Film & TV

Pasqual Gutierrez plays himself, and Miguel Huerta plays his doppelganger (also named Miguel). Miguel is the only source of comedy through the film. He does a great job of playing an airhead who’s full of himself and relishes the power given to him as the director on set. He’s not a nuanced character, but without him, the movie would have nothing going for it in terms of comedy.

The choice to spend half the movie’s runtime before Heathcliff’s return hurts the pacing. Spending more time on Cathy and Heathcliff’s relationship falling apart and adding more nuance to their characters would have gone a long way in making the ending less saccharine. The end of a great love story is something to be mourned, yet I felt relief when the credits started rolling.

'Whistle' is an earnest movie that buys into the accepted horror aesthetics, but rarely pushes the envelope enough to truly frighten the audience. Despite a team of capable --even laudable--young actors, it fails to achieve something more than average.

It is no surprise that Hasan Hadi’s 'The President’s Cake' won the prestigious Caméra D’Or for best first feature at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The hard-hitting and intimate drama is both a youthful adventure fable and scathing indictment of authoritarian regimes, and it feels particularly relevant today.

This new production wisely resists that impulse. Executive producer Seth Rogen and his team clearly understand that the Muppets’ charm doesn’t come from flashy updates or celebrity overload, but from the eccentricities, rhythms, and personalities of the beloved puppets themselves.

Add to those inarguably arresting sequences is the unique camera work. In the entire film, the camera neither tilts nor pans. Every shot is static, as if the camera operators (Artur Tort and Lav Diaz) set up an establishing shot, then went out for coffee and a doughnut while the actors cantered about before the lens.