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Author: Pedro Lima

Pedro Lima is a film critic from Goiânia, Brazil. He focuses on writing about documentaries, international films, shorts, and restorations. He is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS). A couple of films that inspire him are: Le Bonheur, Cabra Marcado para Morrer, Viridiana, and Speed Racer.

Reviews: Ju Dou – Restoration

October 6, 2025

Director Zhang Yumou’s seminal 1990 film Ju Dou starring Gong Li as an abused wife who starts a relationship with her older husbands nephew, has received a restoration.

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Reviews: Aniki-Bóbó from TIFF 2025

October 2, 2025

Final Rating: 4/5 Manoel de Oliveira is the most crucial filmmaker in Portuguese film history. Cinephiles around the world know his name for the…

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Reviews: Russians at War

August 15, 2025

Russians at War is a supposed impartial documentary about Russias invasion into Ukraine, that works better as a think piece than it does as a film.

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Reviews: The House With The Laughing Windows from Fantasia Festival 2025

August 11, 2025

The House With The Laughing Windows is a giallo film from 1976, that has been restored with its premiere at Fantasia before it will be released.

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Reviews: Looking For An Angel from Fantasia Festival 2025

August 5, 2025

Final Rating: 3.5/5 In the context of the new queer cinema, a plethora of authors openly discuss LGBTQIA+ themes and narratives. In this sense,…

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Reviews: Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica – Restoration

July 24, 2025

Final Rating: 4.5/5 Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica by Jorge Bodansky and Orlando Senna is one of the most noteworthy films of the last fifty…

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Reviews: Shanghai Blues – Restoration

June 26, 2025

Shanghai Blues is a classic 1984 Hong Kong film with a brand new 4K restoration that had it’s premiere at the 2025 Cannes film festival.

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Reviews: Shall We Dance? – Restoration

June 2, 2025

In Shall We Dance?, a depressed Japanese man starts to take ballroom dance classes behind the back of his family, suddenly feels alive again.

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Reviews: My Boyfriend the Fascist from Hot Docs 2025

May 9, 2025

In My Boyfriend The Fascist, director Matthias Lintner watches as his partner starts aligning with far right political groups and challenges their relationship.

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Reviews: Mama from Hot Docs 2025

May 8, 2025

Final Rating: 3/5 How do you move on with your life when you get a cancer diagnosis at 37 years old? In Mama, the…

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