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Manuel Betancourt
Featured Critic
Manuel Betancourt is a queer Colombian writer who believes everything you need to know about life you can learn from Pedro Almodóvar's All About My Mother. He's a contributing editor to Film Quarterly and a film columnist at Electric Literature. He's a contributor to the award-winning graphic novel The Cardboard Kingdom (2018) and its sequel, The Cardboard Kingdom: Roar of the Beast (2021) as well as the author of the 33 1/3 book on Judy at Carnegie Hall (2020). His work has appeared in The New York Times, Film Comment, Vulture, The Atlantic, and BuzzFeed Reader among others.Articles by Manuel Betancourt:
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May 21, 2021
In the Heights Review: A Crowd-Pleasing TriumphWe’ll have waited an extra year for it but ‘In the Heights’ does not disappoint.
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May 10, 2021
Enfant Terrible Review: A Fassbinder AffairOskar Roehler’s artful biopic of Rainer Werner Fassbinder tries to capture the German filmmaker’s spirit to varying degrees of success.
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March 26, 2021
Shiva Baby Review: A Delightful Feature DebutEmma Seligman’s feature film debut Shiva Baby is a spry queer Jewish comedy with a star making turn from Rachel Sennott.
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March 19, 2021
Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker Review: A Queer Artist Gets His DueChris McKim’s bio doc captures the fiery spirit of the late, great David Wojnarowicz.
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February 2, 2021
Sundance 2021: Ma Belle, My Beauty ReviewMarion Hill’s movie lives up to its title, finding beauty in the messiness of relationships, queer and straight alike.
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February 1, 2021
Sundance 2021: The Pink Cloud reviewThis relationship drama amid a government-issued lockdown hits too close to home.
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January 31, 2021
Sundance 2021: Wild Indian ReviewMichael Greyeyes and Chaske Spencer are phenomenal in Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.’s thrilling debut feature.
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January 30, 2021
Sundance 2021: Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It ReviewRita Moreno proves herself a formidable documentary subject, gregarious and candid throughout.
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January 29, 2021
Sundance 2021: In the Same Breath ReviewNanfu Wang chronicles both China’s and the U.S.’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and tells a story of twinned reactions of culturally-specific governmental failures.
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January 26, 2021
Malcolm & Marie Review: Sam Levinson’s Exhausting AffairTo quote one of the film’s characters: “You’re f***ing intolerable.”
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January 16, 2021
Our Friend Review: Jason Segel Shines in Muddled TearjerkerDakota Johnson, Casey Affleck and Jason Segel bring to life this real life cancer story.
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January 16, 2021
Identifying Features Review: A Mexican MasterpieceFernanda Valadez has crafted a powerful portrait of a Mexican mother in search for her son that feels both intimate and epic in scope.
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December 4, 2020
La Leyenda Negra Review: A Radical Coming of Age TalePatricia Vidal Delgado’s feature film debut is a timely call to arms.
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