Emilia Perez
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Trying To Save Emilia Pérez From Itself March 06, 2025
When a film has been widely condemned and derided, it can create within one an illogical hope that the movie is actually good. And I, the genius, am the only one to see its goodness and I will bravely present my contrarian take and convince everyone ...
Latinos Would Like a Word with ‘Emilia Pérez’ February 04, 2025
Best Actress nominee Karla Sofía Gascón’s recently resurfaced tweets — including one that posited Adolf Hitler “simply had his opinion of the Jews” — have put the 13 Oscar nominations for French narco musical “Emilia Pérez” in turmoil. The fallout is...
'Emilia Pérez' Is Not a Good Movie January 30, 2025
Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez is the most fascinating movie I’ve watched in the last year, in entirely negative ways. Its 132 minutes unfold like a glittering and garish tour de force of disaster, a relentless procession of terrible ideas, terribly ...
‘Emilia Pérez’ and the Curse of Oscar Bait January 28, 2025
Last week, the nominees for the 2025 Academy Awards were announced. The leading contender with 13 total nominations? Emilia Pérez, a French-produced Spanish-language musical about a transgender Mexican druglord and her underappreciated girlboss defen...
