and placed him in an entirely different context.

Interview: Monia Chokri (Heartbeats)

It was in the script. I mean, with her dresses, Xavier really wanted something 1950s/1960s, because from that, he wanted to mix contemporary references. Because love has no age. Even as generations change, love is the same. It was a way to attribute to older generations who felt the same way about love.

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The Scary House | 2025 Udine Far East Film Festival Review

Watanabe Smarter Than Ghosts, but The Scary House Had...
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