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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: Somersault – Restoration

February 19, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 Cinema is an industry that shifts quickly. Your reputation and career status depend on a film. In the modern era, impressive…

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Reviews: Nadja – Restoration

February 5, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 In the 1990s, the landscape of the American cinema provided audiences with a variety of film offers, including a varied production…

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Blog: My 2025 Year In Review – Pedro Lima

January 8, 2026

With 2025 now behind us, I asked the amazing contributors to the site to look back at their thoughts on the movie year that was and look forward to 2026.

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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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