Bad Night (Mala Noche)

I don't care how edgy, experimental or financially genius this is, I disliked it so much because of its racist approach. I agree with this review I found on IMDb wherein the author says that 'All characters of color were portrayed as subhumans whose purpose in life was…

poncho

gussy really has a thing for white dudes with patchy facial hair huh

Eli Hauser

My dads lifelong bestie played Roberto (RIP🥹). Finally got a chance to see this myself for the first time, very beautifully shot. Just a very matter of fact movie about young people making unhealthy choices and exploiting each other. But also a very sad display of desire…

Blue Ghosts

Between a new, wild, and young US American independent cinema and the sexual journey of self-discovery, Gus Van Sant brought a Jarmusch-like black-and-white, coarse pixelation to the screen in his debut film Mala Noche. His aimless road movie drifts along in its…

shookone

If this had been made ten years later it would have starred Keanu Reeves.

JJ @ LFF

Queer Cinema Challenge 2023 (link) Week 10: Gus Van Sant Gus Van Sant's debut film is from the first phase of his career in its focus on the seamy side of pre-gentrification Portland. Shot on a shoestring budget with grainy- often dark and shadowy - b/w photography, it…

Stephen M

I didn’t really get the point of this movie. The only thing I got out of it was how annoying the narrator and his narration were.

vcrsly

As a queer latino who grew up in urban Los Angeles, being 18 and hitting the bars or getting picked up at 3am by some tone-deaf albiet well meaning white man who liked my caramel skin, Mala Noche gave me an insight to how these men probably thought. I think that's…

JAWSH 🌃

Included In Lists: Criterion Collection - #407 Review In A Nutshell: There will be filmmakers that one would easily find a connection with and some would be difficult to appreciate; not completely understanding their sense of style and the thematic or emotional…

feedingbrett